Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana

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Butte Local Development Association Beat: Local officials shift attention to business retention

The team that we have at the BLDC, and our many partners, care deeply about our community

Great Falls Economic Development Top 10 for 6-14-20

Here is our Top 20 for this week celebrating work and successes to grow and strengthen the Great Falls regional economy — Montana’s Golden Triangle.

SBA 504 Interest Rates – June 2020  High Plains Financial

Great uses of SBA 504 loans right now:

Economic self defense for small towns

Focus more on your own people, less on attraction. 

Montana State University alums selected for international program that helps startup businesses

The business aims to eliminate unnecessary food waste by purchasing excess crops from local farmers, processing the vegetables and then creating a variety of products from them.

Focus on these 3 time horizons for your strategy – Fail Fast – Fail Often

“Scenarios need to be regularly updated, as, over time, the certainty of direction will increase; therefore, the initial portfolio will also have to be adjusted as well,”

Great Falls Economic Development Top 10 for 6-7-20

Here is our Top 18 for this week celebrating work and successes to grow and strengthen the Great Falls regional economy — Montana’s Golden Triangle.

Coronavirus might spell the end of tech hubs. That’s a good thing for Montana

If executed well, can create a new model for collaborative innovation – one that overcomes the limits of existing clusters and unleashes human potential around the world.

Municipal Broadband Is Roadblocked Or Outlawed In 22 States States without municipal broadband restrictions have lower internet prices on average.

States without restrictions enjoyed higher access to low-priced broadband plans on average. Low-priced access data was taken from active internet plans in our database as of Q2 2020.

Coronavirus has highlighted America’s need for universal broadband access

“Broadband is like water and electricity now. You’ve got to have it,”