Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana

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Survey finds quality of life brings businesses to Montana, keeps them here

A survey of Montana businesses conducted by the University of Montana’s Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research found the quality of life in Montana is a driving factor for why business owners start, relocate or keep their businesses in the state.

Great Falls Economic Development Top 10 for 4-25-21

Here is our Top 17 for this week celebrating work and successes to grow and strengthen the Great Falls regional economy — Montana’s Golden Triangle. And, sharing business resources and skill-building opportunities to empower your success.

3 things you must consider if you want to start a business that shows like Shark Tank get wrong

Entrepreneur and investor Benjamin Lee believes there is a serious disconnect between what entrepreneurs really want to achieve and what they are being pressured to do.

Venture Out expands to help more people validate their startup ideas while still working at a day job

Engage with experts in building and scaling startups, fundraising, team building, and more. The lab will increase your chances of success by helping you validate your idea faster and connecting you to a like-minded community, and a variety of resources to support your growth.

Montana high school students compete in annual business simulation

The Big Sky Biz Sim by First Interstate Bank, which ran from early February through last week, is an in-class business simulation in which students make operating decisions for a business they devise to produce, sell and distribute “widgets”.

Are Red States in Denial About Improving Economic Prospects?

Many of them are more interested in pandering to hungry corporations than they are in making investments in their citizens.

Montana’s first community-owned brewery brings fresh life to downtown Ronan

Community members in Ronan came together in 2016 to gather ideas on how to revitalize downtown and now, five years later, they have their own brewery.

Great Falls Economic Development 2021Q1 Quarter Index

Great Falls jobs projected to be created by Touro Montana Osteopathic Medical School:  360

Projected employment growth across Montana by 2040:  1,700

Capital investment to complete school construction in 2024:  $53 million

Montana State University Extension offers certification program to boost remote work in rural areas

Montana State University Extension will soon offer a program to help rural Montana residents gain skills needed to work from home as a remote employee, freelancer or entrepreneur. 

Missoula County, Montana to give 5% preference to minority, women-owned businesses

“This has been a long time coming,” Wall said. “What this is trying to do is take a system that has unequal outcomes for certain groups of people and create a level playing field for those folks as far as procurement and getting government contracts.”

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Montana Bioscience Cluster Initiative - Collaborative program design and execution and integrated programs fostering innovation, technology commercialization, entrepreneurship and sustainable small businesses

Big Sky Commerce is an integrated provider of merchant credit card transaction processing services, check processing services, Internet payment gateways, related software application products and value-added services.

Montana Technology Innovation Partnership (MTIP)- Promoting Technology Commercialization in the State of Montana.