Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana

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Pat LaPointe of Frontier Angel Investors says Montana Governor’s business-startup tax incentive needs more incentives to attract capital

“Every single state in the country is doing something to try to attract better business startups,” Pat LaPointe of Frontier Angels told MTN News in a recent interview. “We need to stimulate the (startup) ecosystem, and stimulating the ecosystem means we need to make sure there are investors who are properly incented to want to put money into Montana companies.”

Montana looks at next steps for Colstrip

Transmission, renewables a hope; others look to coal

Great Falls Economic Development Top 10 for 3-7-21

“No matter how long you’ve been open or how big your company is, you will learn something valuable from this course,” John Chapman, owner of Tacticality Workwear in Great Falls. Contact Jason to learn more about scheduling a workshop, [email protected].

Sustainable Missoula: Inspiring people and efforts that can scale

In this week’s column, we bring you a series of short features on multi-solvers who are taking an idea and working to scale it up.

Montana Department of Commerce Connection – 3/2021

Welcome, Director Osterman! – Scott Osterman is a visionary leader with a private sector background of guiding successful strategy and execution to realize growth, develop strong partnerships and lead companies through transition.

As Visitation Spikes, West Glacier Frames Forward-thinking ‘Vision’ Plan

Community-driven planning project creates a roadmap for future land use, development and identifies shared values

Walmart says it will spend an additional $350 billion on American-made products over the next decade

The move will support more than 750,000 new American jobs and help avoid an estimated 100 million tons of CO2 emissions.

“Indigenous Vision” aims to revitalize Indigenous communities

Souta Calling Last was raised in Heart Butte and has relatives on the Blackfeet Reservation and in Canada. She started Indigenous Vision four years ago with the goal of bringing hard-to-access information and resources together for tribal leaders and members, but says she has collected stories her entire life.

Upcoming Trainings for March With Big Sky Economic Development

Great opportunities to improve Montana’s economy

Great Falls Economic Development Top 10 for 2-28-21

Here is our Top 25 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.

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