Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana

Welcome to Dispatches from the Frontier – perspectives on the Pioneer Entrepreneurs® who are transforming the opportunity landscape. Through our Dispatches, we’ll periodically share our observations regarding people, places, business models, ideas, and trends.

"Our goal is not to change who we are but to magnify the best of what we are today and create a platform to increase our reach, influence and value to members moving forward."

"If a business or organization wants training, we’ll find someone who can do it" said Linda McNeill, customized training representative for MSU Tech.

I was involved in was Entreworld – a web site on entrepreneurship sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation. It remains one of the richest sites on the web for learning about entrepreneurship and I recommend it highly.

In most cases, the entrepreneur gives up and reports that “I tried to get help, but they just gave me the run-around.”

Never mind that Donald Trump is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He says people need the street smarts and skills to achieve, and they need them fast.

‘a stranger can teach your child in a short time that which you cannot teach in a lifetime.’"

Maybe you’re writing your thesis for a master’s degree in fine arts and you suddenly get an idea to start a poetry-slam cafe. Or you’re in law school and want to hang up a shingle….

Hellgate High School’s DECA students opened the school’s first store in 10 years Wednesday in what had been an old storage closed, and, in an even earlier life, a ticket booth.

he history of enterprise isn’t really about eureka moments. It’s mainly about people putting things together that were never put together before,” Evans said.