Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana

Montana ranks 33rd in terms of entrepreneurship viability, which means one-third of the states in the nation are more welcoming to small business survivability than is Montana – that at least is the conclusion of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council’s (SBEC) Small Business Survival Index for 2008.

John O’Donnell, TechRanch’s executive director, said the organization holds similar events quarterly in Bozeman, with several start-ups and other business relationships as the result. This year, they plan to try entrepreneur socials in several cities around the state.

On campuses across the country, they have been building practical inventions, starting novel businesses and generally alpha-testing their ideas. Here are a few.

“Any school can teach entrepreneurship,” he says, “but at Babson, we live entrepreneurship.”

"I don’t know why, but I fell in love with Montana."

The best opportunity for the U.S. to lead the global technology revolution, start thousands of new companies, and export high-tech products.

“This partnership provides
policymakers with models that demonstrate the power of entrepreneurship and gives SMEs the
tools to help them thrive in a global economy.”

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) are pleased to welcome you to the new online resource intended to help build economies that foster entrepreneurship worldwide

Program Promotes Entrepreneurship with Massachusetts College Students by Providing Financial Assistance to Attend Local Industry Events

France offers startups some of the best tax incentives for research and development in the world, while new tax breaks for angel investors have diverted €1 billion (US$1.3 billion) in taxes to fund startups, Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Wednesday.