Montana Business

Brookstein said the introduction of telephone service is part of a corporate strategy of bundling similar services. "Our best value to the consumer is being able to offer them robust and good-priced video service, but in combination with high-speed Internet and now telecommunications services," he said.

Positive Systems http://possys.com , a 15-year-old technology firm in Whitefish specializing in aerial imaging, recently laid off about 50 employees and defaulted on several contracts, the Flathead County Commission was told.

In my view, digital media arts is one of the most exciting art realms to be involved in these days.

EIP is being built to nurture consumer-oriented inventions so they grow into true innovations. Innovations that big consumer companies (BigCos) will want and consumers will buy.

"This has worked out very well for us," he said.

Call center hiring 50-plus employees

"There’s a shortage of technicians nationwide," he said. "It’s always hard to find trained technicians so we do a lot of in-house training. We’re looking for people who have artistic sensibilities along with mechanically inclined minds. Those are the ones who pick up the process of creating a tooth. It’s a form of art.

"It’s been a good time for a start-up business," "I am a firm believer that there is a tremendous future for us here and we expect to be here a long, long time and be a stable business for the entire area," he said.

Builders of an ethanol plant near Hardin say they would welcome the mandatory use of blended gasoline in Montana, but the project is not contingent on the Legislature passing such a law.

"We’re going to help you grow as much as we can,” Gov. Schweitzer said. "We would like to hold you up to other light manufacturers. We think you’re a template for good things to come.”