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Woman-Owned Missoula, Montana Based VIM & VIGR Celebrates Tenth Anniversary With Record Growth in Sales and Compression Sock Market

“One of the best aspects of starting the company has been watching it grow from a side hustle to building an amazing team of passionate, hardworking people that love working together to achieve a common goal. I’m proud of the work we’ve accomplished and the level of education we’ve provided our customers around the benefits of compression, taking it from rather dull and medical to vibrantly mainstream.”

Why Microsoft Says You Should Start Prepping for Quantum Computing Now – CBS 60 Minutes • Inside the quantum computer race

At the most basic level: Today’s computers (and supercomputers) do what they’re told to do using binary codes and bits—represented as a 0 or a 1. Quantum computers let those bits be both 0 and 1 at the same time. That allows them to perform complex simulations in a fraction of the time.

Montana Receives $7 Million for Housing

Winners of the PRO Housing competition will update state and local housing plans, revise land use policies, streamline the permitting process for housing construction, and take other actions to create more housing-forward communities. Grants will also be used to preserve existing affordable housing units, provide development subsidies to create new affordable units, and increase access to homeownership.

Kiln Media – Feed the Fire – Full Service Media Agency – Real Estate, Commercial, Events

“Feed the fire” at Kiln Media means nurturing and growing your business through consistent, engaging media presence.

Biden-Harris Administration Approves Delaware’s “Internet for All” Final Proposal (What About Our/Your State?)

Delaware Can Proceed Toward Network Construction That Will Connect All Remaining Homes and Small Businesses to Affordable High-Speed Internet

Montana Economic Developers Association 2025 Montana Legislature Policy Statements

MEDA (Montana Economic Developers Association) is comprised of more than 150 economic development practitioners from across the state working to advance development through business creation, expansion, and retention, as well as diversification of our state’s economic base.

State of Strong Towns Address – 1/30 – Online

Momentum for change is building across North America. People from cities big and small have made their streets safer, revitalized their economies and made housing more affordable. There’s never been a better time to get involved with the Strong Towns movement. Learn more about where the movement stands, how it got here and what lies ahead in 2025.

Your State Needs an Office of Entrepreneurship

It’s just too hard to start a new business. These offices can do a lot to eliminate governmental red tape and remove other barriers to our engines of job creation and economic growth.

Biden-Harris Administration Approves Louisiana’s “Internet for All” Final Proposal

Louisiana Can Proceed Toward Network Construction That Will Connect All Remaining Homes and Small Businesses to Affordable High-Speed Internet

What immigrant entrepreneurs can teach us about success 46% of Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants—Here’s why

What’s really interesting, beyond the headline-grabbing individual success stories, are the statistics showing that immigrants generally are not only more likely to be entrepreneurs but also more likely to be successful and build a company that lasts compared to their native-born peers.

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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.

Great Falls trade area. Competitive for food, ag, bioprocessing, energy, and support. Closest U.S. metro area to Calgary. Untame Your Entrepreneurial Spirit!

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