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Montana Department of Commerce Weekly Roundup – Volume 2, Issue 1

The Weekly Roundup is designed to be simple, easy to digest and informative – just the information you need. We know you’re busy, so we’re giving you access to more information without adding more emails to your inbox.

America’s First Virtual Fence Conservation Fund Accepting applicants for innovative conservation projects

This groundbreaking quarter-million dollar initiative aims to enhance wildlife conservation by empowering ranchers and conservationists to adopt virtual fencing technology on public and private lands. 

The 50th Annual Economic Outlook Seminar (Montana’s AI Future) Coming to 9 Cities January – March 2025

Rethinking How to Staff and Run Your Business

Angel Capital Association – Data Insights Monthly: A Quick Patent Due Diligence Checklist: Beware Provisional Patents

It is heartbreaking to see bad behavior by ‘inventors’ and their startup companies, but it occurs over and over again. Let this lesson be an example of the things you need to check anytime you are doing due diligence on an early-stage company.

Let’s Ignite 2025 – 1/10 – Great Falls, Montana

This is more than an event—it’s a celebration of the exciting projects and opportunities shaping the future of the Great Falls Region. We’ll showcase projects launching, expanding, or finishing in 2025—from new businesses and infrastructure to community developments.

69th Montana Legislature to Commence Next Week 

Lawmakers in 2025 will be tasked with navigating a set of complex policy challenges, including rising property taxes, an overcrowded state prison and teacher retention issues 

Ronan, Montana business uses high-tech oven to ‘cook’ wood

Tech Woods USA was the only company in Montana and one of only 19 nationwide to receive federal funding for projects that either create a community wood energy system or build an innovative wood product facility.

A Science Fair for the Future of Aging

Sponsored by the AgeTech Collaborative from AARP, the exhibit at WIRED’s Big Interview showcased technologies empowering people to live better, for longer.

GFDA Top Ten for 12-29-24…Here is our Top 10 highlights for calendar year 2024! Well, Top 11 — really tried to keep it to 10.

If I haven’t mentioned your business or project, please forgive me. So much has been accomplished across the region this year that we could write a long book!

The “Yellowstone” TV Show Is Over, but Not the Damage It’s Done to the West

The caricatured version of Montana sold by the show is helping ruin a place its creators never truly understood.

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The MDT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program encourages and supports the participation of companies owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in transportation contracts.

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As the hub of learning, creativity and innovation in Northwest Montana, Flathead Valley Community College is expanding

For over 25 years, Zoot Enterprises has been a global provider of advanced origination, acquisition, and decision management solutions.

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