The Creative and Cultural Economy

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Why So Few Americans Live In Eastern Montana – Video (There’s a shocking development!)

You have to see 8:50 for an amazing new development……

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ignite Great Falls: big east-side development, restaurant updates

More than two dozen speakers from businesses and organizations gave updates on their growth and expansion. A few highlights included some exciting upcoming construction projects.

GFDA Top Ten for 1-12-25

Ted Mitchell of Great Falls based Mitchell Development & Investments announced a major 100-acre mixed use retail, dining, hospitality, office and residential development to be constructed on 57th Street on the east side of Great Falls.

Artificial Intelligence could change Montana’s economy – Video

The Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research has been forecasting the state’s financial outlook for the past 50 years.

Montana lawmakers eye child care challenges for the 2025 session

Policy proposals so far focus on state-funded financial subsidies to address high child care costs and low wages for workers.

Brad Feld – Bandwidth: The Untold Story of Ambition, Deception, and Innovation that Shaped the Internet Age and Dot-Com Boom

The adventurous stories of business legends such as Phil Anschutz, Craig McCaw, Jim Crowe, and even Carl Icahn were exciting to read. The exploits of bad actors such as Joe Nacchio, Gary Winnick, and Bernie Ebbers were even more exhilarating. Epic battles of hostile takeovers, botched business plans, phoenixes rising from ashes, and entrepreneurs who persevered reminded me why I get so much fulfillment from helping start-ups become large successes and enduring companies. And why I am willing to fight for any company in which I’m involved.

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

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