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Why You Need a ‘Challenge Network’

He sought out the biggest misfits at Pixar for his project — people who were disagreeable, disgruntled, and dissatisfied. Some called them black sheep. Others called them pirates.

Rural Arizona Schools Work to Get Broadband Beyond the Walls of the Classroom

The Final Mile Project utilizes “broadband superhighway” institutions like schools and libraries to build out a network of high-speed wireless internet serving communities’ households.

What Happens When a City’s Largest Employer Goes ‘Work From Anywhere’

“This is a much bigger urban workforce shift. It’s saying, tech doesn’t need to be anywhere,”

Missoula making small gains on the jobs front; state of the workforce study pending

“We did that study back in 2018, and now we’re doing a new workforce study that looks into the demand for skills and occupations, figuring out how we can grow our workforce and what strategies we need for workforce development in Missoula County.”

Build Montana pilot program giving Billings students leg up in construction industry

“Our biggest issue – if you talk to a contractor, you talk to equipment dealers across the state – we don’t have enough people to do the work,” said MCA board member Adam Gilbertson. “We don’t have enough talented employees to complete the work we’re trying to do every day.”

Montana is #1 in Top 10 Best States to Start Your Small Business in 2021 – South Dakota #2, Idaho #5, Wyoming #9

Montana’s Department of Commerce welcomes small businesses, offering a variety of resources for new business owners. The best state to open a business in 2021, Montana scores high in several areas, including the number of new businesses calling Montana home. A five-year business survival rate of 53.4% puts the odds of success in your favor.

Are kids ready? Missoula County assesses kindergartners’ preparedness. Montana is one of six states that lacks publicly funded preschool.

Montana is one of six states that lacks publicly funded preschool. Montana lawmakers have repeatedly rejected bills that would create a state-funded program. State lawmakers are not considering any bills that would create publicly funded preschool during the 2021 legislative session currently underway.

It Will Cost Billions to Close Education’s Digital Divide

As many of the nation’s pupils close in on a year of virtual remote learning, public policy analysts are highlighting the scope of the digital divide and ways in which policymakers can close it.

Remote Workers Spur an Affordable Housing Crunch in Montana

The average rent for a 2-bedroom apartment in Bozeman hit $2,050 a month in early February, a 58% surge from a year earlier, according to rental site Zumper.

406 Labs Spring 2021 Incubator Applications! Montana State University

The 10-week incubator is designed to help those who have developed business concepts or conducted research into a potential new business to create solid business plans and identify the steps they need to take to test and clarify their thinking about markets, customers, strategy, financials, etc.

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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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