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| MATR Newsletter - Mon Jun 4, 2018 |
You cannot make everyone happy. You are not a taco.
UM Student-Produced TV Program Highlighting Montana Businesses Completes 25th Season - New Premiere On 6/7 On Montana PBS -- http://www.matr.net/ev ... =6950
Montana Manufacturing Extension Center
Montana World Affairs Council
- News and Events for Montana Manufacturers
Did you know that World Trade Week was celebrated last week?
Great Falls Development Authority
- Montana World Affairs Council: Encouraging Relations with Israeli Consul General leads to Economic Development in Montana
The Montana World Affairs Council will continue to play a pivotal role in cultural and business development for the benefit of Missoula and Montana. Your generous support makes it possible for the council to continue this work. We're are just getting started Missoula.
Visit Montana
- GFDA Top 10
Here is our Top 12 for this week, celebrating work and successes to grow and strengthen the Great Falls regional economy.
- The New Frontier: Behind Every Company - Eric Bergman spent about six months as the director of the Food and Ag Development Center at the Great Falls Development Authority.
Eric's time as the Food and Ag Director is now over, but the Great Falls Development Authority is currently looking for someone to fill that spot. If you are interested or would like more information, visit the the GFDA website http://www.gfdevelopment.org/ .
Energy and Climate Change
- The Adventure Guide to Montana
Six epic road trips, planning tips, and more
- National Speleological Society Convention 2018 - 7/30-8/3 - Helena, Montana
Montana's first NSS convention is scheduled to occur in our state capital, Helena, July 30th - August 3rd and boy are we excited!
Come Home Montana
- How To Develop Community-Scale Solar - 6/28 - Helena, Montana
Beginning this summer, the Energy Office will offer more than $100,000 to fund community-scale solar projects across Montana.
Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana
- NBC Nightly News - 'Middle of Nowhere' Glasgow, Montana embraces its scientific designation as the end of the road
Glasgow, Montana, is the furthest town from any metropolitan area in the Lower 48 States. The residents there enjoy their way of life and have embraced the nickname.
Montana Business
- Trevor Huffmaster named new director of MSU's Blackstone LaunchPad
he MSU Blackstone LaunchPad - which is housed under the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship - is an entrepreneurial resource for students, alumni and faculty across the university and community and offers coaching, ideation and venture creation support.
- Early Stage Montana aims to provide mentorship, access to capital to Montana startups
A new program, formed by a collaboration of startup incubators and venture groups, aims to change the funding dynamics for emerging businesses.
TED and TEDX Talks
- ClassPass announces plans for aggressive global expansion
Fitness sharing platform ClassPass has announced it will be expanding its global presence by launching in nine new countries by the end of 2018.
- S&K Aerospace named SBA's 2018 Regional & Montana 8(a) Graduate of the Year
The company embodies CSKT's vision of blending the wisdom and values of the past with the capability and technology of the future.
Careers
- New on TED.com - A teen scientist's invention to help wounds heal
Working out of her garage, Anushka Naiknaware designed a sensor that tracks wound healing, becoming the youngest winner (at age 13) of the Google Science Fair.
Rural Communities
- It's Not Liberal Arts And Literature Majors Who Are Most Underemployed
In other words, for every cliche of a barista or bartender with a liberal arts degree, there were ten with a degree in business.
- 9 "Future-Proof" Careers, According To The World's Largest Job Site
A recent study showed that millennials in general choose professions that are more "future-proof," and less likely to be taken over by machines, but that still leaves many unsure of whether a robot will steal their job or not.
Business Plan Forums
- Are Any Small Towns Flourishing?
In other words, our data analysis suggests that if a rural area has widely available and adopted broadband, it can start to successfully attract or retain millennials.
- What rural America needs to succeed in the digital economy
Rural America will need to adapt fast in coming years -- but, distressingly, indicators of the region's resilience are faltering.
Government
- University of Montana AIBL Students Win Business Plan Competition at National Conference
“The UM AIBL Chapter would like to express their thanks to the UM and Missoula community for all their help in making this year a great year for the chapter,” said Larry Gianchetta, faculty adviser to UM’s AIBL chapter.
Wyoming Business
- Senator Jon Tester Steps Up in Fight Against Student Loan Debt
"Student loan debt across this country is hampering the middle-class and placing undue stress on students and families alike," Tester told Mulvaney. "We should be doing everything we can to make folks more informed about student loan debt and the rights they have under the law, not less."
- When 160 Mayors Talk About the State of the City
An annual report aggregates the State of the City speeches of mayors all over the country.
- Balancing Act: City and county officials juggle needs of rural and urban residents
Bozeman Mayor Cyndy Andrus recently blamed the county for not cooperating with the city and described the situation as "frustrating."
- Balancing Act: City and county officials juggle needs of rural and urban residents
Bozeman Mayor Cyndy Andrus recently blamed the county for not cooperating with the city and described the situation as "frustrating."
- At Home on the Farm With Montana Senator Jon Tester
Many Montanans know where he stands and believe that he comes by it honestly.
- $12M requested to reconstruct Glacier Park's Sperry Chalet
Architects and builders will use "as much of the remaining historic fabric" as possible and will replicate historic finishes where practicable.
- Missoula County looks to limit Bitcoin operations
New or expanded cryptocurrency -- or Bitcoin -- mining operations could be limited in Missoula County under temporary emergency interim zoning that will be discussed during the commissioners' June 14 meeting.
Montana Education Excellence
- ENGAGE Council: Wyoming puts its money where its mouth is, brings future generations to the table
This is the first time Wyoming has given so much attention to the next generations' issues, as articulated by the Wyoming people rising up as part of those next generations.
Funding and Building your Business
- Remind graduates that college is smart investment
To Montana's graduating high school seniors: the choices ahead are big and consequential. But that's a good thing--you are capable of embracing this new and uncertain chapter. The University of Montana and other Montana colleges exist not just to help you identify a professional passion but also to help you navigate an unpredictable and ever-changing world.
Non-Profit News
- Businesses seek to expand opportunities for disabled workers
The unemployment rate for people with disabilities is more than twice the overall rate, but some small-business owners are trying to expand the opportunities available.
- Can't Find Great Talent in Your Backyard? How Great Bosses Hire From Any ZIP Code or Country
Half a dozen founders with remote workforces share their secrets for recruiting and running a staff spread across ZIP codes and countries.
- Harvard's New Data Science Program Signals a Big Shift for Businesses
The fact that elite universities are now investing in -- and seeing results from -- data science programs should send a signal to entrepreneurs: It's time to start seriously considering the implications of data science in every industry.
Transportation
- Wharton's Deborah Small discusses her research on how donors choose organizations to support.
Donors tend to act more on emotion than rationality when choosing organizations to support.
Events
- California will allow certain driverless cars to carry passengers
Ride-sharing companies can now participate in two pilot programs to offer free rides in self-driving cars to the general public.
- GM and Softbank are putting $3 billion into self-driving cars
Automakers and tech companies have been making a major push to develop the technology needed to bring self-driving cars to market.
- Alibaba Unveils A Driverless Delivery Bot
Alibaba also revealed another technology product called Cainiao box. It is a box that can be placed at your doors and uses facial recognition to unlock so that only the resident and delivery people can open it.
- Most people expect driverless cars to become common, and they worry about it
Before the cars "become commonplace within 15 years," as the HNTB survey says, a massive change in attitude will be necessary.
- September Cycle Down Reserve St. - 9/10 - Missoula, Montana
Please join fellow Missoula citizens and organizations, along with certain local and state officials, to bring more awareness to transportation challenges and opportunities throughout the Reserve St. corridor.
- Secrets To Financing Your Business - 6/27 - Boise, Idaho
- Montana Mass Timber Rising 2018 - 6/21 - Columbia Falls, MT
- Management 101 for professionals in science and technology, 07/10, Bozeman
- Project Management Basics for professionals in science and technology, 07/11, Bozeman
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