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| MATR Newsletter - Thu Jun 14, 2018 |
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Gov. Steve Bullock
Early Edge Montana
- Preserving a Free and Open Internet
After yesterday's decision, we know folks in Washington D.C. aren't coming to their senses and reinstating net neutrality anytime soon. It's time for every state to help preserve and protect net neutrality for their citizens.
The Telecommuting and Gig Workforce in Montana
- Planning partnerships between early education and health care
"By weaving health promotion, preventive care, health literacy, and health care coordination into early care and education environments and making it easier for both health care providers and early care and education providers to coordinate and cooperate through policy levers, we can change the health status of entire geographies of children,"
Visit Montana
- Why idyllic rural towns around the world are paying people to move there
The world is opening up to remote working. More and more businesses are realising that employees don't need babysitting every minute of every day and can in fact be more productive working remotely than when commuting into an office - not to mention the cost-saving implications.
VR/AR, Blockchain, Bitcoin, Artificial Intelligence and The Internet of Things
- Park Service Awards $4M Contract to Rebuild Sperry Chalet in Glacier National Park
Construction to begin next month on badly burned iconic chalet in Glacier National Park
Energy and Climate Change
- Blockchain, AI, Cybersecurity: The Industries Containing This Year's Top Startups to Watch
These companies are predicted to turn ripples into waves in 2018.
Come Home Montana
- The e21 Initiative The electric industry is undergoing profound changes.
Managing these changes requires investment in a wide range of technologies to support the development of a more dynamic, more distributed energy system with many more devices and actors on it.
- Cost-effective method of extracting uranium from seawater promises limitless nuclear power
The exact details of the process haven't been released, but PNNL says that the yellowcake sample shows that not only does the technique work, but that the acrylic can be cleaned and reused.
Montana Business
- Montana Career Opportunity - Head of Demand Generation - TicketPrinting.com
We are seeking energetic, resilient, highly motivated, focused and fun individual to drive growth through new customer acquisition and account expansion at TicketPrinting.com & Eventgroove.
- Montana Career Opportunity - Research & Information Services Bureau Chief - Montana Department of Commerce
This position is the final authority for ensuring that CEIC's data resources are authoritative, timely and accurate which directly affects the quality of these services provided by the agency.
- A Scotsman's Reasons For Not Moving To Montana
Here's why I wouldn't live in Montana.
- finding the Soul of Montana with the Toss of a Dart - Phillipsburg
With a population of 800, Philipsburg, Montana, consists of a few colorful blocks lined with gem stores, hotels, historical museums, restaurants, and a brewery with a statewide reputation.
Government
- Local tech firm commonFont feeds Bozeman's communal fountain one gift at a time
Borrowing its name from a "communal fountain" found in an Italian piazza, the tech firm infuses similar principles into its day-to-day business practices and philanthropic work.
- Montana Made: Paradise Dental Technologies - The "Montana Jack"
CEO Linda Miller said 40 percent to 70 percent of dental professionals have carpal tunnel or some type of muscular skeletal disorder which is a big reason why the company focuses on the ergonomics of their products.
Idaho
- Senator Tester Secures $2.5 Million Investment in Rural Water Systems in 8 Montana Communities
"Access to safe and clean drinking water is a necessity whether you're running a business, farming or raising kids," Tester said. "These investments in Montana's water systems are investments that will boost our economy and keep our communities strong."
Incubators and R&D
- Idaho's one of the worst states in the country for working moms. What about for dads?
Analytics website WalletHub has released the follow-up to its study on best states for working moms, and the news for Idaho dads isn't promising, either.
- Eagle, Idaho based startup SpriteRE has raised $200,000.
It is part of a new program at Boise State University intended to support Idaho's entrepreneurial community.
Oregon Business
- Gastric bypass "surgery in a pill" points to inspired new treatment for diabetes
An exciting new study from a team at Brigham and Women's Hospital has now demonstrated an oral agent that can potentially mimic the effects of bariatric surgery to reduce post-meal blood sugar spikes.
Regional Business
- Average Oregon renter can no longer afford a typical one-bedroom apartment, report finds
In the Portland area, even the cost of a studio apartment exceeds the estimated median income for an average renter household.
Workforce Development
- Google launching powerful shopping tool to compete with Amazon
When you want to purchase an item online, Google says a new feature can now help you find it close to wherever you are.
Education
- Burgeoning apprentice program at Missoula College looks to ease labor shortage
Dylan Rogness, the apprenticeship liaison at Missoula College, is working to build the number of Missoula businesses looking for apprentices, as well as the number of students enlisted in the program.
Community
- Why liberal arts and the humanities are as important as engineering
"It's in Apple's DNA that technology alone is not enough -- it's technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing, and nowhere is that more true than in these post-PC devices." Steve Jobs
- 5 best practices for boosting university graduation
Using IPEDs data, the report shows that almost 600 of the nation's approximately 3,000 four-year campuses report that less than one-third of their freshmen earned a four-year bachelor's degree in six years.
Funding and Building your Business
- The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy and the End of Opportunity For Everyone Else
The meritocratic class has mastered the old trick of consolidating wealth and passing privilege along at the expense of other people's children.
Transportation
- All I Know About Marketing I Learned From Margaritas
Singer Jimmy Buffett can teach us all how to build a brand and engage our customers.
- What if we killed the job interview?
The trouble is that interviews aren't as useful as employers think.
- Confessions of an In-Demand Developer: How Too Many Job Offers Helped Me Craft My Own Coding Consultancy Company
Here are three ways I used all those job interviews to help me develop my own coding consultancy, which could be useful to aspiring entrepreneurs in other businesses too:
- 4 Pitfalls to Avoid When Naming Your New Business
A proper business name should meet three criteria:
Events
- Economic boom from self-driving cars will dwarf job dislocation, report says
The report, "America's Workforce and the Self-Driving Future," recommends governments create an environment enabling companies to rapidly pursue deployment of automated vehicles, while simultaneously preparing the workforce to transition to future jobs that require new skills.
- What Investors Need to Know About Driverless Cars
If autonomous vehicles become the norm, our thinking around everything from private car ownership to truck transportation and even urban design and planning will be challenged and could become obsolete.
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