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2018 Montana Politics
Montana Economic Developers Association
- Gov. Steve Bullock - "Tell Legislators: No Special Session"
I ask that you join me in voicing to your legislators your opposition to Republicans' attempt to waste Montanans' taxpayer dollars to drown out the voices of Montanans.
Montana Governor's Office of Economic Development
- July MEDA News
Great news about economic development in Montana.
TechLink
- We are happy to invite you to sponsor the 3rd Innovate Montana Symposium
Sponsoring the third Innovate Montana Symposium will give you brand awareness in a target audience with incredible economic growth potential. We've focused on limiting sponsorship opportunities to give investing businesses maximum exposure throughout the event.
Great Falls Development Authority
- TechLink Pulse: A reason to get excited - This may be your new startup catalyst.
Businesses have access to cutting-edge research and development happening right now in defense labs across the country. They can license the labs' inventions to launch a startup or innovate an existing product line.
The Telecommuting and Gig Workforce in Montana
- Here is our Top 18 for last week, celebrating work and successes to grow and strengthen the Great Falls regional economy.
1) Travel and Leisure named Roadhouse Diner in Great Falls as one of the Top 25 diners in the USA! Congratulations to Tara and Jason Beam, and their entire crew. We are proud to have helped finance this great local business.
21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."
- Are you a teleworker in Montana? We'd like to hear from you.
"why do you or what made you decide to telecommute? And what are the benefits of telecommuting (personally and to your community)?"
American Prairie Reserve
- 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.
Visit Montana
- Feel the pull of the prairie on a uniquely American safari in Montana - The American Prairie Reserve
On that first morning, I had encountered them on my run. The bisons' disregard of me is a sign of conservation success. The half-dozen caramel-colored calves hovering behind their mothers would never know a fence in their lifetime, I hoped.
Energy and Climate Change
- MPG Ranch Education & Volunteer Opportunities
Hummingbird Banding and more...
Developing Funding Opportunities in Montana
- 6 major wealth funds agree to encourage greener economy
The sovereign wealth funds of major oil-producing countries have agreed upon a common roadmap to encourage investments toward a greener economy.
- Governor Bullock, Bonneville Power Administration Release Report on Montana's Positive Outlook for Renewable Energy
"With this effort, we're boosting the opportunities for more energy development in Montana and making Montana wind more attractive for West Coast buyers, all to create good-paying jobs and economic opportunity for Montanans." Gov. Steve Bullock
Montana Business
- Bozeman venture capital firm Homestake Partners eyes Missoula for growth, investment opportunities with addition of Andy Gordon
Homestake Partners is focused on what its founders see as the state's "backbone" businesses, be it the local hardware store or the new corner market.
Careers
- Let's Change the Conversation About Wildfire
Another way to help minimize the economic impacts of wildfire is to be aware of how we're talking about it.
- Bozeman data security firm IronCore Labs scores $1.5 million amid venture capital growth
Founded in 2015 by CEO Patrick Walsh and Bob Wall, both formerly of RightNow Technologies, IronCore Labs is a cloud privacy platform technology that allows for stronger controls over potentially sensitive data transmitted through apps and websites.
Government
- 5 predictions for when big data will become everyone's job
Big data was once a responsibility reserved for data analysts and technical experts, but we're entering an era where everyone is, in some ways, required to use data in their own roles.
- New University of Montana doctors ready to cross Montana to begin rural family medicine
When Cassie Lopez and her husband, Brian, interviewed with the Family Medicine Residency program at the University of Montana, the school's focus on rural care led them to cancel their remaining interviews with competing medical programs.
Incubators and R&D
- In appreciation of Scott Pruitt, greatest public servant ever
How did Pruitt do it for so long? Some say it's because he was effective at the EPA, where he did a very skillful job of not enforcing environmental regulation.
Regional Business
- Drug that stops progression of Parkinson's disease heads for human trials
The new drug could be the first medication to specifically slow the progression of the devastating disease as opposed to current treatments that only target the symptoms.
- With this startup's help, gene-editing tech will soon be everywhere
CRISPR is both cheap and could treat major diseases like cancer, but a lot of small labs just don't have the capacity to edit genes in-house. So this startup is shipping modified cells directly to scientists so they can focus on developing cures.
Regional Economic Development
- Why Atul Gawande Will Soon Be The Most Feared CEO In Healthcare
Asking how Dr. Gawande will function within the current healthcare system assumes that Dr. Gawande wishes to maintain the current system. He does not. And neither do his new bosses.
Montana Education Excellence
- Partners For Rural America Annual Conference - 9/16-19 - Cedar City, Utah
The 2018 Partners for Rural America Annual Meeting will take place September 16-19, 2018 at Cedar City, Utah. The conference will include tours, including Bryce Canyon National Park, tours of rural economic development initiatives, and discussion of current rural policy issues.
- Happy Independence Day from LCCDC-July E-Newsletter
Community
- University of Montana, Inimmune land $5.4M NIH grant to pursue bacterial fighting vaccine
Scott Whittenburg, vice president of research and creative scholarship at UM, called the grant a big step forward in the university's push to develop translational medicine.
- Governor names Bozeman's Dugan to Board of Regents
Despite not attending a Montana University System campus, she said her experience includes nearly 10 years on the U.S. Senate staff working with state campuses and community colleges.
Funding and Building your Business
- What drives me
This is an essay on motivation. On drive. On purpose. On being an immigrant. Being an immigrant drives me.
- Tell Us Something July Newsletter - A summer of stories
We'll be offering a summer camp week-long youth workshop THIS SUMER at the Zootown Arts Community Center.
Government Technology
- Best States to Launch a Startup Revealed
After comparing 50 states across 25 key indicators of startup success, Wallethub was able to determine the best and worst states to start a business in 2018.
Non-Profit News
- How the Blockchain Can Transform Government
"This is a new infrastructure baseline technology that can lead to lots of benefits -- also, it has lots of problems. Blockchain is now the source of a great deal of fraud, of illegal activity and regulatory arbitrage, but it is also sparking innovation across the world in all sorts of areas."
Transportation
- Tariffs push Missoula library project back into funding gap, director tells Senator Tester
Tariffs imposed by the White House on steel and aluminum imports have left the Missoula Public Library facing an uphill climb in funding construction of its new home, the library's director told Sen. Jon Tester on Thursday.
- Phoenix will no longer be Phoenix if Waymo's driverless-car experiment succeeds
Shared autonomous vehicles could transform American cities built around car ownership.
- How Driverless Cars Are Going to Change Cities
Self-driving cars could mean better public transit, more green space and less congestion. But also: more urban sprawl and greater inequality.
- How Much Americans Could Save by Ridesharing Driverless Cars Over Owning
General Motors Co. plans to start a pilot program this summer that will enable car owners to rent out their vehicles when they aren't using them. The car maker has said it will start selling driverless vehicles next year.
- Jay Leno: I love to drive, but autonomous vehicles might not be so bad
The point is that the future has a way of defying prediction.
- China's first Level 4 self-driving shuttle enters volume production
The self-driving shuttle is expected to operate as a last mile transport solution in Chinese cities before launching globally in 2019.
- Missoula Walmart installing electric vehicle charging station at Mullan store
As the electric vehicle market gains momentum, one Missoula retailer is embracing the future by installing a charging station for its EV customers.
- How self-driving car or adaptive cruise control could ease traffic jams
Driving around on summer weekends or heading out on vacation, travelers often find themselves caught in a "phantom" traffic jam that defies explanation.
- AI algorithm teaches a car to drive from scratch in 20 minutes
A pair of artificial intelligence Ph.Ds from Cambridge University are going all-in on machine learning as the foundation of autonomous cars.
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