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Readers of MATR. I have a personal favor to ask. My daughter is going to run her first marathon as an AIDS benefit. Please take a look at her request and support her if you feel compelled to and please share it with anyone else who may want to support her efforts. I'm pretty proud of her and I'd like her to do this in a big way. Many thanks, Russ Chelsea Volkerts is going to run the Florence Marathon to supports AIDS Research. Your Support is Appreciated. http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html
Come Home Montana
PrintingForLess
- Montana Career Opportunity - Manager of Client Development and Resources - Montana West Economic Development
Requires an ability to build client relationships, explain tax and business incentives and create proposals.
- Montana Career Opportunity - Senior IT Technician - Merlin Information Services
If you have the talent and motivation to excel in a dynamic environment, Merlin Information Services welcomes your inquiry.
- Montana Career Opportunity - Senior IT Technician - Merlin Information Services
Responsibilities: Provides Tier 2 support for all company products, including online, XML and CD-ROM based services; examples include issues with connecting to our systems and products, data issues, and technical errors.
Developing Tech Jobs in Rural Communities
- The Story of Success at PrintingForLess.Com of Livingston, Montana
Business philosophy: Hire great people. Give them great tools and technology. Market Nationwide.
Funding and Building your Business
- State Representative Shannon Augare, D-Browning testifies on Capitol Hill for rural development
"It is important that public policy works to foster a broadly shared prosperity," Augare told lawmakers.
- The Power of Technological Innovation in Rural America
The advantages of innovation are often well within the reach of rural America.
Business Plan Forums
- Employers prepare for aging work force
"We want to know if there are concerns and what we can do to help mature workers and the companies who employ them."
- Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV) Summer Newsletter
In this issue of ATV Direct, ATV General Partner Jean George shares her insights on trends contributing to piqued interest in healthcare, and Dr. Ken Noonan, ATV Technology Partner and leading consultant to the pharmaceutical industry, imparts his view on the current investment climate.
- Is Your Workforce Strange Enough to Guarantee Competitive Advantage?
To get the best results, Cable says, companies have to build a workforce "that is extraordinary in a way that customers care about."
- The Venture Analysis by Bill Payne
A Venture Analysis appraises the feasibility and fundability of new venture ideas for entrepreneurs.
- Inside Entrepreneurship: No rules for venture funding negotiations
Here is an admission that entrepreneurs who started their businesses to "break all the rules" will enjoy reading.
Education
- Startup companies compete for prizes at Idaho TechConnect's TechLaunch 4.0 competition
Ritter said TechLaunch will continue to work with the companies to help them find investors. "We will train them to get them to raise money in smarter ways," he said.
University TechTransfer
- South Dakota Joins Industry Partnership for ICT Education
Gov. Mike Rounds recently announced that South Dakota will join a national partnership, led by many of the country's leading information and communication technology (ICT) companies, to improve science and technology education and the skill set of the state's high-tech workforce.
Connectivity & Communications
- Investor group targets universities' research. Allied Minds Inc.
A group of mostly British investors is trying to bridge the gap between American university research and commercial profit.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- MTA Commentary: Municipal Broadband Networks: sounds good; doesn’t work
Governments can do a lot of good things for us. Running broadband networks, it turns out, is not one of them.
- America's Top Digital Counties Ranked for Exceptional Use of Technology
"In today's world, technology is essential for effective and efficient government," said NACo Executive Director Larry E. Naake. "County governments realize this and are using technology in new ways to improve the delivery of services to Americans. The Digital Counties Survey illustrates the innovation being pursued by counties across the country."
Incubators and R&D
- Automatic Toilet Tissue Dispenser Ready
Americans typically use twice as much toilet paper as Europeans.
- Good Vibrations
Tiny devices that harness the energy from ambient vibrations could one day be used to power a variety of wireless sensors.
- Record Efficiency for Plastic Solar Cells
Researchers find a new way to make cheap and flexible photovoltaic cells.
Montana Business
- South Dakota chosen for underground lab
The NSF said the lab, located at Lead, S.D., in the northern Black Hills, will be the largest and deepest facility of its kind in the world.
- Research View 2007 - A Publication of The University of Montana
Everyone has heard of the canary in the coal mine, which sways or drops dead in the presence of poisonous gas, alerting miners to get out. Now a University of Montana research team has learned to understand the collective buzzing of bees in their hives, which can provide a similar biological alert system.
- DoD TechMatch
A Department of Defense-sponsored solution to find Research & Development Opportunities, Licensable Patents, and information on approximately 120 DoD Labs located across the United States.
Legislative Newsletters
- Business spotlight: Four Rivers Fishing Co.
“We like to think of ourselves as a destination for a great vacation for anyone and everyone,”
Montana Economic Development
- The Latest from Governor Brian Schweitzer
Montana is on the move and Wall Street is taking notice.
Regional Economic Development
- Survey to ascertain Montana employers’, supervisors' and human resources staff's needs relating to the recruiting, training and retaining of hiring of employees with disabilities. Please participate.
The State of Montana is looking for what it may provide to employers in the way of information and technical assistance in order to recruit, train, and retain members of this increasingly important group of workers.
- Laurel, Montana to look to future, economy through MEDA's Community Assessment Program
A team of six consultants will meet with residents, business and community leaders to seek input about the town's future. In about a month, the team will deliver a report outlining community input and offering suggestions on following through on some of the ideas.
- Six Western Montana projects among $20 million announced by Baucus, Tester
Western Montana projects include: $1 million for homeWORD in Missoula for the development of affordable rental housing.
- MWTC E-News
Global Strategy Program Certifies Montana Service Providers and Companies in Global Trade
Idaho Business
- 2007 Economic Strength Rankings Now Posted.
Each year, POLICOM Corporation ranks the 363 Metropolitan and 576 Micropolitan Areas for “Economic Strength.” This is the long-term tendency for an area to consistently grow in size and quality.
- A leader in business: No surprise to many: Forbes ranks Utah 2nd in nation. WA 5th, ID 6th, ND 9th, MT 42nd
"One of Washington's big strengths is reduced red tape."
- Finding common ground on land use in West - Missoula conference to explore problems, solutions. The Sopris Foundation
Missoula is not the only midsize city in the West experiencing unprecedented changes in land use. In fact, its struggles are typical of the challenges facing many other communities.
- Inland Northwest Economic Developments, Summer 2007
The following are projects, initiatives and economic developments that are making news in eastern Washington and northern Idaho.
Washington State Business
- Idaho Office of Science & Technology July 2007
Fast Company Magazine recently named Boise a high-tech hot spot on its list of Fast Cities.
- North Hollywood to North Idaho. --Titan Spring & Wire Products Co., Inc.
Idaho's business- and family-friendly environment was a big part of the decision to make the move.
- Laid-off Micron Employees Find Fine Print. Sound Off On Blogs
This means employees are essentially absorbing the company's penalty in their own severances.
- Idaho firm awarded Going-to-the-Sun Highway contract in Montana
An Idaho Falls company has been awarded a massive contract to reconstruct the Going-to-the-Sun Highway.
Miscellaneous Ramblings
- Ask.com to open Moses Lake plant. Data center to rely on cheap power
Internet search engine Ask.com plans to open a data center in this central Washington city, the latest high-tech company lured east of the Cascades by cheap hydropower.
CareersNon-Profit News
- Five Resume Tips for When You Can List Only One Employer
"It's an absolute red flag,"
Energy
- Chelsea Volkerts (my daughter) is going to run the Florence Marathon to supports AIDS Research. Your Support is Requested.
Although a lot of progress has been made, the AIDS epidemic is far from over. More than one million Americans, and 42 million others throughout the world, are now living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Making the Most of the American Prairie
- Firm to develop green plans for Yellowstone National Park
The nonprofit Yellowstone Park Foundation announced it has contracted with Ecos Consulting Inc. to help create an "environmental action plan" for Yellowstone operations.
Transportation
- Budding prairie reserve offers hope for the future of Montana. The American Prairie Foundation
New approaches such as APF's — approaches that break out of the traditional land-management paradigms and leave the land open to public access — offer great hope for the region's future.
Community
- How To Get More Americans To Use Bicycles
"I've lived in 10 different cities around the world. ... The thing about a separated bike lane is you feel totally separate. Which means you get a ton more people on the streets -- mothers, kids, even at rush hour you think nothing of it."
- A Recipe For Grassroots Community Building. "The Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-it-Yourself Guide to Placemaking."
A new book bills itself as a do-it-yourself guide for residents looking to strengthen the sense of community it their neighborhood.
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