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| MATR Newsletter - Tue Nov 6, 2007 |
"In the Internet world, hope is not just a strategy, it's a business plan." Bill Virgin
Come Home Montana
Developing Tech Jobs in Rural Communities
- Help (still) wanted in Flathead Valley, Montana
Labor crunch continues to challenge employers
Funding and Building your Business
- Online teaching expands to Cody, Wyoming - City is 5th to host office for Eleutian Technology employing more than 100 teachers
An Internet start-up company that employs Wyoming teachers to tutor Asian students learning English is opening a Cody office this week.
Education
- Naming unmet need may not be enough for start-up
"Keep your eyes open to an unmet need, and then keep very, very focused."
- Angel investors become a bigger force for startups
"We're individuals who can be very flexible in seeding deals."
- Innovation Storytellers - WOW!
(Warning- If you start watching these, plan on missing dinner, sleep and other social events...)
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- Educational Engagement: A Successful Strategy for Academic and Civic Achievement and Success
Quality student engagement should be considered as an effective intervention that leads to student success.
Incubators and R&D
- Building a Community, Byte by Byte. Start-Up Weekend Brings Strangers Together to Launch an Internet Company
"We need to put in our stake and put our name on map. This proves that we can."
- Google's Andy Rubin discusses the company's cellphone strategy
This is bigger than any one company.
Montana Business
- Micron pledges $1M to build university research center in Utah
According to a news release, the center will host research and instruction in the area of emerging hardware and software technologies, particularly in reconfigurable hardware technologies.
Montana Economic Development
- Raytheon JPS Communications and Missoula based Invizeon to market an emergency notification system
“By combining our capabilities with Invizeon, a comprehensive solution now exists for bridging land mobile radio and other commonly used communications devices for emergency response messaging,” said Keith McDonald, vice president of Sales and Marketing for JPS Communications.
- Pyron of Missoula, Montana launches SiteFin: New program aims to help customers update their Web sites
“For a small or medium-sized company, this is an efficient solution that doesn't require you to do extraordinary training to use it,”
- Day care can cost more than college tuition in Montana
Numbers like these got Montana lumped with the bottom 10 states for affordable day care, according to the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.
North Dakota Business and Economic Development
- Montana Economic Developers Association Fall 2007 Conference
- Changing times: Good, bad and ugly in the Flathead Valley of Montana
Jobs are plentiful ... but it may take two or three part-time jobs to make a livable wage.
- Preservation Grants Available from Montana Historic Society
"We are excited that Preserve America Communities and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices across Montana can benefit from these grant dollars," she said. "Many communities just need the infusion of grants to support their excellent preservation education and heritage tourism training ideas."
- Bitterroot Resort Economic Impact Study Nearing Release - Presentations Scheduled
Our goal for this project is to assess and quantify the project’s economic impact based on established research methodology and to share that information.
Regional Economic Development
- North Dakotans seek salvation for churches
"Churches were the glue that held rural communities together," says Dale Bentley, Preservation North Dakota's executive director. "In some ways, they're the most important buildings in the state."
Idaho Business
- The Wage & Benefits Metric - Building Economic Engines
Are you trying to determine whether a proposed business is right for your community?
- Biotech startups find venture capital hard to come by
At a recent meeting of Washington biotech executives and scientists, an entrepreneur addressed the gathering and lamented a local "valley of death" -- a reference to the difficulty that scientists have in finding money to take their ideas from the laboratory to the marketplace.
- Getting Youth Involved In PlanningDon’t Ignore What Kids Can Bring to Your Community Planning Process
“Through the promotion of childrenʼs and youthʼs right to be heard and to participate, planners and educators will demonstrate a respect for children and youth that will lead to a safer and healthier tomorrow.”
Washington State BusinessCareers
- Telecom Transport on track to raise $120 million
The Seattle company plans to use the new money to construct its back-haul networks for wireless carriers in Minneapolis and a large suburban area surrounding Philadelphia, as well as two other U.S. markets that have yet to be identified.
Non-Profit News
- Tips for Job Hunters on Winning The Attention of Recruiters Online
For the uninitiated, online job seeking can seem positively confounding.
- Retired? Not for long.
Retirees have various reasons for reentering the workforce. But finding the right job presents challenges.
Energy
- Nonprofits are woven into the fabric of our community - Western Montana InBusiness
Missoula is the nonprofit capital of Montana.
Transportation
- Mayors, Looking to Cities’ Future, Are Told It Must Be Colored Green
Despite the sometimes difficult task of convincing residents of its importance, the protection of the environment must be the priority of cities. That was the message more than 100 American mayors heard and stressed at a recent meeting.
Montana Education Excellence
- Sharrows help point the way for cyclists- Missoula sets transportation workshops and dinner
Sharrows debuted in Missoula on South Third Street pavement last week, prompting applause from the bike community and curiosity from onlookers.
City Club Missoula
- The Montana University System and Higher Education Leaders from Across U.S. Announce New Initiative to Expand College Access and Increase Success for Low-Income and Minority Students
“The future of our nation demands more college graduates, and I’m pleased that our partners in university systems across the country are committed to meeting this challenge.”
- City Club Missoula -Timber Companies & Conservationists Find Common Ground - Beaverhead-Deerlodge Timber Partnership, 11/16, Missoula
Jobs in the woods, healthy forests and protection of Montana’s backcountry heritage – is such a vision of forest management possible?
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