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| MATR Newsletter - Tue Mar 25, 2008 |
"Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters." Norman Maclean
Come Home Montana
Come Home Wyoming
- No signs of slowing down in Butte, Montana
We tend to cringe every so often when we hear the phrase, “This will put Butte on the map.”
- Focusing on a new career in Montana
"One of my dreams has always been to live close to the mountains, so when I started looking for photography schools and found the Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Missoula, it seemed like the perfect fit."
Boomtown Institute
- Energy industry helps boost Wyoming population
The abundance of jobs in Wyoming is drawing more people to the state, including in some rural areas that normally don't see much increase.
Come Home Idaho
- The Agurban from Boomtown Institute
According to outplacement consultancy firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., this annual distraction could cost employers as much as $1.7 billion in wasted work time over the 16 business days of the Tournament, starting the Monday after the teams and brackets are selected (March 17) through its conclusion on Monday, April 7, in San Antonio, Texas.
Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana
- Titan could be high-tech springboard. Aerospace certification could attract others
"We're chasing dragons, and slaying them daily,"
Montana Ambassadors
- MSU College of Business Entrepreneur Day, 4/1, MSU Bozeman, Montana
The College of Business is bringing the fourth annual Entrepreneur Day to Montana State University as part of its on-going community service to enhance entrepreneurial spirit and education.
- Entrepreneurship Week At Stanford University
The 2008 Innovation Tournament is open to teams of Stanford students, as well as students around the world.
Funding and Building your Business
- Montana Ambassadors Spring Newsletter
This is an exciting time for Montana Ambassadors as we are truly “on the move” and active on several fronts. Catch up on all the news and enjoy the photos as well.
Education
- TradeVibes is the best way to discover and research hot new startups online.
It's a platform for our community to share, discuss, and evaluate information about these companies.
- Sound marketing strategy a must for small businesses
Many people often equate “marketing” with sales and advertising.
- 7 Uncommon Questions I'd Ask A Startup If I Were A Venture Capitalist
Venture capitalists have a hard job. The good ones have to pick a small number of investments from a large pool of opportunities, often with minimal "data".
- Small developers get face time with AT&T
In an effort to reach out to developers of mobile software, AT&T has invited more than 100 companies to pitch their products to a panel of judges, including AT&T managers at the CTIA-The Wireless Association convention in Las Vegas April 1-3.
- $2 million fund to be set up for Web startups
It will make investments of between $10,000 and $250,000 in new Internet companies.
- A New Tool From Google Alarms Sites
Google is taking a greater role in helping users search within particular sites. And some of the same retailers and publishers are not happy about it.
Connectivity & Communications
- California's students fail skills test. Community colleges grapple with commitment to remedial courses
Community colleges nationwide labor under the weight of ill-prepared students. Some colleges estimate that nearly every student is unprepared in math, reading or writing — or all three.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- A Tech Rx for Doctors: The iPhone
Tech-savvy doctors have been speculating about the iPhone's medical potential long before Apple shipped its first unit.
Incubators and R&D
- 10 Cool CRM Developments
With the advent of CRM (customer relationship management) as a development platform—think solutions from Salesforce.com, Microsoft and SugarCRM—customers and partners have begun to develop some interesting applications, moving way beyond the confines of sales, support and marketing. Here are some prime examples.
- A hive of activity. Independent entrepreneurs 'co-work' in shared office
There's nothing robotic about the people working at the Hive Cooperative in Denver. They are bright young entrepreneurs mostly working for small, relatively new companies that thrive on information technology, Web design and database marketing.
- Replacing Wire With Laser, Sun Tries to Speed Up Data
Sun Microsystems is gambling on using beams of light to connect processor chips, eliminating a bottleneck.
Montana Business
- University Of Montana Research Conference Open To The Public, 4/5, Missoula
Explore topics from diabetes, osteoarthritis and mad cow disease to tourism, the Bible and the Blackfoot language at The University of Montana’s seventh annual Graduate Student and Faculty Research Conference on Saturday, April 5.
- The preventive edge of autism research at the University of Washington
"We're not only trying to identify kids early, but we're also simultaneously wanting to see what we can do to effectively intervene."
- Research Roundup at Montana State University (#275), Alligator lessons, Success in space, Curious students, Spouses to teachers
"Troops to Teachers," a federally-funded program involving MSU students and faculty, helps military personnel who want to become teachers.
Economic Gardening
- Montana physician shortage on the horizon
A major reason for the shortage, they say, is how these doctors are paid for their work, through a system adopted and often dictated by Medicare, the federal health insurance program for those 65 and older.
- Server site designed to keep outsiders at bay - Transtech Data Center in Billings, Montana
Montana's Most Advanced High-Tech Business Park
Montana Economic Development
- Economic gardening helps businesses grow
City program nurtures companies to stimulate growth, develop jobs
Regional Economic Development
- Connectivity the key to economic growth
We need to build connectivity within the innovation system. This involves creating meaningful, continuing links between business, research and educational institutions, which must be based on high trust levels, and all parties need to see the value in the process.
Government Technology
- Good pay, steady work, few takers as young people spurn the trades
In an industry where retirement tends to come early and knowledge is passed down on the job, that trend presents a potentially paralyzing problem -- especially as demand for workers continues to rise.
- Inland Northwest Economic Developments, Spring 2008
The following are projects, initiatives and economic developments that are making news in eastern Washington and northern Idaho.
Idaho Business
- California Backs Off Real ID. Montana stands firm over REAL ID Act
California's request for an extension is not a commitment to implement Real ID. “We just stood our ground,” Gov. Brian Schweitzer said. “We didn’t blink, we didn’t buckle, and they said OK. We gave up about nothing.”
- Montana Governor: DHS 'Blinks' on Real ID
"I sent them a horse and if they want to call it a zebra, that's up to them," Schweitzer said. "They can call it whatever they want, and it wasn't a love letter."
Oregon Economic Development
- Idaho may have to to step in and take over 32 underperforming schools. No Child Left Behind
And hundreds more schools could be in the same situation in the next few years.
Careers
- Greenlight Greater Portland - Study identifies the Portland-area industries to retain and the ones to recruit.
The analysis is taking a more detailed look at occupations. This step is important, because regions are competing increasingly on the "basket of skills" they produce.
Non-Profit News
- Get written agreement before résumé is sent out
I'm very worried they may accidentally send my résumé to my own company.
- Best mentors give challenging advice, criticism
Sometimes we reach out to them, but just as often they attach themselves to us. They can be annoyingly opinionated, and it can be hard to remember they have our best interests at heart.
Energy
- Ready to Lead? Next Generation Leaders Speak Out
In general, the news is pretty sobering.
Transportation
- Reducing Carbon Emissions Could Help -- Not Harm -- US Economy
A national policy to cut carbon emissions by as much as 40 percent over the next 20 years could still result in increased economic growth, according to an interactive website that reviews 25 of the leading economic models used to predict the economic impacts of reducing emissions.
City Club Missoula
- Air taxi, Prairie Aviation filling void left by Big Sky
Flights from Glasgow to Billings are as low as $149 round-trip, with standby charges of $17.50 an hour as the pilot waits for the return trip.
- University of Montana's EVP, Jim Foley talks university's future at City Club Missoula
“I really do believe that in order to have a great community like Missoula we need a great university,” Foley said. “And more importantly, in order to have a world-class university we have to continue to have a great community like we have in Missoula.”
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