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| MATR Newsletter - Fri Aug 19, 2005 |
"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a little bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Come Home Montana
Miscellaneous Ramblings
- The Attraction of Small Towns
“These are great old towns that have sort of been preserved in amber for decades,” says Feinberg. “They are places that were once real places that have fallen on hard times and they need to reinvent themselves.”
- Featured "Come Home Montana" Community~CUT BANK
Montana Wants You Back! ReVisit your Home Town today.
- Montana-Jobs.net Featured Career - Network Administrator
- Montana-Jobs.net Featured Talent - Desired Field: Agriculture, Banking - Financial Services, Economic Development
Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana
- Diving Deep Into the Web
``The deep Web is the future,''
Education
- Classic Business Cases Live On at Harvard Business School - "What is it about these cases that makes them so enduring?"
We take a behind-the-scenes look at five cases that are at least twenty years old, are still regularly taught in MBA classes, and rank among the best-selling cases of all time.
- Entrepreneurship can be learnt — but not taught by academia
Entrepreneurship evolves around a personality a complex of attributes that are behavioural, temperamental, emotional and mental. The good thing about these attributes, which include ambition, courage, eye for opportunities, industry and independent thinking, is that one is able to develop them.
- New York Releases Plan for Expanding Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Trying to reverse a decades-long economic slump in upstate New York, state leaders are now looking at how they can support and nurture entrepreneurship in the region.
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Ideas at Work Newsletter
Montana Business
- Experts offer individual homework help online
Stewart is one of scores of experts from academia, government and elsewhere offering free advice to students needing homework help -- as long as they're motivated by curiosity and aren't merely lazy.
- Science, engineering are key to Boise State University's future, Kustra says
Boise State University's science and engineering programs could lead the college's transformation to a research school while helping improve Idaho's economy, BSU President Bob Kustra said Wednesday.
- Arizona school has bricks and mortar but no books
School officials believe the electronic materials will get students more engaged in learning. Empire High, which opened this year, was designed specifically to have a textbook-free environment.
Montana Economic Development
- Seattle Based Manufacturer, SeaCast, Inc. Picks Butte, Montana for Expansion
The proposed manfacturing facility will employ approximately 30 individuals and help in the strengthening of the economy of Butte-Silver Bow and southwest Montana. “Today marks the beginning of this process, and it is our intention to have it up and running in 2006,” said Mike Robins.
- Visual Learning Systems of Missoula's Feature Analyst Helping CAE Inc. Create World Class Simulation Systems
“The introduction of satellite images and aerial photography mapped on terrain has posed another level of complexity to the development of visual databases,” states Art Malvar, CAE’s Group Leader, Advanced Database Development. Feature Analyst addresses this issue by automatically extracting features of interest from these datasets quickly and accurately.
Developing Funding Opportunities in Montana
- Economist Larry Swanson to Helena: Ride the ‘sea change' in Western economy
"We pretend we are a rural state," he said. "We pretend we're cowboys. If you think like cowboys, you're not going to be able to plan for change on the Third Coast."
- Energy firms paying for bulk of Montana governor's energy conference
"This is an idea summit," he said of the conference. "There isn't anyone there writing public policy. ... The consumers and environmental groups are part of this conference. If they want to bring some money, we'd love to have it. These things don't happen for nothing."
Funding and Building your Business
- Telling the angels from the devils in high-tech finance
Is this a novel about cracking the mystery of high-tech financing?
Regional Economic Development
- Six Steps to Operational Innovation
Schneider National provides a study on how focusing on just the right capabilities can lead to greater success than ongoing internal innovation. From Harvard Management Update.
- Learn the basic of online sales before jumping into the Web
Help customers find what they need.
- Gauging the Success of Your Business
"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a little bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Small Firms Find Success Online, Too - Business Models Work For Local Companies
"The ones who have stayed around and succeeded are the ones who have followed business precepts that have worked in small businesses for a century,"
- “Bootstrapping Your Business" by Greg Gianforte of RightNow Technologies of Bozeman, Montana
This web site is dedicated to Bootstrappers – people who start and grow successful companies with almost no money.
- Inside Entrepreneurship: Know your priorities before partnering
Is now a good time to take on a partner?
- Name Your Price - Stumped about what to charge? Setting prices is both an art and a science--and a little bit of guesswork. Here's how to figure it out.
As you likely know or suspect, you'll have many motives when deciding the prices for your products and services, from understanding what the market can bear to figuring out what you can bear.
Government Technology
- The Economic Compass Points Back to the Core
Should policymakers focus on urban core centers as keys to economic growth or seek greater economic equity in the less developed periphery? A new study on regional policy and economic geography suggest policies should be directed toward core growth.
- Education key to jobs, Microsoft CEO says
The world's best-known computer whiz said the growth engines of the future will be information technology and biomedical firms.
Idaho Business
- Ohio Developing Statewide Cybersecurity Strategy
- NYC Community Board Member Discusses Wiki, Online Technology, For Local Governance
After 14 years as a board member (Queens Board 3) I've concluded 99 percent of all good ideas for improving a community reside with the public.
Incubators and R&D
- High Tech Boat Docking system from Dynamic Fabricators in Rathdrum, Idaho offers ultra durability and a 20-year warranty
"It rides perfectly, and doesn't tip," she said. "We have a neighbor with a walker, and it's stable for her. I can't imagine anyone would have a wood dock."
- The Idaho SBIR/STTR Initiative Newsletter
- Idaho Governor's Science & Technology Advisory Council adds Councilmember to seek biotech business
Biomedical research is among four "core competencies" that the Science and Technology Council works to promote and advocate, said Rick Ritter, director of technology outreach at the TECenter at Boise State University West in Nampa.
University TechTransfer
- MSU enters regional fight against bioterrorist agents - "Got Q Fever?"
The Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence is devoted to diseases that can spread from animals to humans. It is one of 10 centers set up by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases across the nation to counter a wide range of bioterrorist threats. The Rocky Mountain region consists of Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, Utah and Colorado.
Montana Education/Business Partnerships
- Vanderbilt University takes tech to marketplace
For the fiscal year ending in June, the university received $5.1 million in revenues from technology already in the marketplace. The revenue growth curve is at about 30 percent annually, and in the last four years revenue has tripled.
Non-Profit News
- MSU College of Business Class Seeks Businesses to Offer Consulting
Montana State University's College of Business is seeking local and regional businesses that would be willing to offer MSU management students practical business experience this fall semester in return for research, issue analysis or operational advice.
- Lack of Qualified Workers Strains Mining Companies
The world's mining sector faces a critical labor shortage at a time when global demand for commodities is running high -- helping push up prices and limiting the supply of raw materials for products from mobile phones to jet engines and kitchen sinks.
Energy
- Community fundraising could use focus - Missoulians have many good, ambitious ideas, but couldn't we tackle fewer at a time?
It just seems more efficient to approach these projects in a logical, linear fashion - one that allows completion of one fundraising effort before launching the next, or at least to attempt fewer things at once. Wouldn't it be better to finish yesterday's great idea before moving on to the next new thing?
Making the Most of the American Prairie
- Idaho Building Efficiency Update for Commercial Design and Construction Professionals - Energy Efficiency Pays. Now More Than Ever.
Wondering what's been happening with the Idaho Building Efficiency program since it was unveiled this past April?
- Converting manure into electricity nets farmers fed reward
Recently, in cooperation with Utah State University, the farm has installed tanks several hundred feet high that "digest" manure, releasing anaerobic gasses. The farm is in the process of installing a special electric generator. Using the gasses to power the generator, they plan to generate an ongoing stream of 100-150 kilowatts of power for use on their farm.
Connectivity & Communications
- New plan for the Great Plains: Bring back the Pleistocene
Elephants roaming North Dakota? Free-range camels and lions a couple hours' drive from Denver or Oklahoma City?
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- In case of emergency, put your cell on ICE
"Basically, we have cell phones so that we have a way to reach help," she says. "I would want my family to know what happened to me."
- Safeguarding Communities Through Modern Communication Systems, Strategy Paper From the Center for Digital Government
At issue is the lack of interoperability among dissimilar communications systems used by various agencies.
- San Francisco Looks To Wireless Future
"We will not stop until every San Franciscan has access to free wireless Internet service." Mayor Gavin Newsom
- The Rise Of RSS
In other words, RSS has become mainstream.
- Free Neighborhood Wi-Fi - Get to know your neighbors by giving them a way to connect to the Internet and to one another
Launch a node in your ’hood with the steps in this article.
- Intel Tries To Spur Wireless Cities Momentum
Thirteen pilot cities have already jumped on the opportunity and Intel says that number is expected to grow to 100 over the next year.
- Pee-powered battery smaller than a credit card
The first urine-powered paper battery has been created by physicists in Singapore.
- Nanotech researchers report big breakthrough that may lead to the creation of artificial muscles, superstrong electric cars and wallpaper-thin electronics, researchers report.
"This is fundamentally a new material,"
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