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| MATR Newsletter - Fri Jul 4, 2008 |
"We've had new possibilities and potentials, but we haven't capitalized enough on growth. We didn't take the vitality that the growth provided us and reinvest that into the kind of place we want to be when that growth slows or stops," Economist Larry Swanson discussing Montana's economy.
MATR on Vacation I'm taking a few days R&R in one of Montana's beautiful wilderness areas and I'm positive that there's no net connectivity up in the woods. MATR will return on July 15. In the meantime, if you have economic or company success stories or related events, please submit them http://matr.net/login.phtml or send them to me [email protected] and I'll get them all in MATR and the next newsletter. Best, Russ
Globalization Partners International
Montana World Trade Center
- Globalization Partners International ETailXpo..the World's Largest, Virtual, Online Trade Show, 7/9-10
"It is estimated that over 8000 global e-commerce and marketing professionals will attend www.eTailXpo.com from over 79 countries," says Martin Spethman, GPI's Managing Partner.
Boomtown Institute
- Montana World Trade Center June Newsletter
Special Announcements 1. Rehberg Secures $300,000 in Funding for Montana World Trade Center in Missoula
Come Home Montana
- The Agurban from Boomtown Institute - Farming Bill--Law of Unintended Consequences
Every five years Iowa State University does a survey of Iowa Farmland Ownership which looks at who owns that state's farmland. They just came out with their new study and to me the results are alarming.
Developing Tech Jobs in Rural Communities
- Montana Career Opportunities - Management Positions - U.S. Census Bureau- Billings
The U.S. Census Bureau, Denver Regional Census Center (RCC), has begun the process of filling management positions for the Billings Local Census Office set to open in October and for one Regional Technician for the state of Montana.
- MATR on Vacation
MATR will return on July 15.
Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana
- Beyond brain drain. Human capital increasingly votes with its feet
Educated workers are more willing to relocate.
Leadership Montana
- State's help for startups pays off. Investments fuel growth, official says
Down the road, Clayton said she wants to establish a statewide entrepreneurial network and produce a "venture forum" where companies could meet potential investors to seek support.
Montana Business
- Ethics and Leadership. What seeds do you plant?
Be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later.
Montana Economic Development
- Luxury Ranch in Montana Has New Name and Green Image
Think of Montana and images of fly-fishing, hiking snow-topped mountain trails or horseback riding come to mind.
- Western Montana InBusiness July 2008 - Financial Focus- How is the Economy of Western Montana Positioned as the Country Teeters Toward Recession?
Tempered by our historic vantage, each of us can remember - often vividly so - tough times.
- Rep. Rehberg Secures $100,000 in Funding for Montana Manufacturing Extension Center
“MMEC’s ability to interact with the manufacturing industry at the ground level is very effective,” said Rehberg. “That’s why I’m happy to put my weight behind MMEC’s good work in anyway that I can.”
- Bitterroot Resort skiing plans denied again
“We anticipate that we'll have something new to review pretty soon,” Bull said. “He's indicated to us that he'll turn something around pretty quickly.”
Regional Economic Development
- July MEDA Online News
- Plum Creek announces details of largest conservation land purchase in U.S. history - in western Montana
The deal between Plum Creek Timber Co. and conservation buyers is designed to maintain the status quo; the real change would come if those western Montana acres were sold instead to real estate developers.
- STUDY: Yellowstone County's impact on Montana's economy
The prime location of the Magic City ensures that Billings will remain an important trading hub and will likely make Yellowstone the highest populated county for awhile longer.
- Meeting puts Montana's renewable energy projects in spotlight
The National Steering Committee of the 25x'25 Alliance, which promotes renewable energy development across the country, will meet next week in Great Falls.
- UM scientist , Steve Running tours Front, discusses climate change
"The Front is a big resource now, but will be even more so in the future."
Careers
- Western Governors Meet in Jackson Hole to discuss the future of the West.
Agenda topics included energy, climate change and adaptation, wildlife corridors and water policies for a changing world.
Funding and Building your Business
- Career opportunities blow in
"The demand (for wind techs) is such that some (colleges) have been trying to keep companies away from the program because they want everybody to graduate first."
Montana Education Excellence
- Are companies doing enough to brace for China's onslaught?
China has suddenly become the second most important growth economy in the world. On issue after issue, China’s ability to innovate and change rapidly is without precedent.
- Tell the Truth—It does not cost any more!
Integrity and trust are two hallmarks in the supplier/customer relationship.
- What I Did at VC Camp
An unusual summer program that had just been started by Highland Capital Partners, a venture capital firm with offices in Boston and Silicon Valley.
- Merchants asked to secure their sites
Today is the deadline for any business that accepts credit cards over the Internet to meet new security standards for their Web sites.
- Startup Advice from George Costanza: Do The Opposite
I've found that often "doing the opposite" (zigging when others are zagging) can actually work.
- Coming to a company near you: 4-day weeks
FUTURE WORKPLACE TRENDS: Four-day workweeks and no more cubicles — could this be the future of the workplace?
- Inside Entrepreneurship: Don't bank on PR to pay the bills
It's also worthwhile to consider that media buzz won't, in itself, pay your company's bills. Only sales do.
Regional Business
- State schools in Montana adding new wind programs
"We hope to blend the industrial technician curriculum with the wind technician curriculum," said Joe Schaffer, acting dean of MSU-Great Falls. "We are also looking at ways to get a functioning wind turbine on campus."
- Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer: Economic growth provides money for education
Education is for life.
- MSU may run two-year courses in Bozeman
Students seeking two-year, job-training degrees in Bozeman or taking remedial classes would likely face fewer hassles and confusion if a plan to run the programs from Bozeman instead of Great Falls wins approval.
University TechTransfer
- Yellowstone reports record June visitation
That's up nearly 2,500 visitors from June 2007, and marks only the second time ever that the park's June visitation has topped the 600,000 mark.
Idaho Business
- Sowing the seeds of University Tech Transfer
‘‘It actually brings academic experience to companies instead of just providing real estate,” Melissaratos said about the Technology Advancement Program, Mtech’s incubator system. ‘‘It sets the standard for incubators throughout the state.”
Oregon Economic Development
- Starting up: Idaho has $150,000 to give away to small businesses. Any takers?
The Idaho Legislature gave me a pot of money to help Idaho's small businesses apply for federal research and development grants.
Washington State Business
- Scandinavia: Vision of Portland’s future? Portland ambassadors find transportation and sustainability inspiration while on a weeklong tour
“This whole trip was leaning more toward policy development than just meeting with businesses,” Mangan said, adding that Scandinavia can be viewed as a template for what the city aspires to be.
Wyoming Business
- State's image for college opportunity for poor kids growing
"This is one of the most successful programs in the nation, but off the radar screen except for a few major supporters," says Sam Smith, retired president of Washington State University and a founding board member. "Now it's time to put it on everyone's radar screen."
Community
- Jackson Hole, Wyoming Gets WiMax Network
"Building on our strong relationship with Alvarion ... [we] offer the Jackson Hole area, and similar communities in the near future, advanced and affordable mobile services," said DigitalBridge CEO Kelley Dunne
EnergyCool Stuff That's Coming
- Garbage In, Megawatts Out
Ottawa will build the first gasification facility in North America to make energy from waste.
The Creative and Cultural Economy
- Ten Web Startups to Watch
We profile some of the most innovative ideas of the Social Web.
- System Estimates Geographic Location of Photos
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have devised the first computerized method that can analyze a single photograph and determine where in the world the image likely was taken.
Transportation
- Great Falls Fiddler Wins National Championship
Congratulations to Nancy Padilla, Bozeman for her second place finish at Weiser in the Adult category and to Wyatt Maw and Jesse Maw from Kalispell, 6th and 7th places, in the Grand Champion Division.
- Ex-Intel head Grove: Electric transportation 'has to be done'
Electricity in transportation has to be done. It is urgent. It is so important that everything else is secondary," Grove said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.
- EAS flights to resume in 3 Montana cities
A Wyoming-based airline plans to renew Essential Air Service to Lewistown, Miles City and Sidney in early September.
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