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| MATR Newsletter - Tue Aug 12, 2008 |
"Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual." -- Terry Pratchett
Congratulations to Julie Foster and the updates to Montana Jobs Network. This is a powerful site for both finding and listing senior management and high tech positions in Montana. "Montana Employers Now Hiring - Montana Jobs Network" http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html --- Do you know of games developers in Montana? "SBIR Funding Opportunities for Video Game Developers" http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html ---
Montana Jobs Network
Idaho National Laboratory
- Montana Employers Now Hiring - Montana Jobs Network
The (All New) Montana Jobs Network Career Portal has been redesigned so that the users focus becomes specific to job matching services.
Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana
- Flexible nanoantenna arrays, developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory, capture abundant solar energy
The sheets could one day be manufactured as lightweight "skins" that power everything from hybrid cars to iPods with higher efficiency than traditional solar cells
Montana Business
- “Self-Employment Transitions among Older Workers with Career Jobs”
One-third of male workers between the ages of 51 and 61 are self-employed.
- Kids find summer fun in business school -- really
"There is a cultural entrepreneurship phenomenon, especially in the valley. It's just on their radar earlier."
Montana Economic Development
- Candy's Colorland - Plastic playhouses a hit for Cascade, Montana entrepreneur
Rebecca Engum, who runs the local Small Business Assistance Center, is impressed with both Maxwell and her product. Maxwell came to Engum a year ago, seeking advice on successful development and marketing of her product.
- SeaCast project in Butte, Montana moving forward
“It’s a big step in getting this project moving toward completion.”
Careers
- Plum Creek negotiates new easements with state of Montana
As Plum Creek Timber repositions itself as a real estate company, it is working with the state of Montana to expand its logging road easements, so it can bring improved access and underground utilities to land that it can later subdivide into rural communities.
- Sen. Baucus invites foreign ambassadors to tour Montana to develop trade opportunities
The Democrat has asked the ambassadors from Colombia, Morocco, New Zealand, Peru, and Vietnam to the Treasure State to discuss possible trade opportunities.
- Montana's top officials praise new AE Biofuels plant in Butte
“Butte. Why not do business here? It’s the best place on Earth,”
Developing Funding Opportunities in Montana
- The Five Minute Management Course (Very worthwhile...)
These gems are well worth sharing....
Funding and Building your Business
- How Angels Are Playing a Fallen Economy
They may have less to invest, but America's startup backers are pooling their capital to do as many deals as ever
Montana Education Excellence
- SBIR Funding Opportunities for Video Game Developers
If you're a game developer or work with a company in the Inland Northwest, these funding opportunities may be of interest to you.
- Use caution with family loans for your business
To increase your odds of success, approach family and friends with a detailed loan proposal just as you would a bank or venture capitalist
- YouNoodle: Better Startup Valuation Through Algorithms?
YouNoodle has developed a database that it claims can predict the valuation of early-stage startup companies.
- A Fundraising Survival Guide
Raising money is the second hardest part of starting a startup.
Montana Education/Business Partnerships
- Lack of qualified teachers has many Montana schools failing to meet accreditation standards
Nearly 30 percent of Montana's public schools are failing to meet accreditation standards because more teachers are educating students in areas outside of their endorsement, along with other substandard factors, according to the Montana Board of Public Education.
- SAF to Distribute $1.2 Million in Grant Funds to Montana Schools
The Acce$$ Grant program was established eight years ago in an effort by SAF to better meet the financial needs of students at Montana colleges and universities.
Regional Business
- Stockman Bank gives to state music fund
CFKF is a Bozeman based non-profit organization formed in 1997 to address budget cuts in school music programs across the country. The organizational mission is to empower young people to shape their own positive futures through playing music.
Idaho Business
- Pay equity: It’s long overdue and it's the law.
Pay discrimination is already a federal crime; it is enforcement that is lacking.
Education
- With closing of JD Lumber Mill, Priest River, Idaho faces uncertain future
With the mill disposing more than 200 jobs, Priest River wavers between its possible fates, including bubbling into a tourist hub or fading into a ghost town.
- Auditor: Idaho nuclear company risking going out of business. Alternate Energy Holdings Inc. says it's moving forward.
Since its inception, Alternate Energy Holdings has a deficit of $4.9 million.
Connectivity & Communications
- University of Washington ranked 16th among 500 universities the world over
"American institutions continue to dominate the top echelons of the influential list," says the Chronicle in a blog carrying top news stories from around the Web. "Fifty-four percent of the top 100 universities are in the United States."
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- Telemedicine allows kids in Montana and doctors in Seattle to connect
What do you do when you have a sick child but you live hundreds of miles from the doctor?
Commuter Rail Development
- Scientists closer to invisibility cloak
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time they were able to cloak three-dimensional objects using artificially engineered materials that redirect light around the objects.
Government Technology
- Wyoming - Good investment in high-speed rail study
With the high cost of both fuel and highway construction these days, exploring high-speed train service in Wyoming is beginning to make a lot of sense.
Non-Profit News
- California Launches Best Practices Wiki
Everybody is welcome to view the content and search
- The Montana Association for the Blind is seeking items to keep its Summer Orientation Program up and running.
The most necessary items are computers and large flat-screen monitors; sewing machines, fabric and other supplies; cooking supplies; craft items such as craft kits, wood, woodworking kits, leather, leather kits.
- Making way for Gen-Xers, Millenials on non-profit boards
Non-profit organizations beginning to think about a broader role on their boards of directors for Gen-Xers might be aghast at contemplating how to deal with an influx of Millenials, or Gen-Yers.
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