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| MATR Newsletter - Tue Jul 14, 2009 |
"The greatest, most successful and well-respected leaders understand that the true measure of their greatness as leaders is their ability to develop leaders who go on to surpass them — who rise to a level greater than themselves in skill, influence and ability." Steve Farber
Destiny University School of Medicine
Montana World Trade Center
- Montana needs cure for doctor shortage
Many patients throughout Montana now have no primary care doctor at all.
PrintingForLess
- Going Global In Today's Market, 07/21, Bozeman
Jason will present on the benefits of a business going global in today’s market. He will also provide attendees with solutions to the difficult question of whether or not to enter the global marketplace and how a business can enter the market, with the most suitable approach.
Highway 12 Ventures
- Printing Matters July 2009 Newsletter from PrintingForLess.com
This month, we're introducing a cost-effective new marketing product, providing tips for beating the summer lull, and highlighting PFL's recent company happenings.
Come Home Wyoming
- Technology Going Downhill
It’s uplifting to think about a new generation of young, smart people whose second nature will be to embrace technology to develop new and better solutions for the problems of the world.
Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana
- Couple seeks to beautify Midwest, Wyoming
A family relationship led them to Midwest in the late 1980s, and by 1995, they began summering here for four to six weeks each year to escape the Phoenix heat. Newly retired, Donna said those stays may get more lengthy.
Montana Business
- Blinded by opportunity
After consulting with family and friends, Pope arranged for financing and decided to give it a whirl. Here, he talks about the risks and rewards of being an entrepreneur.
Montana Economic Development
- "Damn right I'm mad!" - Montana Governor Schweitzer blasts GM plan to cancel Stillwater platinum contract
This seems to be quite an affront to American taxpayers and Stillwater Mining Company employees for the sacrifices they have made to keep GM afloat. For the sake of Montana’s economy, we urge you to use the contact sheet following the press release to try to change this situation. Feel free to pass this along to others, as well. Thank you. Webb Brown
- Roping in revenue: Montana ranches offer working vacations - Montana Bunkhouses Working Ranch Vacations
After many years of taking in ranch guests on their own, Remi Metcalf and his wife, Susan, recently joined Montana Bunkhouses Working Ranch Vacations, a cooperative of more than 20 cattle ranches.
- Company originally formed in Montana, Ad Operations Interactive, inks exclusive reseller deal with NY based Ad-Juster and builds a Major Client List in First and Second Quarters
“We’ve been overwhelmed by the response we are getting from multiple departments within the online publishing world. The efficient handling of online advertising discrepancies between servers is a 10 year-old problem, so there is a lot of pain out there in the market."
Careers
- New downtown Missoula, Montana building for Garlington, Lohn & Robinson will be tall, eco-friendly and first to use Federal New Markets Tax Credits
“Had Montana Community Development Corp. not been able to get these tax credits for Montana last fall,” said Gary Chumrau, Garlington, Lohn & Robinson managing partner, “this would have never gone forward.”
- International trout symposium planned for 2010 in West Yellowstone, Montana
The tenth international Wild Trout Symposium will be held next year, Monday through Thursday, September 27-30, 2010, at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort and Conference Center in West Yellowstone, adjacent to the west entrance to Yellowstone National Park.
- Montana must grow its own doctors
To address the widespread need for family doctors, Montana must train its own. That was the idea behind establishing the Montana Family Medicine Residency more than a decade ago.
Developing Funding Opportunities in Montana
- 100 Essential Skills for Geeks - How many can you do?
This list is by no means complete, but I think it is a good sample of the skills required to be a true geek.
- Montana nonprofit group, Rural Employment Opportunities, helps ag workers land life-changing jobs
Started in 1981, and funded with a $567,000 Department of Labor National Farmworkers Jobs Program grant, REO helps about 72 low-paid, seasonal Montana farm workers a year improve their job skills and land better-paying, year-round jobs, said executive director Bruce Day.
- Starting Fresh With an Unpaid Internship
with unemployment at 9.5%, some older laid-off workers are taking on unpaid internships to stay busy, gain new skills and expand their networks.
- Three Questions for Potential Managers to Ask Themselves
If you are considering a management role, there are three questions you’ll want to ask yourself, and perhaps even discuss with a trusted advisor:
Funding and Building your Business
- New Model for Funding Support to Small Businesses Passes Tennessee "Fund of Funds" Legislature
The result is a model intended to minimize the expense to the state, provide incentives for participation by venture capital groups, and encourage funds to invest in seed and early stage small businesses in Tennessee within a designated time period.
Idaho Business
- Recovery Act Expands SBA's VC Program For Small Business
Effective July 10, small businesses that would otherwise have difficulty securing private equity or venture capital may find funding easier to get as a result of changes made as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Investment Company program.
- Looking to buy a business? John Halstvedt of On-Call Network in Billings, Montana can help
Halstvedt said he concentrates on locating mature, profitable businesses for clients who are interested in buying them. Most people don't realize it, but the majority of good businesses are bought and sold with little public knowledge, he said.
- How to Start a Company (and Kiss Like Angelina) Howcast
A handful of Google and YouTube veterans started Howcast.com, to jump into the bustling and fast-growing crowd of Web sites offering how-to content.
- The Customer Knows Best
Thanks to the Internet, companies can easily find out what consumers think. They just ask.
Oregon Business
- New University of Idaho President, Duane Nellis: "Time to innovate"
"We're not just a bunch of eccentric academics out here, but our faculty, especially being a land grant university, a lot of their basic research has direct applicability to economic development and to the quality of life of our citizens," Nellis said. "Whether it's an art professor, a history professor or an engineer, they're contributing to the well-being of this state and I am just excited about that."
- Pocatello, Idaho polysilicon plant Hoku goes up for sale
“Given our current market capitalization, it is unlikely that we will be able to secure the capital we need without selling a majority of our stock or assets. That being the case, we are seeking a strategic buyer for the company, while simultaneously seeking debt and equity financing alternatives.”
- Group lays out ambitious economic goals for Blaine County, Idaho
"We don't have a cohesive, collaborative strategy."
Wyoming Business
- Startup: Vital signs of a young regional company - Vigillo
Web-based risk-management software for companies that operate truck fleets.
Education
- Wyoming board OKs first film incentive applicants
The state Tourism Board has given the green light to Wyoming's first film incentive applicants: three documentaries, a public television series and a movie.
- Wyoming high school dropout rate to be topic of education summit
"When a kid drops out, they just don't do themselves any good - they don't do the economy any good. We really need to do a better job of keeping them in."
Montana Meth Project
- Can Community Colleges Save the U.S. Economy?
"This group of kids will pay a high economic price if we don't step up as a nation."
Community
- Meth ads hit home with Montana readers
“Has the Montana Meth Project made you or your children more aware of the dangers of using meth?”
Energy and Climate Change
- Second homes: A meeting of the minds and much more in Missoula, Montana
Missoula is consistently ranked one of the best places to live by media, including Outside, Country Home and CNN.com. Men's Journal ranked it the nation's best small town.
- 6,000-Mile Energy Corridor Through the West is Challenged
Suit alleges 6,000-mile corridor would threaten wildlife and some of the West's most scenic lands, all while ignoring the push for renewable energy in the region.
- MDU Resources Intends to Help Develop Green Power Express
"This region has some of the best wind resources in the United States - North Dakota has been called the Saudi Arabia of wind - and this transmission project will make development of that renewable energy feasible.
- Exxon to Invest Millions to Make Fuel From Algae
“I am not going to sugarcoat this — this is not going to be easy.” Any large-scale commercial plants to produce algae-based fuels are at least 5 to 10 years away, Dr. Jacobs said.
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