The State with the Best Education Wins!
	MATR Newsletter - Tue Oct 12, 2010

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"Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal"

Globalization Partners International

• Localization with EPiServer CMS Part 1
  Eventually nearly every company and organization will find that running a multilingual website in more than one language is a requirement.

Highway 12 Ventures

• Idaho Technology Council Hall Of Fame Dinner, 10/27, Boise, Idaho
  On October 27, The Idaho Technology Council will honor Ray Smelek & Dick Hackborn as the first inductees into the new Idaho Technology Hall of Fame.

City Club Missoula

• Sally Mauk: Former congressmen an example of intelligent debate
  The former congressmen disagree about many issues - but thoughtfully - and with respect for the other's opinion. They're examples of what healthy, intelligent debate intended to move the country forward looks like.


• Bitterroot Humanities - 'The Extents of International Aid?' 10/11 - Recap: 'The Future of Logging in the Bitterroot'
  "Logging is the only way Bitterroot'ers can sustain our economy." "Why?" "Because I worked as a logger for the past 30 years."

TechRanch

• 0% Interest Loans Help Montana Entrepreneurs "Bootstrap" Their Business
  The Bootstrap Montana Loan Program provides 0% interest loans - ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 - to Montana entrepreneurs for projects that generate revenue from out-of-state clients, customers or businesses.

Come Home Montana

• Stinger Welding prepares to expand operation and hire at Libby, Montana facility
  The company will be looking to hire skilled welders in the region, Patrick said, because the company will need them to train those who aren't as skilled in the type of fabrication work performed at Stinger.

Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana

• 10 Steps To Improve Entrepreneurship Education
  This is the first part of a four-part series from the MIT Entrepreneurship Center on how to improve entrepreneurship education.

Montana Business

• Christine Littig of Missoula's Bernice's Bakery Writes to President Obama about a Nation-Wide Entrepreneurs Roundtable
  I would like to suggest that you, Mr. President, pull together a cross-section of young Americans for a week long brainstorming retreat to ask what steps they see as necessary to build community amongst our nation.


• North Star Aviation caters to travelers: Bitterroot Valley business serves fliers from around the country
  North Star is a fixed base operation, which means it provides services to transient aircraft and their owners and passengers, along with destination aircraft flying to Hamilton and local pilots who rent or own airplanes at hangars at the airport.

Montana Economic Development

• The Montana Agriculture Development Council selects Growth Through Agriculture projects
  The goal of the GTA program is to provide financial assistance to develop new products or innovative ideas that enhance our state's agricultural industry.

Careers

• Disappearing Jobs
  Before students, their parents or their student aid drop $30,000 to $100,000 or more on college, it's important to think about what that investment will buy you: A job with good prospects - or, a ticket to the unemployment line?

Funding and Building your Business

• SBA Implements Higher Maximum Loan Sizes Made Possible by Small Business Jobs Act
  "Whether they're in the start-up phase and could use a microloan or are looking to take advantage of lower real estate prices and interest rates to buy a new building to expand, SBA loans can now be an even greater resource to help entrepreneurs and small business owners get the capital they need."


• "Mentor Capital" and Venture Capital Are Both Essential to Business Success, Experts Maintain
  "What we're selling to our clients is "scar tissue," said Greg Butterfield, managing partner of SageCreek Partners. "Based on our collective experience of working with a number of growing companies, we are helping our portfolio companies learn from our experiences so that they don't have to be tripped up from the lessons we've already learned."


• Startups: Find Out Who To Pitch In Just 5 Minutes With This New Tool - ChubbyBrain
  ChubbyBrain, a company that does a lot of valuable research in the technology industry, just released a "Funding Recommendation Engine" that helps you figure it out.


• S.B.A. Makes Small Businesses Bigger (the Easy Way)
  The Small Business Administration has announced that it is raising the definition of a "small" business after the first "comprehensive review" in almost three decades. Retail, food service and other business categories formerly capped at $7 million in revenue will see those limits raised to as much as $35.5 million.


• 7 steps to starting a profitable online business
  According to Forrester Research retail sales rose 2.5% in 2009. While that is surprising enough, consider this: Online sales rose 11%.

Incubators and R&D

• Incubators Heat Up Chances of Small Business Survival
  Incubators can help hatch a chick or warm a newborn baby. In business, they're just as useful for hatching business ideas and helping keep new businesses alive while they find their niche.

Montana Education Excellence

• High school seniors encouraged to apply for 2011 scholarships at Montana State University
  The scholarships can only be applied toward tuition. Students who are awarded a renewable scholarship must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 or higher and continue to be enrolled full time.


• Gazette opinion: 2-year colleges vital to Montana's future
  COTs have outgrown their cumbersome names.

Developing an Angel Network in Montana

• Angel Attacks Pay-To-Pitch Culture of Many European Angel Networks
  In North America, most Angel groups are run by Angels (whom for the most part have been successful entrepreneurs) for Angels. Across Europe most networks are run by administrators for the benefit of the network and not necessarily for the benefit of either the entrepreneur or the angels.

Idaho Business

• Building a Strong Tech Community in Boise, Idaho
  The very fact that there are so many complimentary organizations working toward that effort makes it clear- there is no shortage of passion to see a thriving tech community!


• Idaho Gov. Otter to focus on Education
  Project 60 is a comprehensive initiative to grow Idaho's Gross Domestic Product. Designed in three tiers to strengthen both rural and urban communities, the plan will create quality jobs for all Idahoans by fostering systemic growth, recruiting new companies to Idaho, and selling Idaho's trade and investment opportunities to the world.

Oregon Business

• Hi-Tec moving U.S. headquarters from California to Portland
  "Portland is a hub for some of the best talent in our industry," said Bill Berta, chief executive officer for Hi-Tec USA. "Few cities share our values and commitment to a healthy, outdoor lifestyle like Portland. We could not be happier to be here."

Utah Economic Development

• Companies look to relocate to S. Utah
  The Boyd Company, a Princeton, N.J.-based site selection firm, lists the region as one of the Southwest region's top business draws.

Education

• Do public school teachers get tenure just by breathing?
  It's a claim made by a charter school leader in the education documentary Waiting for Superman, which places much of the blame for bad schools nationwide on union rules that protect incompetent teachers.


• Better work-life balance is a key to improving early learning, new commentary argues
  The research has created new urgency around the need for high-quality and affordable early education programs that put children on a path to success.


• Why aren't our teachers the best and the brightest?
  Why don't more of our smartest, most accomplished college graduates want to become teachers?


• In Higher Education, a Focus on Technology
  An initial $20 million round of money, from the Gates Foundation, will be for postsecondary online courses, particularly ones tailored for community colleges and low-income young people. Another round of grants, for high school programs, is scheduled for next year.


• France Wrestles With Its 2 Tiers of Higher Education
  While American academic salaries were higher "and it's easier to make big projects," France also has particular strengths: "Our tradition, our quality of life, our social cohesion. My big problem in Princeton was finding a place to buy a decent cheese."


• College dropouts cost taxpayers billions, adding fuel to debate over who should attend
  States appropriated almost $6.2 billion for four-year colleges and universities between 2003 and 2008 to help pay for the education of students who did not return for year two, a report released Monday says.

Ignite Missoula

• 11-year-old is set to Ignite Boise
  Get inspired. Get creative. Get on stage.

Other Economies

• New York Launches Statewide Economic Development Website - New York First
  Created at a cost of just over $1,000, New York First features:

Non-Profit News

• 900 Wyoming nonprofits face IRS revocation this week
  "The freak-out will come when these organizations lose their tax-exempt status."

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