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Everything will turn out right in the end, if it doesn't, then it isn't the end. (from the movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)
Brad Feld, An Early Stage Investor, Co-founder Of Foundry Group, 7/6, Missoula, Montana http://www.matr.net/ev ... =4209 --- IdeaMensch An Evening With A Community Of People Who Bring Ideas To Life, 7/13, Missoula, Montana http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html --- Senator Tester unveils all-star lineup for his July 13 business workshop in Bozeman, Montana http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html
Montana Department of Commerce
Visit Montana - Montana Dept. of Tourism
- Montana Technology Innovation Partnership (MTIP) provides FREE services to small technology-based businesses in Montana.
Visit MTIP's webpage and learn more! http://www.mtip.mt.gov/default.mcpx
Great Falls Development Authority
- Montana's Cultural Treasures
This is Montana's only guide to the arts that is state-sanctioned, and distributed statewide.
- Flyfishing in Montana: A dream come true
I was lucky enough to be going fishing during the warmest month of the year in a place so full of beautiful water and big trout that I daydreamed about it for weeks. Floods, storms, grizzly bears, and even a warning from a mentor were not going to get in the way.
- 2012 Get Lost in Montana Bucket List Contest
Put together your bucket list and share it for a chance to win it.
Highway 12 Ventures
- Great Falls Development Authority -- Centene continues to provide, expand medical claims business in Great Falls, Montana
"Centene has been a fantastic addition to Great Falls," said Brett Doney, who became Great Falls Development Authority president two years after Centene was recruited. "Centene has been a great employer that invests in its people with on-going training. It's a great corporate citizen involved with a lot of community projects."
Montana Manufacturing Extension Center
- SendGrid Claims Record Growth, Hits 60K Customers
The firm said it is now serving more than 60,000 customers with its services, which help ensure email delivery and help companies manage emails for their web applications.
- Highway 12 Ventures - Portfolio News | June 2012
2012 Montana Politics and Legislature
- Mentoring Montana manufacturers: Five minutes with Dale Detrick, field engineer for the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center
One thing that Montanans might not realize is that the Big Sky State has a surprising number of capable manufacturers.
Come Home Montana
- DontForgetEd.org
As America's schools continue to fall behind those of almost every other industrialized nation, the issue of education is underplayed on the campaign trail.
MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association
- Montana Career Opportunities - Director of Alumni Relations - Montana State University - Billings
Montana State University Billings is the third largest University in Montana and is located in Montana's largest city.
- Missoula's Linsey Corbin wins Ironman Austria women's triathlon
Competing in her first Ironman event in Europe, Corbin, from Missoula, Mont., took the lead in the cycling stage before holding off a challenge by Erika Csomor of Hungary in the marathon.
- Victor, Montana based Qwival's Family Fun Center looking for buyer online
The site comes with a go-kart track, 18-hole miniature golf course, two buildings and a secondary structure as well as a three-acre parking lot. The minimum bid for the property is $150,000.
Montana Business
- MEDA July Newsletter
The MEDA Fall Conference Committee is already hard at work. I hope you have marked your calendar for October 2nd and 3rd and plan to join us in Lewistown.
Montana Economic Development
- Nonprofit arts, culture bring $39M to Missoula, study shows
Missoula loves its arts and entertainment, but does this colorful slice of the Garden City translate into dollars for the local economy?
- Startup getting Silicon assist: Missoula-based Submittable invited to prestigious tech incubator in Calif.
"It's been amazing," Submittable CEO Mike Fitzgerald said from California. "(Y Combinator) partners or 'faculty' have all created and sold multimillion-dollar companies, they know how to take a three-person company and turn it into a million-dollar company. Very few people know how to do that."
Warren Miller Freedom Foundation
- Montana Business Assistance Connection and the Montana Community Finance Corp. - Finding businesses to build wealth in Helena, Montana
In a meeting this week with the IR's editorial board, McClure and Linda Kindrick, director of the Montana Community Finance Corp. and chair of MBAC's board of directors, said it's fair to say the organization has treaded water for a few years, and it's time for some more positive strides toward economic development.
- Big rigs hit roads to lure businesses to Montana - Governor hopes to spur business relocation
The goal of Innovate Montana, Schweitzer said, is to let job creators know that "Montana's a place to bring your innovative ideas."
- University of Montana Launches Montana CleanTech Alliance
"The existing clean-tech industry cluster in Montana should be attractive to investors, researchers and other companies, especially given Montana's high national rankings in business start-up activity, educational attainment, overall business climate and tax climate," said Governor's Office of Economic Development Executive Director Evan Barrett.
Regional Business
- Imperfect Flight Attendant - Warren Miller - Lurching from one near disaster to another ...
Imagine my surprise when we were getting ready to taxi to the takeoff spot when "Grace Goodenough" turned on the microphone. She made it sound like open mic at the local Comedy Club: "Will the people sitting on the aisle please pull their elbows and shoulders in so the captain can see to back up the airplane.
Regional Economic Development
- Provo, Utah named best in country for business and jobs
Forbes considered a dozen metrics relating to job growth, business and living costs, income growth over the past five years, educational attainment and projected economic growth through 2014.
Utah Business
- How place impacts entrepreneurship
How does place -- the physical location of this conversion of ideas into action -- have an impact on entrepreneurship?
- What's to Become of Small Towns?
John Wilbanks demonstrates that the adaptation of city-centered growth tools to small town planning exercises is not only possible, but preferable, as he recommends strategies for acting regionally, while planning locally for small town sustainability.
- How City Branding Can Go Wrong
"You can offer up new exhibits and museums and hotels, but just as important is letting your brand develop organically and authentically. Every destination fights stereotypes.
Wyoming Business
- Utah's Strong Broadband Infrastructure Attracts Businesses
"Utah's public and private leaders have been visionary in collaborating to develop the state's broadband infrastructure and the result is certainly important to our economic development efforts. It gives the state a competitive advantage."
21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."
- Wyoming Tourism Office goes mobile
The development comes after a redesign of the desktop version which was completed earlier this year.
Funding and Building your Business
- Workshop Covers STEM Education For Girls, 8/8, Missoula, Montana
The workshop will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 8, and is open to anyone who works with girls or is interested in how the new project will support girls and girl-serving organizations in Montana.
Government Technology
- Small businesses need to educate themselves on healthcare
The current administration is not holding back on information when it comes to the ACA.
- Tips for Entrepreneurs Seeking the Next Big Thing
The quality of the solution or cause is very important, and there are attributes that reduce the business risk and make it more likely a success in the marketplace.
- Assume Your Market is People Like You, Then Fail
An underrated portion of every startup effort must be about communication and marketing.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- Missoula City Council debuts new Internet stream of meetings
"This is an evolution in our efforts to have more transparent meetings with our citizens, who are really engaged with the community."
- Google Glass Team: 'Wearable Computing Will Be the Norm'
This could be a radically new technology that really enables people to do things that otherwise they couldn't do.
- Translation App Ready For 2012 Olympics
An iPhone app will translate your speech into a foreign tongue in real time.
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