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| MATR Newsletter - Fri Jul 20, 2012 |
If we wanted to give the United States the best chance for a great future, and we were allowed to pick one thing to promote that – I would pick great teaching in America’s classrooms. Bill Gates http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html
Big Sky DevCON, 8/4, Bozeman, Montana http://www.matr.net/ev ... =4181
IdeaMensch
Montana Innovation Day - 8/28 - Bozeman
- IdeaMensch - 2000 miles into America - Missoula, Montana was great
Our first five events are in the can. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Missoula. We're about 2,000 miles into this trip and now we're in Idaho on our way to Utah.
Inteneo Systems
- Montana Governor's Innovation Day And Innovative Business Awards, 8/28, Bozeman, Montana
On Tuesday, August 28 Governor Schweitzer will host Montana's first Governor's Innovation Day in Bozeman at Montana State University.
Northwestern Energy
- Wisdom of Crowds (TM) Business Intelligence Market Study ®
The latest edition - based on 859 responses from professionals with first-hand experience using vendor products and services - analyzes market place trends throughout 2011 and assess user perceptions towards BI for the coming year.
- Big Data on Campus - Colleges Awakening to the Power of Business Intelligence
The new breed of software can predict how well students will do before they even set foot in the classroom.
- Time To Build Your Big-Data Muscles
What if I told you that for every 100 open Big Data jobs, there are only two qualified candidates?
Visit Montana - Montana Dept. of Tourism
- NorthWestern Energy to Seek Additional Community Renewable Energy Projects in Montana
NorthWestern Energy projects a growing need for additional energy resources starting in 2014 and 2015 and needs additional community renewable projects starting in 2013.
- Montana Industries Work Together to Accelerate Energy Efficiency Knowledge and Savings
Participating organizations included City of Helena, Barrick Golden Sunlight Mines Inc., Graymont Western U.S. Inc. Indian Creek Plant, Simms Fishing Products and West Paw Design.
Great Falls Development Authority
- Emmylou Harris - Mary Chapin Carpenter and Taj Mahal headlines at Red Ants Pants Concert July 26-29 in White Sulphur Springs, Montana
It's party time in the cow pasture! - The Red Ants Pants Music Festival in White Sulphur Springs, July 26-29, kicks off with a street dance on July 26 in downtown White Sulphur Springs, then moves to the concert venue on the nearby Jackson Ranches on Friday, where it continues through Sunday.
Highway 12 Ventures
- The Great Falls Development Authority responds to City Commission vote to end its funding for the economic development group
"The Great Falls Development Authority regrets the action by the City Commission to reduce City funding for the GFDA by $50,000.
Come Home Montana
- Boise Based Balihoo Reports Record Growth in First Half of 2012
Balihoo welcomed many new clients in the first half of 2012, including Aflac, Zumba and Thermo King.
Montana Economic Development
- Montana Career Opportunity - Organizational Development Director - Montana Nonprofit Association
The MNA Organizational Development Director is a dynamic and pivotal leadership position that directly expands resources for Montana's nonprofits to strengthen their management capabilities and increase their effectiveness.
- Hello from the Montana Associated Technology Roundtables
The MATR website is updated on a 24/7 basis and we provide a free compilation newsletter twice a week on Tuesday and Friday.
- Montana Career Opportunity - Information Systems Administrator - Washington Business Services
As an Information Systems Administrator, your primary responsibility will be to provide efficient and effective problem identification and resolution for the Washington Companies end users.
- Montana Career Opportunity - Vice President for Integrated Communications - University of Montana
The University of Montana invites applications for the position of Vice President for Integrated Communications. The vice president is the chief communications officer responsible for conveying the University's mission, vision and values to internal and external audiences.
- Montana Career Opportunity - Senior Software Developer - TerraEchos
The senior software developer creates new software applications and works with other software developers in their work.
- Montana Career Opportunity - Senior Software Developer - TerraEchos
The senior software developer creates new software applications and works with other software developers in their work.
- Montana Career Opportunities - Manager, Electrical Engineering, Firmware Engineer, Product Specialist, Optical Engineer, Field Service Engineer, Analog Design Engineer, ILX Lightwave
ILX Lightwave is a market and technology leader in providing high performance test and measurement solutions for people who work with laser diodes and other photonic components.
Careers
- JOBS Act a positive step for Montana business
Our expectation is that the Act will significantly increase the opportunity for Montanans to find well-payingjobsby supporting and facilitating successfulMontanastart-ups.
Developing Tech Jobs in Rural Communities
- So you call yourself a data scientist?
"We project a need for 1.5 million additional managers and analysts in the United States who can ask the right questions and consume the results of the analysis of Big Data effectively,"
Idaho Business
- Cities Needing Highly Skilled Workers Aren't Training Them
The cities getting the most government money to train U.S. workers in engineering and science actually have very few jobs in those fields.
Incubators and R&D
- Boise gets new economic consulting group
An Oregon-based economic consulting group has opened an office in Boise.
- Looking abroad for skilled workers in the Boise area
The top occupations by number of requests were engineers (153) and computer jobs (127).
North Dakota Business and Economic Development
- Three university teams win nuclear research funding awards through the National Scientific User Facility based at Idaho National Laboratory.
The user facility grants free access for university-led research teams to use the ATR and other resources at INL and affiliated partner institutions.
- Portland Ten Incubtor Claims Success
Portland-based Portland Ten, the business incubator focused on helping startups in the region, says that three of its participants are seeing some success, after reaching revenue and other goals.
Regional Economic Development
- In North Dakota, the gritty side of an oil boom
This remote corner of North Dakota is the site of the biggest U.S. oil rush in decades.
University of Montana & Montana State University Tech Transfer
- Report To The President On Capturing Domestic Competitive Advantage in Advanced Manufacturing
With a sustained focus, alignment of interests, and coordinated action by industry, academia, and government, the Nation can retain its leading position in advanced manufacturing.
- Student Debtors Find Much Forgiven in Move to Small Towns
State and local governments are joining some private and nonprofit companies in capitalizing on graduates' concerns in a sluggish economy about repaying their student debt to attract new residents, talent and consumer dollars.
Utah Economic Development
- Scientists go through three-day business 'boot camp' at U of M Innovation Corps Program
The program targets researchers at academic institutions who already receive NSF funding, but have yet to take their inventions outside the laboratory.
21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."
- Goldman Sachs pledges $15 million to help small businesses in Utah
"By bringing the program to this area, we hope to positively impact local communities where our employees have lived and worked since our Salt Lake City office first opened in 2000."
MAPS : Media Arts in the Public Schools
- Bill Gates: Why 'game-based learning' is the future of education
"We're not saying the whole curriculum turns into this big game. We're saying it's an adjunct to a serious curriculum." Bill Gates
- Obama proposes $1B for science, math teachers
The program to reward high-performing teachers with salary stipends is part of a long-term effort by President Barack Obama to encourage education in high-demand areas that hold the key to future economic growth--and to close the achievement gap between American students and their international peers.
- Bill Gates in Atlanta: Don't rush teacher evaluations. Do it right.
If we wanted to give the United States the best chance for a great future, and we were allowed to pick one thing to promote that - I would pick great teaching in America's classrooms.
Montana Education Excellence
- MAPS Media Institute receives $10,000 grant from Century Link
"It draws out the creativity of the students, prepares them for the future and it keeps them engaged,"
- MAPS students begin filming "good neighbor" commercial for Montana's Governor
The 30-second commercial is intended to prepare Montanans for natural disasters, including floods and fires, and to encourage neighborliness during such events.
Montana Education/Business Partnerships
- The Center for Advanced Mineral and Metallurgical Processing (CAMP) at Montana Tech
CAMP offers consulting, research, industrial process development, and testing facilities focused on providing high quality solutions to industrial clients worldwide by supporting, developing and adding value to the global mineral, metallurgical, and materials industry.
Community
- Senator Baucus Touts New High Tech Opportunity at University of Montana
"New educational opportunities like this are key to Montana jobs for the future. Montana students have a world class work ethic and this unique opportunity will help them launch our economy to a new level," said Baucus. "This is an exciting opportunity for our state to remain on the cutting edge of the technology."
Funding and Building your BusinessEnergy and Climate Change
- Entrepreneur's frustration turns to success
"They've started cooperating with the product now because we have a purchase order from a big company,"
- Kiss Your Boss Goodbye. It's Time to Be an Entrepreneur
If you're a company leader who doesn't focus on keeping employees engaged, make note; your days are numbered.
- 'The Tyranny of the OR' For Social Media Marketing
The reality is that most businesses need to embrace the "Genius of the AND," meaning they should use and monitor more than one of the available platforms, based on objectives.
- Managing the strategy journey
A great many companies are generating strategies that, by their own admission, are substandard.
- Investors Don't Know What They Want
I strongly recommend a quick tour of the 'what investors want' collection of videos on this site.
- Some Entrepreneurs Never Learn to Manage Growth
I'm convinced that management is a learnable skill.
- Avoid the Tradition of Disabilities Discrimination
I will bring you up to date on the more subtle aggravations you may be causing to potentially fabulous customers--and what to do about it.
- 14 Ways To Be A Great Startup CEO
1. Be a keeper of the company vision
- 10 Simple "Truths" about Management vs. Leadership
1. Management and leadership are not the same. Not all leaders are managers and not all managers are leaders. You can be good at one and lousy at the other, or you can be good or bad at both.
- ALPS 411 Digest - The Importance of Prioritizing You
It's All About Documenting Scope
- The Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association is still looking for Montana based companies to apply to present at the Venture Capital in the Rockies Fall Conference in Big Sky in September.
Please visit http://www.vcirfall.com/presenters if you are interested or know a company that might be interested. Please also feel free to contact me directly if you would like to discuss.
- Entrepreneurs Need Market Data to Back Their Vision
Having no data to back up your opportunity and financial forecast is the kiss of death for any startup funding request.
- Plans Must Be Rooted in Past Performance
Effective leaders understand that in order to move their unit forward, they must look at what has worked in the past and then build upon those successes. They also take proactive measures to eliminate any apparent failures and weaknesses.
Montana Biotech
- 'Air' Batteries Could Energize EVs
Researchers in the UK say they have made a key step in development of a lithium-air battery, a device that promises three to five times as much energy per unit mass as the existing lithium-ion batteries that we use in our consumer devices and electric vehicles.
Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)
- Montana BioScience Alliance July 2012 Newsletter
The Montana BioScience Alliance is an organization that serves as a hub for Montana's biotechnology companies, entrepreneurs, laboratories, hospitals, clinics and universities to commercialize, grow and sustain globally competitive bioscience companies. Our goal is to create high-quality jobs and economic opportunity in Montana.
Miscellaneous Ramblings
- Senator Tester encourages the SBA to improve and speed up the SBIR awards process
Improving this award process would be especially important here in Montana, where SBIR/STTR funding has provided $140 million to over 100 different companies for new technology and product development, contributing to regional economic growth, but other sources of investment capital, such as Venture Capital, are extremely rare.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- Could Laser Beams Induce Rain?
A powerful enough laser beam fired into the atmosphere would break up the atomic ozone and nitrous oxide, which ultimately form nitric acid. Particles of nitric acid are big enough to support droplets and that could lead to rain.
- The High Tech of Rural America: 9 Unusual Gadgets and Contraptions
Hell, they're (farmers and ranchers) actually using technologies that comes out of advanced R&D labs.
- Harvard scientists to build Iron Man-like suit for military
DARPA funds researchers building smart suit that should improve soldiers' strength, endurance
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