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“My passion for Montana is only increasing.” Mike Goguen, managing partner of Sequoia Capital " The Roots of Philanthropy - Mike Goguen, managing partner of Sequoia Capital, discusses his motivation for investing tens of millions of dollars in the Flathead Valley of Montana " http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html
TechLink
Inteneo Systems
- TechLink - Featured Technology Summaries Available for Commercialization
TechLink helps the Department of Defense to commercialize leading-edge new technology by partnering DoD labs with private sector companies for technology licensing, transfer, and research and development.
Come Home Montana
- Predictive Modeling: A Tool, Not the Answer
There's just no substitute for solid, data-based decision making.
- Good Data In, Good Data Out - Data analysis a Required Course for All Education Institutions
"With something as complex as bringing together systems like SAP and Oracle, it's helpful to have assistance in handling that transition," he says. "You need to have a strong team at the university, but you should also have an expert in more broad-ranging database issues. When everyone can get together for the effort, you'll be much more successful with implementing a database that works for everybody."
- Will the Big Data Surge Improve State and Local Government Operational Intelligence?
"What big data is about is providing answers to questions," Cull said. "Without the tools to be able to interpret big data, you really just have a bunch of stored data. The idea of, 'What value can I get out of this data?' is something the government needs to help its employees understand."
Montana Business
- The Roots of Philanthropy - Mike Goguen, managing partner of Sequoia Capital, discusses his motivation for investing tens of millions of dollars in the Flathead Valley of Montana
Sequoia Capital http://www.sequoiacap.com/ , the venture capital firm where Goguen is a managing partner, has helped give birth to companies that today represent more than 20 percent of the value of the entire NASDAQ stock market, including Apple.
- Montana Career Opportunity - Tenure-track position in Geographic Information Science - The University of Montana
This position serves as the heart of the Department's and University's established GIS and Cartography program.
Careers
- Helping Business Take the Next Step - MCFC newsletter
As 2012 comes to an end, we want to take this opportunity to share our year in review with you:
- Zinc Air ready to unveil new large-scale battery technology that could transform energy industry
The Zinc Redox battery is designed to provide a low-cost, environmentally safe solution to vast inefficiencies and imbalances within the energy grid.
- Energy Partners Propane of Missoula Donates Christmas Bonuses to Montana Food Bank Network
Energy Partners http://www.energypartnerspropane.com/index.htm has 40 employees who serve six Montana counties, while the Montana Food Bank Network serves 57 emergency food agencies in those six counties: Missoula, Mineral, Sanders, Lake, Ravalli and Granite counties. The Montana Food Bank Network distributes food statewide, to nearly 200 partner agencies all over Montana.
Government
- Starting a Business is Good For You and Your Resume
Here are my recommendations on how and why initiating a startup while looking, or about to be looking, for a job is the right thing to do:
- How To Find The Best Job For You
By expanding into other career-related questions--not only, "What am I meant to be?" but also "What is it like to be that?" "Who are some people who currently do that?" and "How do I become that?"--Thompson thinks Sokanu can be a site people regularly visit throughout the (sometimes very long) process of finding the perfect job.
- The #1 Career Mistake Capable People Make
If You Don't Design Your Career, Someone Else Will.
North Dakota Business and Economic Development
- See ya later Everyone's guessing what's next for Brian Schweitzer. Even Schweitzer.
Schweitzer occupies an unusual place in the national limelight.
- Former Missoula Mayor Kadas named Revenue Department director
Since 2008, Kadas has worked in various capacities for Rivertop Renewables, a Missoula company that makes products that are biodegradable and built from renewable plant sugars.
- Government Unprepared for Boomers' Mass Exodus
The public sector are still remarkably ill-prepared for the impending turnover in the workforce.
Regional Economic Development
- North Dakota Ranked First in Personal Income Growth
North Dakota is already ranked as the best run state in the nation, and has the lowest unemployment rate. Now comes word that the state also leads the nation in personal income growth.
21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."
- Are Municipal Branding Campaigns Worth the Price?
A city's brand is developed over years by its policies and its amenities, and a glorified marketing effort can't change that.
Education
- Beyond the Numbers: Data Use for Continuous Improvement of Programs Serving Disconnected Youth
Beyond the Numbers investigates three programs with a proven record of success with the disconnected youth population and catalogues their elements of success in data collection and use to effectively engage this population.
- Education to Employment Designing a system that works
The state of the world's knowledge about education to employment is akin to that regarding school-system reform a dozen years ago, prior to groundbreaking international assessments and related research. We hope this report helps fill this knowledge gap.
- Specialty Classroom Technologies Special Report
A whole new class of specialized technology is emerging that not only can make up for campuses' limited resources, but can spark student engagement.
- We Wait Too Long to Train Our Leaders
I can't help smiling when I think of a 3rd grader informing her parents that they were not focusing on the problem, but only on the person. From this we concluded that it's never too early to teach leadership skills.
- A Springboard to Higher Ed
"It's a great way to encourage students to have college credit, which allows them to accelerate through college," said Christopher Mullin, program director for policy analysis at the American Association of Community Colleges. "Plus, it is a way for students to get exposed to a college environment if parents hadn't attended college."
Montana Education Excellence
- UND teaches students to deal with a post-college reality and better manage their debt.
Starting Feb. 1, students can be matched with peers who help them create spending plans, learn about their credit scores and find ways to pay for college.
Funding and Building your Business
- University of Montana Foundation Encourages Supporters To Inspire Tomorrow's Freshmen
"Student recruitment is a highly competitive business and universities across the country keep raising the stakes," said Royce Engstrom, president of The University of Montana. "We are intent on leveling the playing field for recruiting today's talented high school seniors."
- University of Montana names Matthew Riley new chief information officer
"Matt Riley brings a great combination of knowledge, experience and interpersonal skill to this position," UM President Royce Engstrom said in a news release. "He impressed everyone as a true collaborator who will lead us to the next level in information technology.
- Tomorrow's Freshmen: Inspired by You - University of Montana
While we are fortunate to have many dedicated supporters, we ask for your help in recruiting next fall's freshmen class.
- New Crown Of The Continent E-Magazine Available
The new issue contains scientific articles, which discuss the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes' bull trout research and take a look at invasive plant species. It also contains historical articles, which tell the stories of George Bird Grinnell's climb to the glacier that now bears his name in Glacier National Park, and of former Northern Pacific President Henry Villard's 1883 tour of the Mission Valley.
Energy and Climate Change
- Software industry braces for new phone apps rules
The software industry is bracing for new regulations that it says will stifle creativity and saddle small businesses with legal and technical costs to ensure their cellphone apps don't run afoul of the rules.
- KISS - For Presentations, Half As Long Is Twice As Good
Here's a New Year's resolution that's a lot easier than losing 10 pounds--and with the tough marketplace we face in 2013, it will make your business more competitive.
- Tailor-made products help build brand loyalty
From Shoes To M&M's, Custom-Made Products Take Off Online
- The New Breed of Startups Master These 5 Processes
At the heart of it, to be a successful entrepreneur you have to be totally customer centric, and learn to change and adapt as fast as the market.
- Ask Your Customers to Participate in Your Marketing
People have always been motivated by a desire to join, share, take part, connect, and engage, and find that experience rewarding. In any case, your business needs it today to rise above the crowd and edge out competitors.
GIS Technology
- Climate change already playing out in West, report says
Change 'more dramatic' in winter than previously thought, ecologist says
- Stick-on solar cells can go almost anywhere
"Now you can put them on helmets, cell phones, convex windows, portable electronic devices, curved roofs, clothing - virtually anything," says Zheng.
Transportation
- {MAGIP} Montana Geograpic Alliance Newsletter
We are delighted to update you on these activities through this long-awaited newsletter and hope that you will find something of interest that will inspire you to get more involved.
- Audi, Volkswagen working on 300 mpg cars
So what Audi and VW are talking about is creating and bringing to market vehicles that will be twice as efficient as EVs now available and four times as efficient as today's best hybrids.
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