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| MATR Newsletter - Tue Jul 30, 2013 |
If you think that making money is more important than the environment, try holding your breath the next time you count your cash. http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html
Business group praises Gov. Bullock for investment in early education in Montana http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html --- Economic gardening in Butte, Montana - Will money grow on trees for local businesses? http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html
Montana Department of Commerce
Come Home Montana
- 'Ski bum' Director Meg O'Leary brings business expertise to Montana Department of Commerce
"My life's work as been to get people to come to Montana and experience our skiing or to hold their conventions or to make the community of Big Sky their home. I've built an extensive network in order to do that.
Montana Business
- Montana Career Opportunity - Vice President - Kalispell Chamber of Commerce
Assists the CEO in accomplishing the Chamber's program of work and implementing the CEO's plan of action.
- Montana Career Opportunities - Director of Finance & Administration, Information Technology Manager - The Yellowstone Association
Our mission is to connect people to Yellowstone National Park and our natural world through education.
Careers
- Only remaining sawmill in Missoula County -Pyramid Lumber in Seeley Lake Receives Large Loan from State of Montana for Improvements
Pyramid Mountain Lumber in Seeley Lake will receive a $650,000 loan from the state for improvement projects, Gov. Steve Bullock announced Thursday.
- Montana Industrial & Technology Parks and TIFs
Please add you local Montana business park(s) and TIFs as a comment to this posting.
- PayneWest Insurance named one of America's 40 largest brokers
"It is a great honor to see our company's name listed alongside some of the most established and well-managed brokerages in America." Kyle Lingscheit, co-CEO of PayneWest Insurance
Economic Gardening
- Data Scientists are the New Rock Stars as Big Data Demands Big Talent
There is a great example in this Harvard Business Review article about how it was a data scientist back in the early days of LinkedIn who spotted the need for better analysis to predict and help build people's networks for them, so that LinkedIn didn't just become a place to store your existing address book contacts.
Idaho Business
- Economic gardening in Butte, Montana - Will money grow on trees for local businesses?
Butte is the first Montana community to join the National Center for Economic Gardening program.
North Dakota Business and Economic Development
- Only 400 people show for Treasure Valley job fairs seeking 1,800
Job fairs in Boise, Meridian and Caldwell this week attracted less than one-fourth the number of people sought for upcoming jobs at a West Boise call center.
- Boise River Park is much more popular than expected
In the proposal and developments stages, the park received criticism that it was being built for a few kayakers. Today, it is luring all kinds of users and spurring businesses and housing developments.
- Wi-Fi bid winner pitched political ties in proposal
The bid also includes biographical backgrounds of ENA executives and staffers, including two key players with extensive ties in Idaho Republican circles.
- Rich get richer, poor get poorer in Idaho, Treasure Valley
Idaho has "been slow to ... really embrace post-high school job training and education," he said. "It's not just the money [to pay for college or vocational courses], it's seeing the need for it among families."
- Most of Idaho's CEOs got bigger boosts than workers did
The compensation of the average CEO of an Idaho publicly traded company last year was 50 times more than the wage of the average Idaho worker.
Wyoming Business
- 'Nowheresville' USA gets rich quick from fracking...but at what cost?
Now Williston is not only on President Obama's radar but is under the microscope of the nation in its almost unique place at the heart of the fierce debate about the gas and oil drilling process known as fracking.
21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."
- Tech company opens Laramie branch
Bill Gillette said Laramie is an ideal place for a company like his to set up shop.
Community
- The Raising of America: Are We Crazy About Our Kids?
Is Inequality Making Us Sick? explores how a strong start for all our kids leads not only to better individual life course outcomes (learning, earning and physical and mental health) but also to a healthier, safer, better educated and more prosperous and equitable America.
- ReadyNation Hosts a Webinar on STEM in Early Education
IBM and other companies recognize the value of investing in early education: so today's young children will have the skills to become tomorrow's STEM employees (science, technology, engineering and math.)
- Business group praises Gov. Bullock for investment in early education in Montana
"I think it was good to make an investment in early education. The initial investment made sense. We have time to build on it." Gov. Steve Bullock
Funding and Building your Business
- Small-Town Main Streets Go Mobile
"Oh, here's what we need," she remembers thinking. "Here's what we can do with it."
Energy and Climate Change
- 10 Top Impediments to Creative Business Thinking
In my experience as a mentor, I find that keeping creative thinking in the balance is a challenge for every startup, due to the natural employee tendency to resist change.
- Introducing Mindfulness in Organizations
Every organization has a different need - and opinion - about mindfulness.
- Entrepreneurs Learn Best From Business Networking
What if you are an introvert, or new to this game, and don't know where or how to start?
- Idea Non-Disclosure Demands Kill Investor Interest
If you are totally risk-averse, then push to always get signed NDAs. You won't last long as an entrepreneur in this category, since a startup is all about taking risks.
Connectivity & Communications
- On Rooftops, a Rival for Utilities
For years, power companies have watched warily as solar panels have sprouted across the nation's rooftops. Now, in almost panicked tones, they are fighting hard to slow the spread.
- States Explore New Compact to Increase Renewable Energy Availability
Montana, for instance, touts the nation’s third best wind resource, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. But 20 states — including some with a fraction of Montana’s wind potential — outpace it in generation, according to federal data. Nebraska, which has the fourth highest potential, ranks further behind.
- Power to the People
Missouri's Proposition C supports efforts to reduce the state's reliance on fossil fuels.
- How to prove to a global warming denier that climate change is real, in 14 seconds
All the data is from NASA, by the way:
Government Technology
- Broadband availability in Montana by address
The State of Montana is committed to developing a long-term strategy to increase broadband use in communities.
- Utah has fastest Internet in the West, report says
Utah ranked No. 5 overall but was the only Western state in the top 10. The Beehive State also was the only one in the West in the top 10 for average peak connection speed.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- Montana's state website overhauled; montana.gov replaces mt.gov
The website for the state of Montana has undergone an overhaul, with information arranged in new ways and a look that's more pleasing to the eye and more in keeping with the state's overall marketing and tourism promotion efforts.
Transportation
- 3D printers have a dirty secret
Before you buy that amazing desktop 3D printer, know this: that mini-factory-in-a-box could be harmful to your health.
- Sentinel High Grad Dr. Daniel Spoon asks: Could a person's cells be injected into a printed 3-D model of a heart valve and work in the human body?
Spoon, a Sentinel High School graduate, is now an assistant professor of medicine and a cardiology fellow at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
- TED Video: Bastian Schaefer: A 3D-printed jumbo jet?
Imagine an airplane that's full of light and space -- and built up from generative parts in a 3D printer.
- Apps That Know What You Want, Before You Do
A range of start-ups and big companies like Google are working on what is known as predictive search -- new tools that act as robotic personal assistants, anticipating what you need before you ask for it.
- Delta offers seasonal non-stop flight from Missoula to L.A.
"California is our most utilized market," said Brian Ellestad, airport deputy director. "We've got a lot of people with ties to L.A., we expect it to do very well."
- Montana Airline Statistics
The Montana Department of Transportation Aeronautics Division gathers airline boarding statistics from the seven major air carriers in the state and the eight essential air service airports. These statistics compare the previous year's boardings and are compiled monthly.
- BMW unveils its i3 electric car
Designed as a compact city car, the i3's range isn't terribly remarkable -- 80 to 100 miles like other electric cars. It is driven by 170-horsepower electric motors. But it will have a tiny rear engine -- two-cylinders, 34-horsepower -- that can double the car's range.
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