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| MATR Newsletter - Tue Oct 29, 2013 |
“Without deviation progress is not possible.” Frank Zappa
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Montana Data Focused Business Cluster
Great Falls Development Authority
- University of Rochester Goes Big with Big Data
The university plans to raise $50 million through donations and other sources for the $25 million building to house the Big Data institute
Inteneo Systems
- GFDA Top 8 10-20-13
Signed up to participate in a Canadian trade mission to Montana next month in partnership with the Montana World Trade Center.
- GFDA Top 14 10-27-13
1) We issued a $990,000 loan commitment to the ADF Group to help finance its new fabrication and assembly facility in Great Falls in partnership with U.S. Bank.
Come Home Montana
- Big Data Not Living Up To Its Promise? Change the Way You Work
Information needs to flow properly, with a timeliness that's aligned to decision-making cycles.
Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana
- Montana Career Opportunity - Community Development Project Manager - Big Sky Economic Development, Billings, MT
Together, the organization's mission is to sustain and grow Yellowstone County's vibrant economy and outstanding quality of life, by providing leadership and resources for business creation, expansion, retention, new business recruitment and community development.
Montana Business
- Invitation To Blackstone LaunchPad Grand Opening, 11/22, Bozeman, Montana
The Blackstone Charitable Foundation's three-year, $2 million grant will establish a partnership between Montana State University, The University of Montana and Headwaters RC&D to introduce entrepreneurship as a viable career option and provide university students with a network of venture coaches and entrepreneurial support to transform new ideas into sustainable companies.
Montana Economic Development
- Logistics of Doing Business in Canada training webinars
The webinars will address commonly asked questions from U.S. exporters regarding NAFTA, duties, HST/GST, temporarily moving goods and people across the border, and promoting products in Canada using social media and other online tools.
- Havre, Montana bra company Enell "hooks up" with very active Butte connection
Clients like Oprah Winfrey have given Enell Inc., an unexpected lift. Winfrey twice featured the bras on her television show, plus she endorsed it four times in her glossy "O" magazine.
- Anna Doran (Big Dipper) named Helena Business Woman of the Year
Big Dipper Ice Cream has become a Helena mainstay and a cornerstone of the city's downtown Walking Mall. Lines regularly run out the door on warm summer evenings.
MSU Leadership Institute & UM Global Leadership Initiative
- Montana-Asia Partnerships Support Economic Development
"The Mansfield Center has been honored to host a range of State Department programs that support the people of Montana as they compete in the global arena," said Deena Mansour, associate director of the Mansfield Center.
Startup Weekend in Montana Communities
- MSU International Education Week, Nov. 4-8, focuses on global leadership
"The MSU Strategic Plan calls for preparing our students to be world leaders," said Norman Peterson, director of MSU's Office of International Programs.
Careers
- StartUp Weekend Bozeman - Entrepreneurs and students compete to launch businesses in a single weekend
"It gives our students, in a very condensed timeframe, an opportunity to participate in the idea process all the way to what it would look like to form a business over the course of the weekend, something we normally do over the course of a semester," Bryant said in a hallway about 17 hours into the weekend. "I think it's really empowering."
Come Home Wyoming
- 12 Traits Of Valuable Employees
What habits can you adopt to help improve your chances to succeed at work?
- The 10 Resume Cliches That Make Recruiters Cringe
Literally, cringe - like in a "Not another crappy resume... I do not have time for this!" way.
Regional Business
- Wyoming Career Opportunity - Executive Director - Powell Economic Partnership
Our mission is to unite business, entreprenuers, and government to create wealth, jobs and improve the quality of life consistent with the culture of the Powell Valley for the benefit of all citizens.
Regional Economic Development
- The Latest on the Amazon Tax in States, Courts and Congress
While Congress stalls on federal online sales tax legislation, a growing number of states are now taking advantage of the extra revenue -- but not without a fight.
Washington State Business
- Rural Data Portal and the The Sustainable Communities Hot Report
Rural Data Portal Provides over 350 data indicators identifying the social, economic, and housing characteristics of communities in the United States
Education
- Plum Creek Timber to buy MeadWestvaco land for $1 billion
"These assets should integrate seamlessly into our existing timberland ownership in the Southeast and add to our presence in key markets," said Rick Holley, Plum Creek's chief executive.
Montana Education Excellence
- Pushing for pre-K: Advocates say education reforms shouldn't leave out preschool
"People are recognizing there is a big piece missing."
Funding and Building your Business
- Bozeman teacher's math lessons will help teachers nationwide
"I can't tell you how grateful I am to be in this beautiful school," Nelson said, "and to look at the beautiful Bridger mountains every day. It's good for the soul."
Energy and Climate Change
- How to Get Mentored When You Don't Have an Official Mentor
A lot of startups do not have an 'official' mentor. But do you need one? In all probability, yes!
- Neil Blumenthal of Warby Parker on a Culture of Communication
On Wednesdays, the entire team comes together and we have updates from different departments.
- 7 Myths About Ethics Which Will Hurt Your Business
One of the keys to setting the right ethical tone is understanding and avoiding the myths and pitfalls of others.
Making the Most of the American Prairie
- Guide to Energizing Small Communities
View and download the how-to manual and its appendix of documents for use by small communities to develop and deliver programs that reduce energy use community-wide and assist communities to vision renewable energy opportunities.
- Wireless electric car charging: Coming to a Volvo near you?
"Inductive charging has great potential" according to Volvo following its study into wireless charging of electric cars.
- 3 states, province sign West Coast climate pact
The governors of California, Oregon and Washington, along with the premier of British Columbia, agreed to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions across an area that includes 53 million people.
- Solar switch forces utilities to shift priorities
They even have a name for the nightmare scenario solar could create - the "death spiral."
Government Technology
- The Goal: An American Serengeti with 10,000 Buffalo in Montana - The American Prairie Reserve
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," said George E. Matelich, the chairman of the conservation group, American Prairie Reserve, and a managing director of a New York private equity firm. "It's a project for America."
- 7 Brilliantly Simple Technology Ideas To Improve Cities--Time To Get Hacking
Code for America and Mindmixer have been running Ideation Nation--an online brainstorm to find tech fixes for cities--since the beginning of the month. People have posted 300 ideas so far.
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