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| MATR Newsletter - Fri Nov 29, 2013 |
“Regret is not when you could not finish what you started but regret is when you do not start what you could have finished.”
Excellent video: 'Bring it to Bozeman' - City looks to bring state's outdoor businesses together, join forces with national outdoors group http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html
Montana Data Focused Business Cluster
Montana Department of Commerce
- Western Montana stores' payment system hacked by thieves
More than two dozen supermarkets and grocery stores in western Montana are among 160 across the Pacific Northwest whose electronic payment system has allegedly been hacked by thieves.
- Cybersecurity - Hackers get a home at the University of Montana
This fall, UM and several local firms that specialize in cyber-technology, including LMG Technology and GCS Research, and the Alps Corporation began brainstorming ways to grow Missoula into an Internet security hub.
Great Falls Development Authority
- Governor Steve Bullock and the Montana Department of Commerce Encourage Communities to "Shop Small" This Saturday
"Main Street Montana businesses are the backbone of our economy. They create jobs for thousands of Montanans, and support vibrant communities," Bullock said. "Small Business Saturday is a great opportunity to not only support your local businesses, but also to find some amazing Made in Montana gifts for your loved ones."
Inteneo Systems
- GFDA Top 12 11-18-13
12) One World Trade Center in New York City, topped by the spire built by the ADF Group, was named the nation's tallest building, standing 1776 feet
- GFDA Top 7 11-24-13
We've been busy working on plans for the first two companies to build new facilities in the Great Falls AgriTech Park. Rail-served lots are available for business start-ups, business expansions or new businesses to the region. Lots offer heavy industrial zoning, water, sewer, gas, electric, rail and fiber telecommunications. Contact Jeremiah Johnson for more info at [email protected] or 1-406-750-3285.
Come Home Montana
- Tech-Savvy Hotel Seeks Committed Relationship Through Data
There will be numerous opportunities for CIOs, CMOs, and other innovation leaders to continually enhance loyalty programs in ways that create a competitive advantage.
Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana
- Montana Career Opportunities - Web UI Software Developer, Software Developer III Data Warehouse , Software Quality Assurance Analyst II... and others - StoneRiver
StoneRiver is committed to being the provider of choice for the Life/Annuity, P&C/Workers Comp and Reinsurance markets. Hundreds of insurance carriers, as well as thousands of agents, brokers, and dealers, and tens of thousands of pharmacies rely on us.
- Boomerang effect - A Missoula writer returns home to the West
Sometimes you leave a place, but the place doesn't leave you. Like a burr that sticks to the cuff of your pants, you carry it around with you without even knowing.
Montana Business
- Silicon Valley Isn't a Meritocracy. And It's Dangerous to Hero-Worship Entrepreneurs - How These Myths Play Out When It Comes to Women in Tech
Entrepreneurship requires a great deal of repetitive grunt work without which few will be successful.
Montana Economic Development
- Billings, Montana based "Elation" teaches people how to live and work better by "elevating the ways they think.
Companies succeed when their employees thrive, and two Billings businessmen have launched a company called Elation http://www.elation.com/ to carry that message worldwide.
- Support Local Businesses On Small Business Saturday - Shop Downtown This Weekend, 11/30
Local businesses are doing their part by promoting and offering sales during the event.
- Profits proofed at Great Harvest - "It's a party!"
Waiting in line was not the highlight, but she said, getting to meet the people in front and behind her and getting a free sample of pumpkin bread made it worth it.
- Darby, Montana woman takes yard sales to a whole new level
The page is not for business promotion. Loughman says, times are tough and she hopes the page has been a way for people in the Bitterroot Valley get what they need and save some money.
- Bozeman, Montana's The Wild West Shirt Company expands its markets over 40 years of making shirts
The Wild West Shirt Company http://www.wildwestshirts.com/ is a company that's located right here in Bozeman and produces more than a million shirts annually.
- Davidson Companies Charitable Giving In The Community
Davidson Companies has a long tradition of contributing to the communities where we operate
- A bit of magic: One of Montana's few glassblowing shops becomes a Townsend institution - Goose Bay Handblown Glass
"Things are slower here, and it's easier to get around," he says. "That's what we love. It's relaxed. There's a real nice feel about this place."
- Visitors enjoy Cooke City, Montana as a winter dead-end
Although a small amount compared to summer revenue, that winter spending is the lifeblood for Cooke City and nearby Silver Gate. Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/visitors-enjoy-cooke-city-as-a-winter-dead-end/article_6dfb7eb9-0bd2-51fc-a35d-4fab67120472.html#ixzz2m2uw4wCN
Careers
- 'Bring it to Bozeman' - City looks to bring state's outdoor businesses together, join forces with national outdoors group
The city of Bozeman has tabbed the outdoor industry as one of several primed for growth, along with technology, photonics, bioscience and light- to mid-manufacturing.
Idaho Business
- Today's TED Talk David Steindl-Rast: Want to be happy? Be grateful
An inspiring lesson in slowing down, looking where you're going, and above all, being grateful.
Regional Business
- Southern Idaho group may develop co-operative meat-processing plant
The group is focusing its effort on creating a market for locally grown meat and building a facility to process and package the meat. A cooperative of small-scale producers would ensure the volume of meat needed to satisfy the demand.
- In tiny Challis, Idaho couple plans co-op, jobs, stability
"Because we have been blessed personally, it's our job to reach out to the community," Christopher James said.
Regional Economic Development
- Business no longer sees red over being green
A commitment to being green, more and more companies are reporting, does improve the bottom line.
21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."
- Economic Development Incentives: A State Strikes Back
I have lost track on the number of announced projects that started with a bang and only to end with non-start fizzle.
Education
- Schools not inspiring students to participate in civic life, Stanford scholar says
With its focus on professional skills and the know-how to pass state tests, the U.S. educational system is falling down on its job to help young people become vital members of society.
Montana Education Excellence
- Cornell M.B.A. Melds Technology, Management
Can coders become business leaders? Cornell University is betting they can.
Funding and Building your Business
- New chief of Mansfield Center, Abraham Kim sees the center as place to foster global outlook, discussion
"The center sits in a unique position within the university," said Kim. "With our inward mission, we want to provide an international environment for our students and expose them to the world's big issues."
Energy and Climate Change
- Foreign Entrepreneurs Learn Art of the American Pitch
Entrepreneurs tend to underestimate the importance of the pitch, assuming that their product speaks for itself.
GIS Technology
- Climate Change Will Close Ski Resorts
It's going to get harder and harder to operate ski areas on the coasts and at lower elevations...
Government Technology
- GeoDev MeetUp, 12/9, Helena, Montana
All GIS professionals, software application developers, IT professionals and general geeks are invited to attend this event.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- Want to find your dream city? There's a Census app for that.
"We have to make our data more friendly and accessible to the general public."
- 25 Tech Ideas for Improving Your Community
It could be said that community improvement has always started with community. It's an idea -- close to a campaign slogan and with a touch of idealism -- that holds true for Ideation Nation, a national competition to promote community engagement through civic technology projects.
- Kalispell Survey Shows Disjointed Sidewalk Network
Following a nationwide trend, city officials are devoting attention to improving pedestrian pathways throughout the community
- Harvard materials scientists' 3D printing breakthroughs-Lithium-Ion batteries?
The implications on what she's figured out go beyond incorporating tiny batteries into components themselves seamlessly...
- Creative Disruption? She's 29 and Set to Reboot Lab Medicine. Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, Inc.
Theranos, Inc., which emerged from the shadows in September, just might be healthcare's answer to Apple.
- Can a Camp Stove (That Charges iPhones) Save Millions of Lives?
The BioLite CampStove became a surprise hit at REI--they had their eyes on a much larger prize: replacing the sooty, wood- and coal-burning stoves many in the developing world use when they cook their meals.
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