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“You’ve got 10 guys that want a job. You make the appointment. What you end up with is nine enemies and one ingrate.” Former Montana Gov. Forrest H. Anderson on the difficulty a governor faces in making appointments
A Montana bucket list: 100 things every Montanan should do http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html
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Northwestern Energy
- Ninth Circuit Raises the Bar for Obtaining Trademark Injunctions
The case is also noteworthy for setting a high and arguably ambiguous standard for the amount and type of evidence necessary, in the absence of the jettisoned presumption, to establish irreparable harm.
Great Falls Development Authority
- Learn more about NorthWestern Energy's Carbon Offset Plan RFP
NorthWestern Energy is soliciting proposals for the cost-effective carbon offset projects
Inteneo Systems
- 2014 Great Falls Means Business - Register Now
Join Governor Bullock and GFDA Investors to learn what strategies we are employing locally and statewide to grow and diversify our economy. We will share current activities and report on projects underway.
Come Home Montana
- The Data Product Era Begins in Financial Services
I for one would run to put my dough in a bank that could use my payments and asset data to give me smart recommendations on how to achieve my financial objectives.
- Why Most Marketers Will Fail In The Era Of Big Data
In the end, we will have to decide what's more important: our intrinsic feeling of self-worth or winning in the marketplace.
- How Google Is Using People Analytics to Completely Reinvent HR
Google's market success can be attributed to what can only be labeled as extraordinary people management practices that result from its use of "people analytics."
Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana
- A Missoula, Montana Food & Drink Tour
Missoula is the second largest city in Montana and is known as the state's cultural hub. It also happens to be home to some of the best dining (and drinking) in Montana.
- Montana Career Opportunity - Associate Director - Montana Facility Finance Authority
The job, located in Helena, entails originating, underwriting and structuring loans and bond issues; program development and marketing and fiscal administration.
- Montana Career Opportunity - Community Development Project Manager - Big Sky Economic Development (BSED)
Manage key Community Development and planning projects throughout Yellowstone Co., as part of the Big Sky Economic Development team.
- A Montana bucket list: 100 things every Montanan should do
How many have you done? How many do you plan on doing this year?
- Montana Career Opportunity - Welding Technology Instructor - Dawson Community College
A Welding Technologies Instructor is a full-time, part-time or adjunct faculty member who is responsible for providing instruction based on industry standard criteria to students.
Montana Business
- USA needs more gazelles among its start-ups
"We're in an amazing period of technology adoption and innovation."
- Missoula ranked 5th for density of high-tech startups
In a recent report, the Kauffman Foundation ranked Missoula fifth among cities with a population of less than 250,000 for its number of high-tech launches.
Careers
- Montana telehealth parity law goes into effect
Providers in Montana will now be eligible to receive reimbursements for telehealth at the same level as in-person services thanks to a parity law that went into effect January 1, 2014 in the state.
- Start Up Businesses Create High Paying Jobs In Montana - Mamalode
"Maybe 2% of all companies in the economy are high growth, and how many jobs do those companies create? They create more than a third of the jobs."
Rural Communities
- Thank You For Your Military Service -- Now Here Are 9 Reasons Why I Won't Hire You
The irony is that many veterans and servicemembers have the skills and experience to make the cut, or even get the second interview, but blow it.
- An Antidote to the Dark Side of Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence (or EI), in my model, refers to our ability to read and understand emotions in ourselves and others, and to handle those feelings effectively.
Idaho Business
- Busting Rural-Subsidy Myth One Last Time
Rural residents didn't pull in more money from the federal government than those in the cities. They received less.
Regional Economic Development
- Idaho ranks 50th for average annual wage, per-capita income and wage increases since 2007.
Idaho has the worst wages in the nation.
University Business Plan Competitions
- Ranking the States on Policy Measures and Costs Impacting Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Of the 47 measures included in the 2013 edition of the Index, 22 are taxes or tax related, 14 relate to regulations, five deal with government spending and debt issues, with the rest gauging the effectiveness of various important government undertakings.
- Luring Workers Back to Rural America
"Addressing the brain drain revitalizes small towns."
21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."
- University of Montana Students Win Prizes in SoBA's Fall Business Plan Competition
Students who presented include first-place winners Matthew Gangloff and Andrew Burrington, who are both MIS majors. They gave audience members a look at New Leaf Environmental Monitoring, a product designed to monitor chemical toxins in and around the home that will culminate in a citizen-based environmental monitoring movement.
Montana Education/Business Partnerships
- Get Ready to Talk About Early Childhood Education
Invest in a kid before kindergarten, and you increase the returns on every potential investment that follows it.
Community
- University of Montana Marketing Management Class (BMKT 480) Offering Marketing Plan Development to Montana Businesses and Nonprofit Organizations
If you know of a business or organization that needs to have a marketing plan developed this semester, please have them contact me as soon as possible.
Funding and Building your Business
- Have you "suspended" today?
"We enter a little coffeehouse with a friend of mine and give our order. While we're approaching our table two people come in and they go to the counter: 'Five coffees, please. Two of them for us and three suspended'
Energy and Climate Change
- Zappos Gives Job Titles the Boot
It transitions from a hierarchy to a "Holacracy."
- 2014: The Year of Workplace Reinvention
Factors such as the equalizing impact of social media, advanced technology providing access to information anywhere, rising number of digital natives in the workplace, and increasing competition from start-ups and organizations across the globe are causing the perfect storm for reinventing work and leadership.
- Lessons For Entrepreneurs From A Navy SEAL
You have to be extra tough mentally to be an entrepreneur.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- 2014 Harvesting Clean Energy Conference, 2/4-6, Helena, Montana
"The Harvesting Clean Energy conference draws people from around the region, and having Gov. Bullock present to welcome them, both to the conference and to the state, is a real plus," said Carl Little, director of NCAT's sustainable agriculture programs.
- How the "60 Minutes" Clean-Tech Takedown Missed the Bigger Picture
"The fact they didn't mention climate change is deeply troubling."
Transportation
- Vegas Jackpot: The 8 Coolest Gadgets We Saw on the First Day of CES
We've gotten an early peek at some of the year's newest gear.
- Electric race car debuts on Las Vegas Strip
The championship is the first series exclusively for electric cars.
- Tesla station to bring electric cars to Wyoming
The visit was part of a test of a planned coast-to-coast route of quick-charge stations for Tesla vehicles.
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