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| MATR Newsletter - Tue Jan 21, 2014 |
"You're most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning " -Bill Gates
TEDx Events in Montana
Visit Montana - Montana Dept. of Tourism
- TED Talks - Harish Manwani: Profit's not always the point
Harish Manwani, COO of Unilever, makes a passionate argument that doing so to include value, purpose and sustainability in top-level decision-making is not just savvy, it's the only way to run a 21st century business responsibly.
Inteneo Systems
- Winter Wildlife, Postcard Panoramas and Toasty Lodges - Montana Office of Tourism
Here's a secret--Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks close many of their roads to regular traffic in the winter (notable exception: the wildlife-laden Lamar Valley), but the parks themselves stay open, making for ideal winter wildlife safaris.
Come Home Montana
- Business Analytics: Moving From Descriptive To Predictive Analytics
Predictive analytics is forward-looking analysis: providing future-looking insights on the business--predicting what is likely to happen (usually associated with a probability) and why it's likely to happen.
- Amazon says it can ship items before customers order - It's all about data analysis
Amazon, the Journal reported, says it may box and ship products that it expects customers in a specific area will want, based on previous orders and other factors it gleans from its customers' shopping patterns, even before they place an online order.
- Video: Yellowfin Dashboards Deliver At-A-Glance Insight Into Your Organizational Performance
There is much more to a full Business Intelligence System before you get to the dashboard stage.
Montana Business
- Montana Career Opportunity - Software Developer - Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Thank you for your interest in employment with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Our employees come from all walks of life, bringing with them varying talents and diverse backgrounds. These employees form a dynamic, distinctive team of individuals dedicated to the RMEF's mission.
Montana Economic Development
- ikuw - Missoula Open House And Ribbon Cutting, 2/18, Missoula
You are invited to tour one of the most advanced technology learning centers in Montana.
- Tipu's Chai gets national boost
Today, the tea can be found as either as a retail product or made to order in hundreds of locations across the U.S., Canada, Mexico and even in Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Singapore.
- Montana's Potential for Cycle Touring: An Untapped, Emerging Tourism Market
"Beyond the beauty of the state," one cyclist wrote, "it was the kindness of the people that over and over impressed me with their support and interest in my journey."
Careers
- New Flathead Valley-Wide Group (AERO) Raising Funds for Additional Air Service
Hoping to build on that momentum, a valley-wide group named AERO -- short for Airline Enhancement Regional Organization -- is formally taking flight with a goal of adding additional non-stop flights through GPIA as a way to benefit local businesses and tourism.
Government
- The All-Time Worst Interview Mistakes Job Candidates Have Made
Sometimes hiring managers can eliminate a candidate immediately because they've crossed the line and done something completely inappropriate.
- The Right Way to Answer "What's Your Greatest Weakness?"
One of the biggest dangers for a young company is that a roomful of smart people who aren't being honest could easily be steering their rocket ship into the ground.
Other Economies
- Mayor Engen sets vision for Missoula
The mayor hopes to do this by creating a position called the Central Services Director, who will streamline the operations of many departments, rather than have them blindly operating independently of one another.
Regional Economic Development
- State-sponsored venture capital effort shaping up
"The biggest single change is going to be the emotional change, the cultural change," Johnson said. "Now the expectation is that no one is getting funded. The expectation will be, if you're good, you'll get funded."
University Business Plan Competitions
- Cities Create Music, Cultural Festivals to Make Money
Municipal officials and entrepreneurs see the power of cultural festivals, innovation-focused business conferences and the like as a way to spur short-term tourism while shaping an image of the host city as a cool, dynamic location where companies and citizens in modern, creative industries can thrive.
- Urban Road-Building Linked to Poor Statewide Economic Performance
Rather than increasing productivity through increased mobility and reduced congestion, as politicians and lobbyists so often promise, all this mindless road-building could be depressing statewide economic growth!
Workforce Development
- University launches crowdfunding website to finance projects by students
The website launched with five proposals and will only be open to proposals from MBA students for the time being. Organizers plan to include projects from university faculty, staff, students and alumni in the future.
21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."
- The Great Falls Job Service Center announces new program to train job seekers
The Great Falls Job Service Center was recently awarded a contract for the Family Economic Security program to help families improve their ability to earn better wages.
Montana Education Excellence
- 3 Reasons High Schools Should Teach Entrepreneurship
It's time for high schools to catch up to the needs of their students and make entrepreneurship part of the curriculum. Here's why:
- Out in the Open: These Hackers Want to Give You Coding Superpowers
Chris Granger is a computer programmer who thinks programming kinda sucks. It's too complicated and too esoteric and too sprawling. But he hopes that his latest invention can change all that.
- Free computer coding classes offered for girls in Butte, Montana
Silly boys, coding is for girls.
Montana Education/Business Partnerships
- CodeMontana is Impacting Lives With 26,000 Programming Exercises Completed by Montana High School Students
CodeMontana is changing lives.
Universities and Economic Development
- BNSF Railway Foundation Grants $5,000 to One Montana's Student & Entrepreneur Exchange
"This program opens up new perspectives students hadn't considered, while also giving them practical knowledge about starting their own enterprise," says Lisa Grace, Executive Director of One Montana.
Community
- University 'ideas factory' looks to turn research into economic growth
"People are frustrated with the current climate and excited to have a fresh voice come into the university and promote an entrepreneurial culture -- and they're excited the university has pooled some money and resources to jump-start that culture."
Funding and Building your Business
- Missoula's Socrates Cafe Launches 2014 Schedule - First Wed. of The Month
Socrates Café are gatherings around the world where people from different backgrounds get together and exchange thoughtful ideas and experiences while embracing the central theme of Socratizing; the idea that we learn more when we question and question with others.
- Columbia Falls, Montana Surveying Residents on Community Needs, Goals
In the coming weeks, city officials will be asking residents a lot of questions in the hope of attracting feedback that could steer changes in Columbia Falls in 2014.
Connectivity & Communications
- Entrepreneurs Are Winning With A New Startup Model
Maybe it's time to look harder at the mantra of a new breed of gurus and successful entrepreneurs.
- Death To The Open Office Floor Plan!
They're petri dishes for viruses.
- Startups : Would You Be This Transparent?
"Transparency breeds trust, and that's one of the key reasons for us to place such a high importance on it. Open Salaries are a step towards the ultimate goal of Buffer being a completely "Open Company"."
- 4 Strategies of America's Best Places to Work
Traits that keep staff happy and the balance sheet bumping.
The Creative and Cultural Economy
- Butte schools' fiber optics switch featured in nationwide magazine
The article also dissects the need for such "rural" towns as Butte to secure faster Internet and phone connections that will allow students to work on virtual desktops, hook up to videoconference lessons and collaborate easier with other classrooms.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- State of the arts: The economic impact adds up in Montana
One in every 60 Montanans is an artist, according to a recent study by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry.
- Monte Dolack exhibit 'Altered State' explores Montana's history of resource use, abuse
One of Montana's most acclaimed artists, Monte Dolack explores the volatile relationship between nature and industry in Montana in these new works.
Transportation
- Underpants alarm clock wakes women up with a buzz
Little Rooster is a vibrating device that women pop between their legs at night to get a pleasant wake up call in the morning.
- 3D: Cutting-edge print design technology arrives at Highlands College in Helena, Montana
"For the kids today who have grown up with computers, there's still of a 'wow' factor for them when they see this," said John Garic, dean at Highlands.
- Smart Eyelashes and Fingernails: The Next Wave of Wearable Tech
Can micro-technology merge into fashion?
- Airfare rising in Bozeman faster than national average
"For anybody in Montana to get anywhere, we have to fly. We fly more than most other locations our size by far, and that's why we have better air service than cities that are often five to 10 times our size."
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