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| MATR Newsletter - Tue Jan 28, 2014 |
"Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't." Pete Seeger - 1919-2014
Big Data Alliance Meeting, 1/28, Missoula, Montana http://www.matr.net/ev ... =4851 ---
Rob Ryan's Entrepreneur- America
Great Falls Development Authority
- Hero Partners: We Build Hero Companies
Rob Ryan knows a thing or two about what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.
Inteneo Systems
- GFDA Top 16 1/20/14
Kudos to the Great Falls Tribune for announcing that its expanding business and job news coverage!
- GFDA Top 25 1/12/14
Untame your entrepreneurial spirit!
Come Home Montana
- Plan would track students from preschool to workforce
"Data is painting a profile of a student that is richer and more valuable than ever before." Education officials say long-term data may reveal keys to student success or failure.
- 100 Data Innovations
Businesses, government agencies, and non-profits in countries around the world are transforming virtually every facet of the economy and society through innovative uses of data.
- Why video is the next big thing in big data
Video data has value well beyond capturing crimes and making us laugh on YouTube.
- The Promise and Challenge of Big Data- A Harvard Business Review Insight Center Report
The HBR Insight Center highlights emerging thinking around today's most important business ideas. In this Insight Center, we'll focus on what senior executives need to know about the big data revolution.
- Object-Role Modeling
ORM has been used to model business rules, XML-Schemes, data warehouses, requirements engineering and web forms.
Montana Business
- Education Jobs and Careers in the Yellowstone
YESPI is recruiting dedicated, energetic, and highly innovative people who get that YESPI wants to make the world a better place through education.
- Education Jobs and Careers in the Yellowstone Country of Montana - Yellowstone English/Environmental Studies Program International
YESPI is recruiting dedicated, energetic, and highly innovative people who get that YESPI wants to make the world a better place through education.
- Montana Career Opportunity - Director of Technology & Communication, Missoula County Public Schools
To conceive and implement a coherent data system which unifies and facilitates the exchange, extraction and use of all data for Missoula County Public Schools.
- Montana Career Opportunities - 3 IT Analyst/Project Managers, Corporate Recruiter - Plum Creek
Required Skills: Well-versed in recruitment processes and talent pool development for a variety of different types of positions (both exempt and non-exempt), with ability to work effectively with internal and external applicants
- Montana's Virtual Career Fair
Lots of opportunities in Montana!
- MSU Billings to begin search for new chancellor
Located in Montana's largest city, MSU Billings is a comprehensive regional university with an enrollment of nearly 5,000 students. It has more than 80 academic programs in five colleges that provide certificate, two-year, four-year and master's degree education.
Montana Economic Development
- Ben Sokoloski's Market on Front in his hometown of Missoula - One University of Montana student's journey toward launching a business
"How was it?" Sokoloski asks a customer about her breakfast quiche. "Delicious," she says. "We'll be back." Sokoloski beams.
- Bozeman, Montana's Software Industry Continues to Grow
"We also hire people who went to MSU and want to get back to Montana. And they're excited that now there are actually jobs in Montana that they can get and enjoy and get a good wage for." Zoot Marketing Director Eric Lindeen
- Bacterin to stay small, flexible after reorganizing in 2013
Goldberger said the company has a new strategic plan that allows it to live within its means while making investments intended to grow revenue beyond the $33 million it recorded in 2013.
- A Harder Outlook for Today's Cowboy
"Those who are not taking advantage of new technology or are resistant to change may not be able to survive."
- Freakin Sweet Knots - Montana company puts unique spin on 3-D printing
He recently unveiled an app that will allow any of us to design our own jewelry. Just pick a knot, a number of strands and material; then input your size. Within minutes your ring design is sent to a 3-D printer. You are routed to PayPal, and within a few days the ring appears in the mail.
The Missoula Economic Partnership
- Mining City progress: Some positive signs lead to optimism in Butte, Montana
"Let's just say the opportunity for small business to do well in the economy here is presenting itself," said Jim Smitham, executive director of the Butte Local Development Corp.
- Butte, Montana wins new tax dist. OK; Should mean millions of dollars for local development projects
"That was a very fast turnaround for state approval of a new TIF so we're excited," said Chief Executive Matt Vincent.
Careers
- JAMES GRUNKE: Getting a small business started
Remember that it will take patience to do all of these things right - let alone see a profit. It may take a year or longer. But as long as you are moving forward, it can happen.
Come Home Wyoming
- 10 tips on how to ask for a raise
There are ways to have a strategy, prepare and follow up if you want a bigger paycheck.
- Profile of an IT Worker
Cultural stereotypes about nerds with pocket protectors aside, what do we know about the people who keep the bits flowing and the digital lights on?
Developing an Angel Network in Montana
- Wyoming Career Opportunity - Executive Director Position - Campbell County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC)
CCEDC is a non-profit corporation head quartered in Gillette, Wyoming providing support and guidance to its county, local government and agencies.
Government
- What You Need to Know to Become an Angel Investor
It's easier than ever to make the leap. But also to make a big mistake.
Idaho Business
- Missoula to offer $50 million for Mountain Water
Mayor John Engen noted that is double what the Carlyle Group paid for Mountain Water in 2011.
- Montana Ranked 9th for Overall Financial Condition
The five states with the highest - ranked overall fiscal condition are Alaska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Wyoming.
Workforce Development
- Big data center industry warms to Boise
The centers also could bring dozens of high-paying jobs to town, and some business leaders say the economic effect could be greater if the centers help draw other technology business to the Treasure Valley.
- The input of export: Idaho companies look for help to grow overseas
Idaho businesses often seek to build sales abroad but don't know where to begin.
- Stukent, Inc. Offers World's First Web Marketing Simulation
What if you could learn how to do internet marketing online, while still enjoying face-to-face interaction with a teacher and peers?
21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."
- With a Shortage of STEM Graduates, Accenture Hopes to Grab Them Early
The stats above should go a long way toward explaining why Accenture (ACN) is launching a global mentor program for college students majoring in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects.
- Our College Graduates Can't Write!
While adept at crafting bullet points, they often have difficulty writing in declarative sentences and complete paragraphs - thus impeding the effectiveness of their business communications, including memos, letters, and technical reports.
- Montana's Gov. Bullock learns about job recruitment, work force training efforts
Bullock said Montana is among just nine states that don't offer early childhood education programs to help children get a jump start on their education. Studies have shown that children who have received pre-kindergarten education are less likely to have to repeat grades or drop out of school. Every dollar spent on early childhood development returns $17 in benefits to society, he said.
Education
- Why I Brought Meditation into the Classroom
Business schools have a role to play in creating self-aware leaders, not just technically competent managers.
- School ditches rules and loses bullies
When the university study wrapped up at the end of last year the school and researchers were amazed by the results.
- New York Mayor Spells Out His Pre-K Specifics Details on Proposal to Educate More Than 50,000 City Children
"We're going to be serving tens of thousands of kids in September who are not getting pre-K now and that's going to make a huge difference in their lives."
Montana Education Excellence
- Learning from Chicago's Schools
"You can move low-income kids into the "good" schools and they will still perform less well than their more affluent peers."
- Upcoming Video Game Design Camp in Great Falls
The program we use, Sony's LittleBigPlanet 2 http://www.LittleBigPlanet.com, has powerful -yet easy to learn- 3D Art and Programming tools that will help players of all skill levels create something awesome!
Community
- MSU to host elementary, middle and high school students in regional robotics tourney
Students from Montana, Washington, Idaho and Wyoming will pit their robots against each other on Friday, Jan. 31 and Saturday, Feb. 1 in the annual Montana State University College of Engineering First Robotics championship.
- University of Montana Vision Magazine
Thank you for reading this latest issue of Vision magazine from the University of Montana. Once again we showcase the vast range of research and creative scholarship being conducted by our faculty and students.
- NFL and GE award grant to University of Montana researchers to continue studies on traumatic brain injuries
"It's surprising but exciting," said Patel. "It's a little different from the kinds of grants we're used to applying for. GE and the NFL want to advance both treatment and diagnosis, and understand how TBI affects the brain. They're looking for new and exciting science."
Funding and Building your Business
- Mayor Announces Competition to End Veteran Homelessness
"Friendly competition motivated those mayors."
- There's a Science to Foot Traffic, and It Can Help Us Design Better Cities
The science is still growing, and the models are becoming more robust.
Energy and Climate Change
- Why Entrepreneurial Davids Shouldn't Fear Big Business Goliaths
The best entrepreneurs will always be able to compete.
- How an Entrepreneur's Banker Can Be More Than a Banker
Entrepreneurs often fall short is in recognizing the value of the business banker as an adviser and an advocate.
- Hackers/Founders' Co-op incubator shows that the unorthodox works for startups
"This wasn't supposed to be a business," Nelson, 40, says. "It was mostly me hanging out in a bar with nerds forming startups. We've kind of bolted a business plan onto it."
- A Tech Founder's Guide To Picking A Non-Tech Founder
As a non-technical cofounder your job ranges from product to hiring to taking out the trash. There isn't one test or one white board problem to give, but here are the characteristics you should be looking for:
- Shopping for a business loan? Try Whole Foods
Since 2007, the grocery chain has supported more than 150 independent companies that make local products.
Connectivity & Communications
- Is this the car of the future?
"It's coming, this is the next wave, and from what some of the manufacturers are saying, it's an even better bet than some of the alternatives already on the market."
- Seattle Looks to Data Centers for Heat, Hot Water
Data centers, those large warehouses packed with servers to support the storing and transferring of digital information, consume between 1.7 percent and 2.2 percent of all power generated in the U.S., according to a 2011 report
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- Google Fiber launches unique service in Provo, Utah
"People who haven't been able to afford Internet before can now get access. Studies have shown that when people are connected to the Internet, students are far more likely to finish high school and go to college. ... It spurs local jobs and the local economy."
- 3D printing could transform home building
Building a 2,500-square-foot house in less than 20 hours?
- Natural 3D counterpart to graphene discovered
Two of the most exciting new materials in the world of high technology today are graphene and topological insulators, crystalline materials that are electrically insulating in the bulk but conducting on the surface.
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