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| MATR Newsletter - Fri Mar 14, 2014 |
"Even the most brilliant, focused and politically embraceable education reform initiative will fail if kids flat out aren't ready to learn when they show up at school each day because they're not getting what they need at home." http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html
Documentary On 'pressure Cooker' Climate In Schools - "Race To Nowhere" , 3/19, Missoula, Montana http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html
Montana Data Focused Business Cluster
Montana Department of Commerce
- Advanced Cyber Threats in State and Local Government
Strapped for resources, state and local governments are a prime target for the pervasive and sophisticated threats launched by stealthy cyber criminals. These attacks are not just an epidemic, they are a pandemic. Unfortunately, no one is safe and diligent and proactive defense mechanisms are the only cure.
TEDx Events in Montana
- Made In Montana Tradeshow For Food & Gifts, 03/21-22, Helena
Friday, 3/21 is Exclusive for Wholesale Buyers, Saturday 3/22 is open to Wholesale Buyers but the public is allowed in to purchase at retail prices.
Northwestern Energy
- TEDx conference streamed live Tuesday - 3/18/14 - Butte Public Library
TED -- Technology, Entertainment and Design --covers almost all topics -- from science to business to global issues -- in more than 100 languages.
Visit Montana - Montana Dept. of Tourism
- NorthWestern's plan makes economic sense
NorthWestern's Montana integrated gas system is nearly unique in the United States.
Great Falls Development Authority
- Montana's Unique Lodging - Woodsy Yurts, Historic Hot Spring Hotels and Haunted Mansions
Between cozy (and maybe haunted?) bed and breakfasts, historic hotels near steaming hot springs and the old refurbished general store or school house, Montana makes turning in for the night part of the adventure.
Inteneo Systems
- Great Falls Development Authority is proud to recognize and thank our member investors!
THANK YOU for your support!
- The Fire Within Reception To Honor All Woman Business Owners, 3/27, Great Falls, Montana
Join us for an evening of connecting with other women business owners and to celebrate all 2013 women owned business starts
Come Home Montana
- Fleetmatics to Sell Driving Data to Insurers
Fleet management software company Fleetmatics Group is planning to begin selling data about driving behavior to insurance companies, the company's chief executive told the Wall Street Journal.
- Yellowfin debuts in 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms
"It vindicates our focus on consumer-oriented BI, and mission to make reporting and analytics accessible to people of all business backgrounds. Yellowfin has experienced phenomenal growth over the past four years in particular, expanding our partner network and customer base across all industries and throughout the globe.
Montana Business
- Montana Career Opportunity - New Markets Project Accountant - Montana Community Development Corporation
This position provides accounting and financial analytics support to Montana CDC subsidiaries created through New Markets Tax Credit projects.
- Montana Career Opportunity - Food Services Manager - Caffe Firenze, Florence MT
Directly responsible for all kitchen functions
- Montana Career Opportunity - Communications and Membership Manager - Alternative Energy Resources Organization
The Communications & Membership Manager is responsible for the development of regular and special event print and digital communication with members, supporters, partners, and the public, support of membership and fundraising campaigns , and management of the membership database.
Careers
- New Zealand Based Solar Bright Limited Looks to Angry Minnow Marketing, LLC of Bozeman, Montana to Help Promote Ice-Road Warning Technology to Reduce Car Crashes
Ideally suited for use on roads, bridges, parking facilities and sidewalks, the solar-powered device detects the formation of frost and illuminates a blue LED flashing light, which alerts motorists that road surface conditions are ripe for ice formation.
- More Than 11 Million Nonresidents Visited Montana in 2013, Spent $3.6 Billion
Estimates of the number of travelers to Montana and how much they spent in the state during 2013 have been finalized by the Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research at the University of Montana.
- Rezmade.com - Business pride grows on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation
'Maybe I can make something that people from Indian Country can be proud of.' Because it's so hard to be proud of something when you're continuously being told that what really sets you apart from the rest of country is a sad history and a bad present. That can be so hard on people's sense of self."
Incubators and R&D
- Your Fat Is Why You're Not As Bright As You Could Be
Scientists have discovered that a chemical produced by fat goes into your brain and makes it slower. But don't worry: there's an easy fix. Just guess what it is.
Regional Economic Development
- The Shop puts a Helena spin on urban co-working space trend
Co-working spaces have become popular in cities over the past several years, where they tend to cater to freelancers and startup seekers who might otherwise work alone.
- Sprint Teams With Techstars for Health Care Accelerator in Kansas City
Each startup will get up to $120,000 in financing and the right to pitch itself to investors at the end of the three months.
Workforce Development
- Economically Successful Cities Favor Space-Efficient Modes
A survey of business managers indicates that they tend to underestimate the portion of their customers who walk, bicycle and use public transit.
21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."
- Montana Governor Bullock Awards $325,000 for Job Training Program for Welding Professionals in Great Falls
The funding will allow Great Falls College-MSU to complete development of their unique welding curriculum that will train students for both the American Welding Society (AWS) and Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) certifications. It is one of few programs in the country that prepares students for dual certifications. The program will open doors for Montanans to access high paying jobs in Montana.
Education
- A 'Wraparound' System of Care for Schools
Even the most brilliant, focused and politically embraceable education reform initiative will fail if kids flat out aren't ready to learn when they show up at school each day because they're not getting what they need at home.
- A Study Seeks to Determine What Makes Prekindergarten Successful
When it comes to preschool, what actually works?
- Documentary On 'Pressure Cooker' Climate In Schools - "Race To Nowhere" , 3/19, Missoula, Montana
"' Race to Nowhere' calls on families, educators, experts and policy makers to examine current assumptions about how we how best prepare American students to become healthy, bright, contributing citizens and leaders in the 21st Century,"
Montana Education Excellence
- AffordableCollegesOnline
Our mission is to provide education tools and guides to the public and our materials at no cost to students and families across the country.
- States Explore Free Community College
Several states are considering offering free tuition at community colleges, as the cost of a college education continues to climb and as high school diplomas no longer guarantee a living wage.
- College offers to pay students to take year off
A new Tufts University program hopes to remove the financial barriers keeping cash-strapped students from taking a year off after high school to travel or volunteer, offering an opportunity to explore different communities before starting college.
Community
- Grants to reduce the high school dropout rate presented by the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation for Graduation Matters
Before the program started in 2009, more than 2,000 students dropped out of school each year. Around 1,500 kids dropped out in 2013; 770 fewer than four years ago.
- Critics say funding policy pits UM against MSU in recruiting war
A Board of Regents policy aimed at funding the state's universities based on student enrollment has some asking regents to revisit the issue, saying it's detrimental to the Montana University System and has created a costly recruiting war.
- UM Marketers Win Awards for Logo, Newsletter
The new logo was designed in-house using a team led by Mario Schulzke, UM assistant vice president for marketing.
Funding and Building your Business
- Seven urban apps guaranteed to improve the quality of city life
With a smartphone in your hand (and a good data connection), a city becomes something more.
- Love libraries? Then you're probably ahead of the technological curve.
"Information omnivores" are actually the most technically connected group identified by Pew.
Energy and Climate Change
- A New Startup Contest Promises A World-Record $5 Million Prize To Winners
Six $500,000 awards and four $250,000 awards will be allocated to the runners-up.
- Digital health and the pharmacy of the future: 5 startups to watch
Several interesting companies aimed at transforming a particular process or challenge in pharmacies have sprung up recently.
- SXSW: How the State Department is working with start-ups, discovering new technology
Through this program, the agency works with universities to hold competitions for students and professors who are creating technology that could help the State Department tackle any number of challenges around the world. I2P, Taylor said, is the agency's primary tool for finding very early-stage companies or even entrepreneurs with only a concept or idea they want to pitch.
- Will The 'Open Business' Wave Bring Real Change?
Open businesses are 50% more likely to outperform their rivals today and grow sustainable profits.
- CEOs Must Demand Teamwork
The secret to getting C-suite executives to work better together is simple: Make them do it.
Connectivity & Communications
- SolarCity hopes Best Buy partnership will boost business
Though SolarCity and Best Buy may seem like strange bedfellows, the alliance makes sense for both companies, officials and analysts say.
- ViZn Energy Systems Announces Zinc/Iron Flow Battery Installation at Flathead Electric Cooperative
"The battery we have installed at our Kalispell campus will be used to run a number of applications to evaluate the benefit of grid scale storage and how it can benefit our end users," states Mark Johnson, FEC's General Manager.
Government Technology
- Sprint Chief: U.S. Internet Speeds Are "Horrible" -- Even Sprint's. I Can Fix That. (Video)
In an interview at Re/code's Washington, D.C., bureau on Tuesday, Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son lambasted the Internet service currently available to U.S. consumers as "horrible" -- way too slow and way too costly -- even the Internet service offered currently by his own company, the nation's No. 3 wireless carrier.
- Happy 25th Birthday to the World Wide Web!
1991 entry: "Researchers rig up a live shot of a coffee pot so they could tell from their computer screens when a fresh pot had been brewed. Later connected to the World Wide Web, it becomes the first webcam."
- Bozeman advances broadband plan
The plan will guide the city on how fiber installation would work.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- How States Are Cracking Down on Small Business Tax Cheats
California's is about $10 billion annually, and the Golden State is investing $670 million over five years in technology to improve its collections, expected to raise an additional $1 billion a year in tax revenue.
- How States Are Cracking Down on Small Business Tax Cheats
California's is about $10 billion annually, and the Golden State is investing $670 million over five years in technology to improve its collections, expected to raise an additional $1 billion a year in tax revenue.
Transportation
- This 15-year-old 3D printed a case that turns an iPhone into a stethoscope & started a company
Here's a testament to how 3D printing is making rapid prototyping more accessible to startups and entrepreneurs.
- Here are 5 of the hottest health IT startups at SXSW
Health technology startups shone this year at South by Southwest Interactive.
- Google Maps launches 'river view' of Grand Canyon
First there was Street View, and now there's "river" view.
- Removing a Vehicle Lane? It's Not the End of the World
It's easy to understand that latter reaction. How could removing a lane of traffic on a busy road have virtually no impact on traffic? It's counter intuitive. It's one of those forehead-slapping no-brainers.
- Interactive website helps citizens get involved in transportation planning
Residents are invited to help determine -- and even design -- what the Billings area will look like 20 years from now.
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