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| MATR Newsletter - Tue Apr 22, 2014 |
"Without analytics you are flying blind. Without analytics, you cannot experiment. Analysis can also help the company fundamentally change its focus and approach." --- http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html
This is going to be an outstanding week for data in Missoula - The Agenda of presentations just keeps growing. Plan on attending so you're not left behind. - Big Data Week In Missoula, Montana 2014 - May 3 -11 --- http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html
Big Data Week - May 5-11-14 - 30+ Cities Worldwide Including Missoula
Next Generation Broadband in Missoula
- Big data can be a big help to any city including yours
A comprehensive data strategy would build on past successes, improve the city's economic and social well-being, and help city government better meet the needs of its citizens.
- Big Data Week In Missoula, Montana 2014 - May 3 -11
Missoula is a hotbed of Big Data, Cyber Security and Research activity ranging from our world-class data curriculum and the cyber security lab at the University of Montana to Big Data/Little Data companies like GCS Technology, Inteneo Systems, SemanticWeb.com, onXmaps, LMGSecurity and others.
- Cyberattacks rise - money is main target
The growing espionage numbers may indicate that the problem is more prevalent than previously known.
- Oracle's Mark Hurd Reveals 5 Keys to Marketing Success - It's All About the Data
According to industry research firm Gartner, 88 percent of chief marketing officers say they don't have a real-time view of customer interactions across their company.
Northwestern Energy
- Study looks at ways to get broadband Internet for Missoula businesses
73 percent of small businesses in Missoula say Internet disruptions have had a major impact on their operations, according to the study. But providers say service is available.
Great Falls Development Authority
- Historic Missoula Building Completes Major Energy-Efficiency Improvements - First Security Bank Building is the First to Near Completion on Deep Retrofit
"The First Security Bank Building is part of a regional pilot effort with a goal of providing tools and information to help more buildings in the region become more energy efficient."
Inteneo Systems
- Great Falls Sets New Job Record!
The Great Falls metro area achieved its highest ever month for both employment and labor force size in March, according to data released yesterday by the Montana Department of Labor.
Come Home Montana
- Employee Churn 201: Calculating Employee Value
To jump-start the "business understanding" phase of analytics efforts, we are writing a series of articles to translate employment processes into tractable data mining problems.
Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana
- Forward Montana Internships Open and Seeking Nominations
Do you know any 18-25 year olds who want to make the world a better place without being tied to a desk all summer?
Montana Business
- Shark tank: Business competitors pitch their ideas at biz conference in Butte, Montana
"The judging part is hard," Irizzary said. "It takes a lot of passion to step up there and take all the poking and prodding. It will be interesting to see how it comes out."
- "Inspiring" - One Montana's First Rural-Urban Student and Entrepreneur Exchange presentation event
If you follow this link http://onemontana.org/news/thu-04172014-1427/white-sulphur-springs-and-paris-gibson-presentations you can learn about projects the White Sulphur and Great Falls students are doing; see one of their crowd funding videos; hear a teacher testimonial; read quotes from students and businesses, and more.
Careers
- Butte, Montana's National Center for Healthcare Informatics receive $1.2 million U.S. Air Force contract
The end goal is to build a permanent simulation center that could create more than 100 jobs for Butte.
- Montana small business conference big success
Packed rooms, great food, meet-and-greets, cutting-edge speakers and a "Shark Tank"-style contest that put the high stress in timed sales pitches: What more could you ask for in a small-business conference?
Idaho Business
- What women in tech do to thrive
One corollary to exploring why women leave tech is to find out why some stay.
Regional Business
- CEO Bob Miller wasn't sure Albertsons would survive in '06
On Friday, Albertsons LLC CEO Bob Miller became the first recipient of the Boise State Champion of Commerce Award. The university says it will honor a local business leader each year based on business success and a record of strong ethics.
- Idaho Power to sponsor economic-development forum 4/22
"This forum gives us an opportunity to gather everyone together and discuss collaborative efforts aimed at sustaining that positive momentum."
Regional Economic Development
- 7 Ways the Feds Can Make a Comcast-Time Warner Merger Less Terrible
It's like telling someone it's OK to step on a rattlesnake but to be careful not to get bitten.
South Dakota Economic Development
- USDA establishes $150 million rural business investment program
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced in Cedar Rapids the formation of the first Rural Business Investment Company, a for-profit firm licensed by the USDA to invest in businesses that otherwise might not have the capital to increase business opportunities.
Workforce Development
- Documents link state-sponsored EB-5 visa program, Keystone XL
The EB-5 visa program, a longstanding federal program in which wealthy foreigners can get green cards for investing $500,000 into certain U.S. projects, is at the core of a still-unfolding scandal in South Dakota involving high-ranking politicians, powerful business interests and alleged criminality.
21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."
- Idaho Labor Department to teach teachers about employment
"This workshop is one step toward making connections between Treasure Valley educators and Treasure Valley businesses to help develop an understanding of what the business needs are and develop practical ways in which educators can better help students prepare to enter the workplace and succeed," said Ofelia Morales, workforce consultant for Department of Labor.
Education
- The Sorry State Of IT Education
Our profession is rife with people capable of performing procedures they've been taught, but incapable of thinking through a problem. Here's what we need to do.
Montana Education Excellence
- 15 Colleges with Powerhouse Entrepreneurship Programs
The rankings we scoped judge schools on their faculty, course offerings, teaching principles and extracurriculars, and also on how many businesses they've helped launch and how many of those companies are still around.
- U.S. agency urges private lenders to ease automatic default rules on student loans
Some people who pay private student loans on time are being placed in default when the co-signer of their loans dies or declares bankruptcy
Funding and Building your Business
- Waded Cruzado: Working to realize dreams of a bigger, better Montana State Uinversity
MSU's first woman and first minority president has racked up a list of record-breaking accomplishments and fans.
- UM Entrepreneurship Club Seeks Applicants for Bear Den Entrepreneur Residence Project
The Bear Den project is focused on bringing entrepreneurs and idea leaders into several three-person residential suites to live together and collaborate on business ideas.
- CEO Of Malala Fund Shiza Shahid To Deliver 2014 MSU Convocation Lecture, 8/24, Bozeman, Montana
"I Am Malala" is an international bestselling memoir written by Malala Yousafzai, 16, Pakistani school pupil and education activist from the town of Mingora in the Swat District of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Malala survived an assassination attempt on her life last year because of her desire to go to school. She and her family now live in England.
- University of Montana headed for record fundraising year; gifts reach $36 million
The fiscal year that ends on the last day of June could go down in the history books as a record year for the University of Montana, with donors showing more confidence in the economy and the school's new fundraising campaign.
Energy and Climate Change
- How to get inspiration for your new business
Here's help if you've always dreamed of being your own boss but don't know what you want do.
- 8 Guidelines For Friends And Family Startup Funding
Don't think of friends and family funding only as a last resort.
- SBA rule change could improve funding access for entrepreneurs
"As a result of this rule change, we expect to see an increased number of businesses who qualify for SBA-guaranteed funding." Cece Mitchell
- GoPro's Billionaire CEO Shares This Awesome Advice For Success: 'You Are Your Own Worst Enemy'
"In your personal life and in business, you are your own worst enemy. Or you are your own greatest supporter ... nobody can help or hurt you as much as you."
Montana Biotech
- What you can do to help the earth
Here are ways you can help make a difference in the environment
Non-Profit News
- Governor Bullock Announces Bio-Medical Research Grant Award to McLaughlin Research Institute
Funding will help establish research capabilities at a Montana Center for Aging Research and Memory Care
Miscellaneous Ramblings
- Montana Healthcare Foundation head expects assets to grow to $150M
The chairman of a foundation funded by the sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana says he expects the foundation's assets to grow from $40 million to more than $150 million.
- Windows 8.1 Update: 8 Tips To Avoid Headaches
Windows 8.1 Update offers the best blend of legacy and Modern apps yet -- but only if your device is properly configured.
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