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"Sell crazy somewhere else. We're all stocked up here." Jack Nicholson
Kalispell Chamber of Commerce
Montana Data Focused Business Cluster
- Thunderbirds and other high-flyers delight at Kalispell air show
Roaring engines, clouds of smoke, and the cheers of thousands of spectators as Glacier Park International Airport hosted the Mountain Madness Air Show, featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team.
Montana Department of Commerce
- Pioneering Companies Enter a New Data Analytics Phase
With appropriate education, all employees will become "analytic amateurs" in the regular course of getting their work done through data-driven processes, Tom Davenport said. "Analytics have to become everybody's job."
- Survey Says: How Organizations Are Using Big Data
Companies that seek to stay competitive in the future will need a plan for addressing big data in their enterprise.
Inteneo Systems
- Montana Downtown Conference - Early Bird Registration Extended to Monday, September 8th
Montana Downtowns - Harnessing Pride, Placemaking and Potential
Come Home Montana
- Big Data is best if it's shared throughout the organization to give a 360 degree view of the customer
Big data is a huge revenue generator for your marketing team, but don't forget to put the data to use across your entire organization, and talk to your customers in a way that minimizes their time spent and optimizes their experience.
- AIG's New Tack: Data Into Dollars
The emphasis on analytics is one of the clearest signs of how Mr. Hancock hopes to address the main challenge now facing AIG: boosting profits.
Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana
- Montana Career Opportunities - Systems Administrator and more - Glendive Medical Center
Current Opportunities: • Systems Administrator • Retail Pharmacist • IS Tech • RN/LPN - LTC • Manager Home Health & Hospice • Medical Technologist • Manager Health Information Management • MRI Tech
Montana Business
- To Get More Entrepreneurs, We Must Create Better Ecosystems
While some struggling regions remain focused on "smokestack chasing,"--the counterproductive practice of trying to lure large companies to their region with large financial incentives --more successful communities are pursuing a very different strategy, one that involves moving aggressively to encourage and support a sea of untapped entrepreneurship within their own community.
The Missoula Economic Partnership
- Gov, state officials unveil optimistic Montana economic report
Almost the entire state has returned to or exceeded pre-recession job levels, and average annual wages have increased more than $4,000.
- Gov, state officials unveil optimistic Montana economic report
Almost the entire state has returned to or exceeded pre-recession job levels, and average annual wages have increased more than $4,000.
- The cost of living in Montana
There are eight job seekers in Montana for every projected job opening that provides a living wage.
- Jobs Report: Montana Ranks High for Economic Growth
Labor commissioner says state on pace for record-breaking employment growth this year
Careers
- Missoula-based Montana Family and Closely Held Business Program helps family-owned businesses thrive
This new certificate program aims to address key concerns faced by owners of family businesses and companies with limited numbers of shareholders.
City Club Missoula
- Get Over Feeling Like You're Behind In Your Career
It's time to let go of "I should be there by now," and embrace what you have already accomplished.
Idaho Business
- City Club Missoula Presents: Preventing Suicide Is Everyone's Business, 9/8, Missoula
Montana has always had one of the country's highest suicide rates -- it is consistently among the top five states with the highest suicide rates in the nation. Currently, the suicide rate in Missoula County is slightly higher than in the rest of Montana. And although much attention is focused on teen suicide, the highest suicide rates are among adults ages 55-64.
Other Economies
- Startup sales keep Boise on tech map
Transactions such as Apple's purchase of BookLamp help, because 'the capital will recycle.'
Regional Economic Development
- Planning for Rural Minnesota's 'Brain Gain'
While regional employers report increasing difficulty in bringing in skilled workers, prospective new residents say there's often a shortage of desirable employment opportunities.
Missoula Schools Excellence
- Focusing On Job Growth And Attraction Will Ruin Your Community
The world dynamics have changed and you need to change with them to help your community get on (or stay on) a path to sustainable economic prosperity.
Montana Education Excellence
- Missoula's Willard Alternative High students tell Denise Juneau why they love their school
"I just believe that education can empower people, and it can transform communities," Juneau said.
Funding and Building your Business
- WorldMontana to relocate from Bozeman to Carroll College
WorldMontana http://www.worldmontana.org is one of 95 U.S. nonprofits that promotes global understanding through citizen diplomacy, according to its website. It cooperates with the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program and hosts 150 international leaders annually.
- Twitter chat is shaping Montana education - 8 p.m. on Tuesdays
The chat, which begins at 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and lasts one hour, connects users by using the hashtag #MTedchat.
Energy and Climate Change
- Will A Business Incubator Help Hatch Your Startup?
Don't expect incubators to magically convert your pre-hatched idea into a successful company.
Connectivity & Communications
- U.S. Utilities Push the Electric Car
As utilities across the U.S. grapple with stagnant electricity sales, many see opportunity in the fledgling need for electric-car charging stations. But some companies' tactics are spurring complaints from consumer advocates.
Government Technology
- Chattanooga's High-Speed Broadband Brings High-Stakes Battle Over Fiber-Optic Expansion
"The way I see it, Comcast and Charter and AT&T have had 15 years to figure out how to get Internet to us, and they've decided it's not cost-effective," Coltrin said. "We have not been able to get anything because of these state laws, and through no fault of our own, we are treated as second-class citizens. They've just sort of held us hostage."
Transportation
- Big Data Alone Isn't Enough to Spark City Innovation
We must bring together the public to gain a holistic picture of the problems in our cities and the solutions needed to build communities that are economically healthy.
- Frontier seeks revenue guarantee for service past January; Missoula airport on track for record year
The addition of Frontier is just one factor that has put the Missoula airport on a record-setting pace in 2014.
- GenZe, an all electric two-wheeler for city dwellers and the college crowd
Enter GenZe, an all-electric motorized two-wheeler being marketed to college students and urban dwellers as a fun, clean way to zip around campus or city streets at a top speed of 30 miles per hour.
- Slowing Down Streets With Art Under Your Feet
More and more communities, seeing the kaleidoscopic benefits of street painting, are making these expressions part of their physical and cultural infrastructure.
- Hidden Obstacles for Google's Self-Driving Cars
"going to happen more quickly than many people think."
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