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| MATR Newsletter - Tue Oct 14, 2014 |
I assume a Columbus Day sale means I can walk into the store and take whatever I want.
Early Edge Montana
Montana Data Focused Business Cluster
- Gov. Bullock proposes early childhood education program. Early Edge Montana
Montana is one of eight states without any state investment in preschool programs.
- Republican legislators have questions about Bullock early childhood education plan - Bullock promotes pre-K initiative as nonpartisan
Tom Facey, a retired high school teacher, said research has shown that spending on early childhood education is a good investment for the state. It will pay off with a better-educated population, lower rates of incarceration and other benefits, he said.
Visit Montana - Montana Dept. of Tourism
- Startup Crunches 100 Terabytes of Data in a Record 23 Minutes
The feat is impressive in and of itself, but it's also a sign that the world of big data--where dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of machines can be used to sort and analyze massive amounts of online information--continues to evolve at a rather rapid pace.
Great Falls Development Authority
- 50 Wild Places: Celebrating Montana's Outdoors
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act with this slideshow highlighting 50 wild adventures in Montana's outdoors.
Inteneo Systems
- Great Falls Development Authority Top 15 October 12, 2014
Congratulations to the Great Falls Tribune and all involved in the What Women Want Expo!
Come Home Montana
- Growing Board Interest in Big Data Puts CIO 'Squarely in the Discussion'
The results highlight the increasing strategic importance of Big Data, and suggest an important role for the CIO as industrial companies use new technologies to boost the bottom line.
- Macy's Tries on Silicon Valley's 'Fail Fast' Approach
Macy's is investing billions to co-op the digital trend by encouraging consumers to use mobile devices to search for and even purchase apparel in store -- with the benefit of being able to try it on.
- ZestFinance uses big data to weed out deadbeats
Douglas Merrill, chief executive of ZestFinance, jumps up, stares at the computer monitor on the wall and says, "Holy crap, that can't be right." His researchers are claiming they can improve the accuracy of their default predictions for one category of borrower by 15 percentage points.
- Popular predictive apps and APIs
This is a starting point. Please let us know (in the comment section below) if there are other apps you'd like to share, or provide a link. Here are a few ones to begin with like predicting sales or traffic arising from various marketing campaigns
- What's All That Data Worth?
"Data is worthless if you don't know how to use it to make money."
- Companies Fuel Supply Chains with Big Data, Sensors for Competitive Advantage
There is a huge opportunity in integrated business planning for organizations to exploit these technologies for competitive advantage.
MSU Leadership Institute & UM Global Leadership Initiative
- Montana Career Opportunity - Business Advisor - Montana CDC
The Business Advisor's job is to work directly with clients to diagnose business health, provide guidance on business operations, assist clients to create business, marketing and strategic action plans.
- Montana's 10 Greatest Hollywood Moments
Montana is ready for its close-up! Check-out the top 10 Montana movie moments. How many of the movies have you seen?
- Montana Career Opportunities - Assistant Program Service & Data Managers - Montana University System
Montana University System The Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education (OCHE) seeks candidates for the following positions
- Montana Career Opportunity - Senior Project Manager - Montana University System
Applicants should have at least three years of successful experience in one or more of the following: educational program management, Federal grants, K-12 teaching, college access programs.
- Montana Career Opportunity - Human Resource Director - Pacific Steel and Recycling
This position provides overall direction for developing, planning, organizing, implementing, managing and directing human resource policies, programs, and practices corporate-wide.
- Montana Career Opportunities - National Sales Director, Senior Account Manager - Blackfoot Telecommunications
We offer rewarding careers along with the opportunity to live and work in picturesque western Montana.
- Montana Career Opportunities - Public Works Director, Engineering Permit Tech 1, and more... - City of Missoula
Missoula is urbane, artistic, hip...perhaps Missoula's greatest assets are a legacy of quick accomplishment and citizens positively smitten with their town." - Skywest Magazine
Careers
- Today's classic TED Talk - Ziauddin Yousafzai: My daughter and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Malala
"Why is my daughter so strong?" Yousafzai asks. "Because I didn't clip her wings."
Come Home Idaho
- Welcome to Meta's Binder Fulla Women in Analytics: Episode 14. This week's post includes twelve new profiles of women in analytics.
Ladies: Not Asking for Raises is Now a Superpower!
- The Case for Quitting Your Job - Even if You Love It, Walking Away Might Leave You Healthier and Happier
Am I working because I truly love what I do, or am I simply afraid of change?
- How to reinvent yourself in retirement
What can I do with this stage of my life that is perhaps my highest purpose?
Economic Gardening
- Idaho Career Opportunity - Sr. Account Manager - Blackfoot Telecommunications
Candidate should have outstanding interpersonal skills, a positive attitude, manage multiple tasks, love to exceed sales quotas, and embrace a technology environment.
Government
- Seeds planted for round two of economic gardening program in Butte-Silver Bow County in Montana
Before the county makes any decisions, it wants to ensure the program is working. It partnered with Northwestern Energy to analyze businesses that have completed the program.
Idaho Business
- Asset seizures fuel police spending
In recent years, thousands of people have had cash confiscated by police without being charged with crimes. The Post looks at the police culture behind the seizures and the people who were forced to fight the government to get their money back.
Incubators and R&D
- Nampa, Idaho companies say they can't find enough skilled workers
Ineck said the company received incentives to come to Nampa, and the city has set aside $120,000 for incentives to attract additional companies. The city can also tap tax reimbursement incentives approved by state lawmakers to help pull in businesses.
Workforce Development
- GSK commits $5M to startups, academics that develop bioelectronics
The funding's aimed toward biz-savvy academics and startups that are working to create a new class of treatments that aren't necessarily pills or injections, but rather are mini implantable devices.
- UM-Led Team Earns $8.9 Million NASA Grant to Study Evolution of Life
"We will study major evolutionary transitions in the history of life that have led to increases in biocomplexity," Rosenzweig said. "These transitions include the evolution of metabolic networks, the evolution of multicellularity and the evolution of cooperative or symbiotic relationships among cells.
21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."
- "Registered Apprenticeship" - 'Best-kept secret' in job training
When Gov. Steve Bullock announced the state's new business plan, "Main Street Montana Project," earlier this summer, apprenticeships were mentioned up top as a key way to "train and educate tomorrow's workforce today."
Education
- Girls Excelling in Math and Science (GEMS) New club in Butte, Montana aims to nurture math, science in girls
"It's something constructive for girls to do," said Pam Haxby-Cote, a co-founder with Ronda Coguill. "We want to develop young women, and it evolved into a math and science emphasis. That demographic is pivotal."
Missoula Schools Excellence
- Giving Back to Your School in a Meaningful Way
"I'm a firm believer that education is the best thing you can give kids," he said. "If they take it to the next level, great. If they don't, I'm disappointed, but at least you gave them the chance."
- A Bit of College Can Be Worse Than None at All
The number of students who don't complete college is growing.
Community
- Emotional Intelligence - Tahj Kjelland reaches at-risk teens through poetry, hip-hop and a statewide Montana program that combines the two
The Express to Speak program is officially underway.
Funding and Building your Business
- City of Edina, USA - seeking their vision of the future.
The City of Edina, is an 'inner-ring' city, adjacent to Minneapolis, Minnesota, with a population over 50,000. Edina is well known as a prestigious and successful city that has evolved to become a best practice model amongst municipalities.
Energy and Climate Change
- Gartner's Top 10 Predictions for 2015 and Beyond
"Compute-based machines are now being used to create an ever expanding variety of experiences that extend human endeavors."
- Cyber-insurance becomes popular among smaller, mid-size businesses
Roughly 50 companies around the country offer cybersecurity insurance, and as of last week, there was one more: Ridge Insurance Solutions, founded by Tom Ridge, the first secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
- Cyber-insurance becomes popular among smaller, mid-size businesses
Roughly 50 companies around the country offer cybersecurity insurance, and as of last week, there was one more: Ridge Insurance Solutions, founded by Tom Ridge, the first secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
- Venture Capitalists Return to Backing Science Start-Ups
After years of shying away from science, engineering and clean-technology start-ups, investors are beginning to take an interest in them again, raising hopes among entrepreneurs in those areas that a long slump is finally over.
- What Business Leaders Can Learn From Online Dating
"Is this the kind of thing that companies are requesting from job candidates--a list of failed relationships and uncomfortable separations?"
Connectivity & Communications
- Coming Soon: Cheap light rooftop solar you can install yourself.
Fraunhofer is a big German research and development non-profit organization, with a couple of branches in the USA. They have been working with solar power for years, and last year held the record for making the world's most efficient solar cell. Now they are looking to reinvent the way solar panels are installed.
Government Technology
- Internet 2025: Blazing Speeds to Bring Future Tech
What if the Internet were 100 times faster than it is today? How would this super-high-speed connectivity affect the economy, health care and education?
Non-Profit News
- Looking at 'Data-Driven Government' from Inside City Hall
Data that doesn't get utilized, that isn't embraced, and that isn't understood is not particularly helpful data. If we want to actually improve performance and use data to solve problems, we need partners who embrace it, rather than outsiders or supervisors imposing it.
The Creative and Cultural Economy
- Town Pump's fundraising goal for food banks: $3 million
"Our shelves are low," said Kathy Griffith, of the Butte Food Bank. "Town Pump's support is vital in helping us keep up with the increasing demand."
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- National Geographic photographer documents Yellowstone
"This is going to be the richest issue National Geographic has ever done," Nichols said. "We can really make people understand what they don't get now."
Transportation
- The bicycle revolution is coming to your streets
The Copenhagen Wheel transforms your bicycle into a smart electric hybrid, quickly and easily.
- With This Tiny Box, (a portable hardware condom) You Can Anonymize Everything You Do Online
Today a group of privacy-focused developers plans to launch a Kickstarter campaign for Anonabox.
- Tesla building new supercharging station in Missoula
The company is currently building a supercharging station in Missoula on Grant Creek Road, off I-90, in the back parking lot of Starbucks.
- The Koch Brothers' War on Transit
How many local transit projects are drawing fire from the Koch political network? And what impact is it having?
- Why Self-Driving Cars Will Change Retirement
It will basically be a cheap Uber [which allows a person to hail a private car or ride-share from a mobile phone], and with no need to talk to the driver.
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