MATR Newsletter – November 9, 2022
The state with the best education wins!

I bought a chicken from one website, and an egg from another.

…I’ll let you know.

Great Falls Development Authority

• Great Falls Economic Development Top 10 for 11-8-22

  Here is our Top 19 for last week celebrating work and successes to grow and strengthen the Great Falls regional economy — Montana’s Golden Triangle. And, sharing business resources and skill-building opportunities to empower your success.

Montana West Economic Development

• Increase the Value of Your Business – Now is the Time! Thursday, December 1, 1-2 p.m. – Kalispell

  We sell businesses and will share how to:
  Increase your business value
  Understand the Buyer and Lender perspective
  Be prepared for the current lending environment

Montana Business

• Inflation Reduction Act Could Power the Energy Transition in Coal Communities

  Providing stackable solar installation tax credits for businesses and individuals, and – for the first time – tax-exempt entities like schools and non-profits, IRA could help retool rural economies previously dependent on coal.

• The Top Existential Threats to Entrepreneurship

  America’s inability to solve a host of basic issues isn’t just making life hard for entrepreneurs–it’s killing their potential. Here, eight founders and CEOs sound off on the stopgaps they’ve adopted to get by.

• American Plumber Stories TV show features Williams Plumbing of Bozeman, Montana

  American Plumber Stories features Williams Plumbing in their latest season

• Top Inflation Cause — 54% Corporations Robbing You

  Nothing holds a candle to the inflation that is coming from corporations deciding to rob you.

• 60 Minutes – Social media’s role in America’s polarized political climate

  Social media is a showcase of our anger; an analysis by the New York Times this fall found that online use of the phrase “civil war” has exploded.

  Now, leading voices in academia and tech are saying that rather than simply reflecting the polarization in society, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are helping to create it.

• Center for Humane Technology – Together we must Align Technology with Humanity’s Best Interests

  Our social media environment is broken. Want a roadmap to help fix it?

Transportation

• The Reason Service Vehicles Like Ambulances and Fire Trucks Have Chains Hanging From the Bottom – Why can’t cars have these?

  Unlike many of life’s disappointing explanations for mysteries, the reason behind them is actually pretty neat.

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