Montana Business & Technology - Competing Through Innovation
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| February 29, 2008 |  View for printing |
Building a Bioscience Industry IN HAMILTON
An interview with Governor Schweitzer Seeking Energy Independence-- Alternative Strategies
From Semiconductors to Solar Panels
l LOVE IT here
Welcome to this first issue of Montana Business & Technology magazine http://www.MTbusinessandtechnology.com .
For most of our history, Montana’s economic prosperity has been based on agriculture and natural resources. While these two sectors will continue to support much of our future growth, a new economy has been emerging in the ‘last best.’
Driven by technological innovation, a new set of industries is beginning to put Montana on the ‘technology’ map of the United States. Companies in the biotech, life sciences, information technology, aerospace and environmental sectors are becoming signifi cant contributors to our state’s economy. This publication is designed to highlight these changes in our economy and to make our business community and citizens aware of the breadth of the technology based businesses in Montana. Our other goal is to make visitors to our state aware that there are also business opportunities they can take advantage of here— that Montana is more than just a place to fish, hunt and camp.
In future issues we will not only cover stories on our emerging technology-based industries, but also about the way technology is transforming agriculture and the natural resources sectors of our local economies. We plan to write about the entrepreneurs and business leaders throughout Montana who are changing our state as well as the companies they are building and the products they are producing.
Whether you live here or are just visiting us or “taking a look”, we welcome your comments, suggestions and story ideas.
Please feel free to contact me at:
EBarrett@MTbusinessandtechnology.com
Evan Barrett
Chief Business Development Officer
Full Magazine: http://www.mtbusinessandtechnology.c ... e_final.pdf
For further information and to subscribe (next issue is coming out shortly), please contact
info@MTbusinessandtechnology.com
or call 888.737.6525.
Reader Comments:
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Folks: I got the hell out of Montana and am now checking out Oregon for a variety of reasons: 1. The governance of the State of Montana spends a good deal of time and money creating the illusion of progress and job creationl. 2. The current crop of folks who really run the politics and economy of Montana are part of the slash and burn crowd. 3. Conversion of our source of energy from fossil to plants is on the front burner of some higher educational institutional institutions, namely Rice University. Montana high eduction could care less -- they only act when fresh cash is put in their feed dish. 4. Big ideas last about as long as passed wind. 5. The Department of Energy which could be a leader in funding promising research into plant based energy, is stuck in the 19th Century. If a project involves any risk, their banker's mentality kicks in and snuffs any attempt to advance the commercialization of new sources of energy. They will approve grants to dead-end technology and to their friends and insiders, and ignore promising technology which is not dead certain to be immediately successful. --Jim Miller |
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