Startups needed to create jobs: Bozeman, Montana’s Elixiter in on ground floor of online marketing

Even when the economy’s gone cold, when the iron glows hot, a person has to strike. Andrew Hull did. The Billings native was leading product marketing efforts for Bozeman software overachiever RightNow Technologies http://www.rightnow.com when he decided to plunge into the shark tank that is self-employment.

Hull aimed for an Internet marketing niche so new he sensed he was getting in near the ground floor. Now he’s renting a cubicle in a loft above Main Street and working accounts in Austin, Texas; Seattle; San Francisco and Irvine, Calif.; Louisiana. His company, Elixiter http://www.elixiter.com/ , is picking up steam.

"Elixiter just hired its first full-time employee and my intention is to hire another one in January," Hull said. "These are high-paying, technology-oriented positions.

By TOM LUTEY Billings Gazette

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