University of Montana, investors see big data potential, Missoula as tech hub

Community leaders looking to reinvent Missoula after the collapse of the timber industry may have found the next big thing – a small but growing network of companies rooted in big data and emerging Internet technologies.

Entrepreneurs behind Missoula’s network of high-tech startups, supported by backers of a new program at the University of Montana and investors looking to sponsor the future, see potential in Missoula as a technology hub of the Northern Rockies.

By Martin Kidston

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