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EMPLOYERS' CENTER
Montana business development organizations >
Economic development, entrepreneurship, tech, bioscience
- Montana State University Technology Transfer Office - moves technology into the private sector through licenses and patents.
- Montana BioScience Alliance
Serves as a hub for Montana's biotech companies, entrepreneurs, laboratories, hospitals, clinics and universities to commercialize, grow and sustain globally competitive bioscience companies. --> Downloadable Directory
- Montana Community Development Corporation - business financing that can transform the lives of individuals and strengthen community prosperity.
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- Montana Technology Innovation Partnership - a Montana Department of Commerce initiative created to promote technology commercialization as a viable economic development strategy for the State of Montana.
- Montana Associated Technology Roundtables provide networking and information opportunities to the Entrepreneurs, Investors and Professionals of Montana and the Inland Northwest Region. --> Subscribe to listserv.
- Montana Information Technology Alliance - promotes and expands the Information Technology community in Montana.
- Montana Manufacturing Extension Center (MMEC) - statewide manufacturing outreach & assistance center staffed by full-time professionals with degrees in engineering and extensive experience in manufacturing and business in a variety of industries.
- Prospera Business Network - non-profit economic development organization in southwestern Montana. Download City of Bozeman Economic Development Plan.
- Headwaters Economics - independent, nonprofit research group on community development and land management decisions in the West.
- InnovateMontana
 - information and resources for working, living and playing in Montana. A private/public partnership of businesses, entrepreneurs wanting to invest in Montana's growing economy, and the Governor's Office of Economic Development.
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- The Montana INBRE Program (IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence) - five-year award (2009-2014) by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to Montana State University increases education, research, and, ultimately, employment opportunities in biomedical research in Montana.
- SCORE – Bozeman Chapter
Counselors to America's Small Business, is a 10,500 plus member volunteer association sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration. It matches retired and working business counselors with existing, start-up and prospective small business people in need of expert advice. Confidential SCORE counseling is free to entrepreneurs, start-ups, small businesses, and nonprofits.
- TechLink - Montana State University - "partnering Department of Defense labs with private sector companies for technology licensing, transfer, and research and development."
- Tech Ranch - "assists entrepreneurs in growing sustainable companies in Montana that will employ people in clean technology jobs." >> Sign-up for email announcements.
- Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association - independent, non-profit 501(c)(6) trade association serving the life sciences industry (State of Washington and Northwest). Our members include organizations engaged in, or supportive of, research, development and commercialization of life science technologies. --> Downloadable 2010 Report
- Women’s Business Center of Montana - Women’s Network for Entrepreneurial Training (WNET) is a monthly, one-hour professional development and networking program offered at no charge to entrepreneurs. --> Sign-up for announcements.
- Yellowstone Business Partnership
Uniting businesses dedicated to preserving a healthy environment and shaping a prosperous and sustainable future for communities in the Yellowstone-Teton region.
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