The Montana Economic Development Summit 2010 in Butte, MT brought together private and public sector business champions, elected officials, investors, and entrepreneurs from Montana and across the United States.
The summit, put together by Senator Max Baucus, runs every three years as a platform to spark innovation and educate Montana businesses and spur more entrepreneurship activity.
The local social media community kept a live stream of the keynote speeches by speakers such as Steve Ballmer, Warren Buffet, Jeff Immelt, and Barry Diller. Many individuals also kept a stream of information flowing during the break off sessions, on topics such as economic gardening, wind energy and jobs, and non-profit and philanthropy. On X (formerly Twitter), the #mtecon hashtag was used to tag the summit tweets. You can view the stream of information on X (formerly Twitter) search for #mtecon.
Video Live Streaming of the Summit
The summit was video live streamed, and some archived versions of the videos are available posted on Montana Business TV under the Entrepreneurship category. You can also check out the Economic Summit UStream channel where they live streamed and may keep archives. Bresnan also agreed in a partnership with Senator Max Baucus to broadcast the summit.
Our Summit Experience
It was great to attend the summit and a warm thanks goes out to all those who spent much time preparing, and to the speakers and panelists. The networking aspect was great, we were able to visit many of our clients and meet with prospective clients.
Just a few of the people we ran into were: WhoCanHelp.com team, MercuryCSC, Manifest Bozeman, Vision Net, Montana State University Great Falls Wind Program Director, RightNow. In addition to meeting up with these fine folks, we also met many new people and had a great time.
Common Theme
A common theme learned during the summit is that Montana has tons of talent. From engineering to great natural resources and tourism, hardworking agricultural and ranching communities, to innovative tech startups and established tech pioneers, and quality health care.
In our area of interest particularly, Barry Diller touched on a topic that I hope all the entrepreneurs and established businesses listened to. He essentially gave a testimonial for blogging and creating content in the idea that when you share your ideas, as an individual or business, you can leverage the vastness and reach of the Internet to publish without hurdles.
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