After visiting the Bowen Cattle Co. ranch near Worden on a recent spring day, I began thinking about how the beef industry is slowly but surely diversifying, and that society may benefit because of it.
After grabbing a couple of items and heading toward the checkout line at my local Albertsons, I was surprised at the store’s new look.
Years ago, local radio personalities used to joke on the air about casting for trout in the Volkswagen-sized potholes that dotted the streets in West Yellowstone.
Each year during late July and early August, my thoughts turn to a Montana cottage industry that’s a little like former NBA star Muggsy Bogues.
Next Frontier Capital, Montana’s homegrown hedge fund, is up and running. Fund managers announced recently that the fund is closed after they had succeeded in raising $21.1 million. Already that money is being invested in Montana companies.
A far-ranging analysis by the Washington Post shows that the nation’s housing market has largely recovered since a meltdown that sparked the Great Recession.
^pAmong the 11 million people who visit Montana each year, what group drops the most money in the Big Sky State?
Here’s the best thing one can say about scammers, identity thieves, crooked businessmen and other criminals who prey on consumers: They never stop dreaming up new ways to separate people from their money.
Last year, maintenance crews in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park were puzzled by the destruction they found while cleaning vault toilets that serve the parks’ remote locations.
Among many unusual things you might see during a visit to Tippet Rise Art Center near Fishtail is a John Deere tractor pulling a Steinway piano.
Not long ago I made a late-night trip to the post office to mail some bills. As I pulled up to the stoplight at Second Avenue and Broadway, just under Skypoint, I peered in the window at Rock Creek Coffee Roasters and saw owner Joel Gargaro at the roaster, packaging coffee beans that had lik…
Millions flock to Yellowstone National Park each year to gaze at steam-spewing geyers and vast herds of elk and bison. A few lucky ones will get a peek at a grizzly bear or a wolfpack.
When Jeff Walters joined Vertex Consulting Group three years ago, he joked that the upstart computer services company had established a goal of “world domination.”
To many Montanans, the high-flying world of venture capital sounds foreign and a little bit scary.
One of the best things about spring, besides the fact that baseball season is in full swing, is the wealth of locally raised food showing up in neighborhood grocery stores.
When you start a new business, have a new product or service, or make a change to your brand, registering your trademark can be important to protect your intellectual property. Trademarks, which can be a name, design or both, can convey a message about your brand that connects with customers…
Billings earned its stripes as Montana’s commercial hub in part because generations of dedicated, capable business owners knew how to get things done.
The Billings business community will be buzzing when branding guru and Shark Tank investor Damond John takes the stage during the annual Billings Chamber Breakfast April 2.
Unlike Kim Kardashian, Lizbeth Pratt isn’t the kind of person who brags that her scheme will break the Internet. Just the same, she has dreamed up a novel way to help thousands of former students struggling under $1 trillion in student debt.