{"id":7066,"date":"2015-06-17T18:51:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T00:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/?p=7066"},"modified":"2015-06-17T18:51:43","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T00:51:43","slug":"montana-home-of-the-entrepreneur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2015\/06\/montana-home-of-the-entrepreneur\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana, home of the entrepreneur"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"nyt_branded_product_size2\"<\/a>The New York Times is reporting today<\/a> that Montana “leads the nation in business creation.”<\/p>\n

The Times attributes all the business-creation activity to the Bakken effect: so much money has been flowing out of the oil patch, and so many people have been flooding into the region, that new businesses are being founded to meet new demands.<\/p>\n

The same study quoted by the Times lists Wyoming as second and North Dakota as third in start-up activity. What the story does not note, for some reason, though the study itself does<\/a>, is that Montana was first last year as well, and North Dakota was, as it is this year, third. Only Wyoming’s status changed, jumping from sixth place to second.<\/p>\n

The entrepreneur chosen to represent the trend was Travis Peterson, who opened Meadowlark Brewing<\/a> in Sidney. He was quoted as saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve found that we can actually change people\u2019s palates. Nobody ordered poutine\u00a0<\/a>for the first week it was on the menu. Now it\u2019s one of our best sellers.\u201d<\/p>\n

I have to admit, I had never heard of the dish myself. Fortunately, the Times linked to one of its own stories<\/a>, which should answer all your questions. It sounds like something invented in Butte. I can’t wait to try one.<\/p>\n

Lastly, the article quotes none other than Greg Gianforte, “one of Montana\u2019s best-known entrepreneurs,” who<\/a> has been<\/a> in the news lately<\/a>. And he is quoted as saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the thing that\u2019s best about Montana is the work ethic. Most\u00a0of the young people coming out of school have grown up on a farm or a ranch. When the tractor breaks, you don\u2019t form a committee. You don\u2019t call a consultant. You just fix the tractor.\u201d<\/p>\n

That’s a pleasing, romantic view of things, but I don’t think it’s true anymore. “Most”? But something tells me we’ll be hearing more such romanticism from Gianforte in the months ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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