As the year winds to a close and the MHTBA staff reflects on 2017, we're struck by one overwhelming fact: Montana’s tech scene is awesome…

Jake Bullinger, a freelance journalist from Seattle, has written a long article on Bozeman's tech scene for Fast Company published May 9, 2017. Companies and individuals interviewed or mentioned include:

Meg Oliver, alumna of the University of Montana Journalism School and Correspondent for CBS News in New York City, read 15 Montana Companies to Watch in 2017 and was inspired to do a story that aired across the country on May 4, 2017.

2015 has been a landmark year for high tech and manufacturing in Montana. It has also been a period of significant growth for the Montana High Tech Business Alliance. Here's a look back at six reasons to feel great about the state of Montana this year.

Montana’s business community got a huge boost in May when Next Frontier Capital, a Bozeman-based venture capital firm, announced the initial closing of its inaugural $20 million fund.Founder and Managing Partner Will Price spoke on the Montana High Tech Business Alliance’s Big Sky Innovation panel at the Montana High Tech Jobs Summit in September.

Montana High Tech Business Alliance members have a starring role in the summer issue of the Montana Business Quarterly out this month. T

In December 2014, the Alliance Board met for an extended strategy session to set our mission and goals for 2015. Our mission for Montana's High Tech and Manufacturing companies is summed up in three verbs: Connect. Promote. Accelerate. Here are some of the ways the Montana High Tech Business Alliance is delivering on that mission so far this year.

Today I mark two milestones as director of the Montana High Tech Business Alliance - the end of my first 90 days on the job, and the enrollment of our 90th member…