November 11, 2021

UMT MonTECH receives $850K for Indigenous entrepreneurs

Author: Tina Brennan Videographer/MMJ

MISSOULA, Mont. - The University of Montana's startup incubator MonTech received an $850,000 grant from the Google.org impact challenge for women and girls to support Native American women looking to take the first steps to owning a business.
The money will be used to create business classes geared toward women, but will be offered to everyone at UM, Salish Kootenai College and Blackfeet Community College.
Marlene Doney, business division chair in the business department at BFCC, says this grant...