This past May, we helped the New York State Economic Development Council issue a report on how to improve Start-Up NY. The Council is now convening meetings around the state to move the report’s recommendations forward. According to the NYSEDC’s executive director Brian McMahon’s recent report: NYSEDC, SUNY, and private higher ed institutions are collaborating […]
This from Inside Higher Ed: Graduates of Bellevue College don’t have to look far for jobs in the tech industry. The community college’s north campus in Bellevue, Wash., sits across the street from Microsoft headquarters. Dozens of other tech companies — including Amazon, Google and Boeing — have offices nearby in the Seattle area. “We’re […]
“If the most fundamental definition of design is to solve problems, why are so many people devoting so much energy to solving problems that don’t really exist?” Allison Arieff, “Solving All the Wrong Problems,” New York Times, 7/10/16 You can read her thought-provoking piece here.
We posted Friday about the write-up we did for the New York State Economic Development Council (NYSEDC) on their discussion for improving START-UP NY. The same conference featured a discussion of Jerry Davis’s work, the Vanishing Corporation. NYSEDC asked us to produce a summary of the discussion and the issues Davis’s theses raise for economic […]
According to a recent New York Times article, the textile industry is about to join the “Internet of things,” with huge implications for all manner of enterprises: This latest initiative, Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, is intended to create a national network of research and development, design and manufacturing capabilities for the new fabrics. The […]
A recent New York Times article cited Denver as a poster child for the new possibilities for economic success: Its transformation into one of the most dynamic economies in the country was led by local business leaders and government officials, who took advantage of existing assets while also raising taxes at times to invest in […]
