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Dreams of Californication – How a wave of migrants from the west has transformed the Rocky Mountains

“THEY are all right in the metropolitan areas. But if I sell a rural property to one, I would never disclose where he comes from.”

U.S. Department of Labor Commits Up to $65 Million for Workforce Innovation (WIRED)

"This regional economic development strategy transcends political boundaries to better leverage a region’s assets to help workers succeed in the 21st century worldwide economy," said Chao. "Investing in area workforces through this collaborative approach will boost entire regions’ economic vitality."

Is a Business Plan Necessary?

Before you dedicate your life to crafting a business plan the length of a book, read these two paragraphs from the 1/9/07 edition of the Wall Street Journal in an article called "Enterprise: Do Start-ups Really Need Formal Business Plans"

Community Development Investment Review

There are also two articles about specific and promising new approaches to funding rural business: (1) state government-sponsored venture funds (George Lipper), and (2) rural angel investor networks (Steve Mercil). Finally, we have a collection of essays from Senator Jay Rockefeller, a leading advocate of rural investment, Kerwin Tesdell, the executive director of the primary trade organization for CDVC, and Jaratt Applewhite, the head of a CDVC organization in New Mexico.

Intellectual Property and Technology Law

http://www.teaselaw.com/newsletter/2007_january.html

"The Future Of The Innovation Economy. How Does America Stay Competitive" 3/18-20, Arlington, VA

Join fellow economic developers from around the country for this important national event exploring what the federal government is doing to support innovation and how future policies will evolve to retain American leadership in the ever-changing global marketplace. The Forum will also be your opportunity to help frame future policy directions that will be included in the new IEDC Innovation Agenda: A Policy Statement on American Competitiveness.

What You Need to Succeed. Treat people right and they will eat nails for you, and other lessons I learned building Staples into a giant company.

"The child is father to the man," the saying goes. Just so, the start-up is father to the large successful company. Now that I’m a venture capitalist, helping entrepreneurs build into their small frames the bones of billion-dollar corporations has become my mission.

Philanthropy creates economic hub in region

Call it the "Seattle mystique," or the "compassion corridor," but philanthropy is creating a kind of economic hub in the region.

U-M tries to streamline invention pipeline

One change is likely to increase compensation for inventors.

The Route From Research to Start-Up

“We see it as transferring back to the public benefits of technology that in many cases has been developed with public money,” said Krisztina Holly, vice provost of U.S.C. who is leading a major expansion of its technology transfer program.

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