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"We’ve moved from a product-centric strategy to a consumer-centric strategy,"

Kansas Revitalization Plan Focuses on Tech-Based Economic Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius’ statewide economic revitalization plan aims to boost tech-based economic development (TBED) in the state. Neil Ridley Social, Economic and Workforce Programs Division National Governors…

"We do want to create fertile ground for those coming out of universities to think they could be the next Bill Gates,"

"If we’re talking about a 20-year plan, I would spend all the money I could on education," said Vinod Khosla, a partner with the Menlo Park venture firm Kleiner, Perkins Caufield & Byers and a one-time chief executive of Sun Microsystems. Improve the schools and make the state more business friendly, and California will take care of itself.

Coast Converters is spending $800,000 to move to Las Vegas, but the Los Angeles plastic bag manufacturer will save enough on workers’ compensation, electricity and other costs to recover that in less than a year,…

By listening to small business, state agencies can ensure that
small business resources that would have been spent on overly burdensome
new regulations are instead available for hiring new employees and making
new investments.

"Everyone knows about Vermont and maple syrup," he said. "Why can’t it be just as well-known for water buffalo?"

"This signals the government looking forward a minimum of 20 to 50 years," said Economic Development Minister Mark Norris. The plan is relatively simple. Companies associated with the province’s resource base — both local and multinationals — will be asked if there are regulatory or provincial taxation barriers that keep them from engaging in secondary manufacturing.

“To survive globally, our firms are going to have to collaborate globally.”
To revive its economy, Silicon Valley must focus on four key areas, according to a report by a group of local experts: expanding its global presence, getting its public finances in order, becoming more livable and merging biotechnology, nanotechnology and information technology into a new industry.

"We don’t try to compete with them; there’s no way. We let them do their thing and we do ours," Duncan said. "If they get something we have, we just close it out."