Category: Blog

  • June 18, 2012

    Summer School

    They used to say that the famous UNLV basketball coach Jerry (The Shark) Tarkanian knew every high school…

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  • June 11, 2012

    School is Out

    School is out, the kids are home and we are headlong into summer. With three great kids, summer…

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  • June 6, 2012

    “There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” -Bruce Lee

    Elite athletes and everyday dieters know plateaus only too well. Last week’s national job numbers, the continuing threat…

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  • May 21, 2012

    Small Business Week = Economic Development

    Remember when you used to open up the hood of your car and see all of the small…

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  • May 14, 2012

    What’s Under the Hood?

    One of the best things about being an economic development professional is that we get to meet with…

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  • May 7, 2012

    A Must Read

    An insightful and fact-filled story appeared in the Washington Post this Friday. The incredible shrinking labor force, by…

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  • April 30, 2012

    Small Pieces – Loosely Joined

    I recently attended a presentation at MIT where a technologist suggested a book called Small Pieces Loosely Joined…

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  • April 23, 2012

    Who is relying on us to perform?

    In a few weeks the Brookings Institute will visit the Columbus Region on a worldwide tour of some…

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  • April 16, 2012

    A world of data in our backyard

    According to the 2011 IDC Digital Universe Study the world’s collected information is doubling every two years. The…

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