Category: Blog

  • May 5, 2014

    Racing Toward the Future

    Racing teams are important extensions of the automotive industry. They are where technology can be tried, tweaked, and maxed…

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  • April 28, 2014

    Hot Topics

    Each year a survey of corporate executives and location consultants is conducted by Area Development magazine, a good partner to…

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  • April 21, 2014

    Balancing Growth and Health

    Would you rather have a job or breathe clean air? Unfortunately, that is a choice that millions of…

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  • April 14, 2014

    Somewhere Else

    I grew up in a small, rural town in Montana in the “pre-Internet” age, and because of this…

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  • April 7, 2014

    Aiming at the Right Target

    There are dozens upon dozens of programs to assist small businesses in any state or community. There are…

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  • March 31, 2014

    Reinvention or Simple Action?

    I was fortunate to attend Forbes Reinventing America Summit last week in Chicago. The theme of the conference was daunting…

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  • March 24, 2014

    First, Understanding

    Understanding local economies and where opportunities and challenges lie takes more than studying economic reports and national trends.…

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  • March 17, 2014

    Embrace Skepticism

    “On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity.” -Adam Smith…

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  • March 10, 2014

    Cost vs. Value

    There is a lot of debate about pay in our country right now, from minimum wage rates to…

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