Archive for December, 2007

Don Seehusen - good thoughts!

on the need to grow a more entrepreneurial culture here (OK, so I’m biased toward such thoughts… LOL) This has got to be a major focus for 2008 - yes, we know a lot about how to do that [a recurring theme] but we have to commit to that effort!
in today’s Statesman: http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/248979.html
Thanks, Don!*
(I’ll also [...]

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part 1: what idaho can learn from germany

Interesting to see how they integrate education over the lifecourse with workforce development. It’s not as smooth as they claim, nor do the well-publicized details match reality.. but it definitely has things we can learn from. And it REALLY helps rural Germany.
One key is that this is largely driven by “demand side” considerations - what [...]

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nice intro/overview re social marketing

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1864
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Idaho Innovation alliance - moving forward

Meeting on November 30 - now planning the next steps…
Check out Ken Dey’s blog post on this!
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plugging pleo, part 2

http://www.idahobusiness.net/archive.htm/2007/12/06/Death-to-Pleo
Yes, it is expensive.
And, yes, it IS that cool!
Major props to Caleb - a great guy to boot!
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News

Micron could still expand in Boise
Building another plant?
Next-Generation Local Search Site Launches in Boise
New search engine Grayboxx testing the waters
$185M funding for Hoku
Hoku Scientific goes through Merrill Lynch to obtain funds
Micron stock climbs on Samsung acquisition reports
Merger?
Lots of stuff happening.
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More news

M2E Power, Inc. Announces Revolutionary New Energy Generation Technology
M2E Raises $8 Million
Starting up: Idaho’s engineering investment at BSU has paid offLiney
Progress in investing in engineering
Micron Introduces RealSSD(TM) Family of Solid State Drives
New products may be a bit expensive
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The key to booming rural entrepreneurship?

in a windswept, ag-dominated rural region, far from the urban centres…. Northumberland in the UK? And you might be surprised about the key driver described within…
http://tinyurl.com/2ojznf
If any of you know this part of the UK, it’s because its castle was used to portray Hogwarts, LOL. But if you care about growing entrepreneurs, read this [...]

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