December 2007

The key to booming rural entrepreneurship?

Posted Sun, 12/02/2007 - 8:37am by author

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 article, OK?

More news

Posted Mon, 12/03/2007 - 12:05pm by author

M2E Power, Inc.

News

Posted Fri, 12/07/2007 - 12:16pm by author

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

plugging pleo, part 2

Posted Fri, 12/07/2007 - 4:46pm by author

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!

NK

Idaho Innovation alliance - moving forward

Posted Tue, 12/11/2007 - 6:47pm by author

Meeting on November 30 - now planning the next steps...

Check out Ken Dey's blog post on this!

NK

nice intro/overview re social marketing

Posted Thu, 12/13/2007 - 4:59pm by author

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1864

NK

part 1: what idaho can learn from germany

Posted Sat, 12/22/2007 - 6:39pm by author

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 do employers want? What do FUTURE employers need??

The selling points for the system are pretty strong.

Don Seehusen - good thoughts!

Posted Fri, 12/28/2007 - 9:19pm by author

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 add it to the bookmarks at right)

*[Now I feel really bad I haven't kept in touch...]

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