Archive for the "Economic Development" category

Reactions to Rivers City Club Speech

I wasn’t able to attend Mark Rivers City Club speech but there seems to be a lot of reactions out there to it.
The Boise Weekly has a very short post regarding his comments about the Boise Hole:
But either way, the vacant lot at the corner of Eighth and Main is overvalued and underutilized, Rivers said. […]

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Idaho Challenged by Results of the Human Development Index

TechBoise is a blog, and not a news agency, but that is still no reason for us to slip into rank boosterism. At the same time no one here wants to adopt a sky-is-falling tone. Still, amidst all the constant lists that Boise makes for being a great place to live, work, and raise a […]

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Cautionary Tale

Those of you on Twitter or at OSCON have already seen the posts from @kveton and @turoczy about the press that Vidoop is getting as they move their corporate headquarters from Oklahoma to Portland. I think there are at least three important lessons in this article I am reposting from the Oregonian:
1) Innovation can happen […]

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Microsoft Helps Farmers by Creating Videos on Best Practices

Editors note: This one seemed too good to pass up. Reposting here an article from the Times of India. Who says Tech and Ag can’t be friends?

Microsoft helps farmers by creating videos on best practices
20 Jul 2008, 0428 hrs IST, Prashanth G N,TNN
BANGALORE: A global technology giant isn’t usually expected to take much interest in […]

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Into high risk innovation? Have we got a deal for you.

Rick Ritter, over at TechConnect sent this to me. He says that Idaho has only ever had one winner but I know I’ve heard of people working on projects similar to this around here.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it is seeking proposals for high-risk research projects to […]

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Idaho’s average tech wage

I would imagine that everyone has seen the latest high tech wage data for Idaho released by the American Electronics Association last week.
The report cites wage data for 2006. I’ve written plenty of stories about this data while at the Statesman and when I was at Commerce & Labor the data was a key […]

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Tech vs Ag - Too Many Bridges Burned?

Technology and Agriculture have made interesting bedfellows in this state.  Many have argued that ag is the withering dinosaur and tech is the shining star of the future.  I myself have been caught up in this “bipartisanship”. 
Many have ranted and raged about the need for the state to do more to help tech succeed […]

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Ben Quintana named BVEP’s Poster Boy

A big congratulations to Ben Quintana for his new position with BVEP. An IBR Staffer wrote:
BVEP executive director Paul Hiller said, “By adding Quintana to our direct selling efforts, it significantly expands our ability to showcase what our region has to offer. I have been continually impressed with his work at the chamber, and […]

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Eastern Idaho Gathering Energy

Last year I went on the INL tour and was really impressed with the aggressiveness that INL was licensing of their technology and also working to get companies to move their little corner of the world.
I don’t know how much INL played in the decision for Areva to move to Eastern Idaho but I do […]

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HP and Micron can’t carry the Valley forever

Here’s my news tip for Boise (especially any elected or wannabe/soon to be elected officials):
LaserJet’s and DRAM are not going to carry the valley like they once did.
Can we expect to see more layoffs in Boise? It’s too hard to realistically predict any specific events tied to any specific market activity. Maybe not now. […]

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