Just in case you missed it here, here, here and here, Micron’s new joint venture will result in a new plant being built in Boise. That’s the good news. The bad news is that this isn’t expected to result in any new jobs, just not a loss of existing jobs.
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Eddie Kovsky over at the IBR is reporting that SuperValu will be expanding it’s data center here in Boise. This is a good thing. How good, I don’t know. I wonder how many jobs it will create.
One thing that has consistently impressed me about Albertons/SuperValu IT employees is
a)how many of them there [...]
The Sun acquisition came as a total shock for local MySQL employees. MySQL has been talking about an IPO since the summer and the local office has been planning to expand. While the acquisition came as a surprise, local employees seem optimistic.
Rich Taylor, one of MySQL’s Marketing Managers says that they expect [...]
Maybe it’s because I grew up the son of a lobbyist, but I really hate politics.
I haven’t weighed in on the disbanding of the Governors council because I don’t really know what to say. The Governor doesn’t get tech, that’s obvious. James Ellick doesn’t seem to be doing anything. Personally [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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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 [...]
How many of you read the nice article that Tom Loutzenheiser wrote about gazelles for the Idaho Statesman? (Nov 16; linked at right in Bookmarks or?Ǭ† here). Nor have I seen any comments in the blogosphere. It scrolled off the front page immediately but I did comment on it. Not sure if anyone will see [...]
Idahoan creates skin care products
Dermatologist founds company
Economic slump is not expected to last
The valley is coming back
Boise firm’s technology could lighten load for soldiers
Tech company here could help US soldiers with a rechargable battery
Start-ups: Small start-ups thrive in Idaho but seldom become lots biggerGrowing our gazelles
How do we move to the next step?
Hope everyone had [...]
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