This is disappointing. From what I understand, the bill is asking to allowing voters the right to vote on being taxed or not. I think any bill that has anything to do with potential increased taxes will reach stiff opposition.
It’s a sad reality of politics. If this bill were passed and the [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
A quick followup re last Tuesday’s IRP board meeting after a note from last Thursday’s IEDA meeting…
IEDA is the state “trade association” for economic development & has some serious, committed, passionate talent working for our communities statewide [www.ieda.biz]. Entrepreneurial development is slowly getting on their radar screen. [Even nationally, economic development tends to focus on [...]
Thanks for all the “cards and letters” re my prior post!
The Kauffman trip to KC was productive in many respects. Confirmed that there’s serious money out there for entrepreneurial training initiatives, especially broad partnerships, especially for K-12 & community colleges - sustainable entrepreneurship too. Potentially money for Idaho… But there are steps Idaho will [...]
always show that either the initial collaboration among the key team members happens over coffee, tea or some other adult beverage… and/or that’s where the seminal idea arose. IOW, informal social interaction is critical to growing innovation.
Or…. iow, I’m overdue to harass you folks into an after-work coffee conclave! Yeah, yeah, you want to go [...]
Well, not the “ern” that’s occasionally an entry in crossword puzzles, but ERN as in Entrepreneur Resource Network, a new wrinkle from the good folks at Kickstand.
http://ern.kickstand.org
The ERN is a place for Kickstand members (and others) to share ideas and, more
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