What questions do YOU have???

Thanks for the feedback so far, though it really is ok to comment on the blog, LOL. (Getting a handwritten note was especially nice, if intentionally ironic.) It speaks to the need we’ve surfaced here to do a better job of communicating with each other. That includes listening to your questions, eh?

This week I’d intended to offer some thoughts about how you grow an entrepreneurial culture, how to nurture a climate where more people see more and better opportunities. On my first visit to Silicon Valley (pre-bubble) would any of you be surprised that an employee of a VC firm showed me her own business plan? (That it was the *janitor*??) Like the feel of that culture?

It’s all about nurturing entrepreneurial thinking - expert entrepreneurial thinking - in each other and in those we meet (especially young people) until we reach a critical mass. I think we are nearing that tipping point; I also fear we might slip back. Not many of us have lived in a world where Opportunity is king (to hell with potential, let’s get busy!) What is that like? What does that feel like? How can we build that?

While I’ve studied & written on this for years and while I’m happy to field your questions on that, I’ve got a much, much better idea! We have a new player on the scene who knows this kind of culture first hand - the new Commerce Director, James Ellick (IBR has a link: http://preview.tinyurl.com/24a9nc , third para).

Let’s welcome Jim Ellick, perhaps via the readers of TechBoise asking him some cheery questions about growing a more entrepreneurial Idaho. Dunno if he’ll be able to join us, but…

So, fire away! If you could ask Mr. Ellick a question, what would it be?

Norris (Dr.Optimism)

Norris.krueger@gmail.com

7 May 2007

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