In the countless instances where I’ve engaged others on important matters facing our nation, and especially challenges and opportunities critical to African Americans, I cannot ever recall asserting that I have “the” answer to a problem. This instance, however, …
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With the days getting shorter and the nights chillier, here are four great “fireplace” reads in the fourth economy. First up, two books from Daniel H. Pink – A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the …
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A client recently asked us a basic question – “If we want to attract and grow high-pay high-growth associated with technology related sectors, what do we need to know?” In response, our team gathered a sample of incentive programs and strategies that some states have employed to attract higher value, technology-based research and development sectors while also hoping to accelerate new company formation. While not a comprehensive search to say the least, this scan does provide some program themes of what has been put in place over the past few years to grow higher growth, higher wage sectors.
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The majority of states have implemented programs designed to support innovation based economic development. From grants to loans and venture capital investment, these efforts are in many ways experiments as they chart new ways that states are trying to support …
