Sunday, March 12, 2006
Akron's leaders are starting to move with big ideas for encouraging entrepreneurship. Read more.
Here's the challenge: Encouraging entrepreneurship is not just about training people in the skills of starting and managing their own business.
The real task comes in building the open networks that speed business development. Through trusted networks, entrepreneurs can quickly test ideas, assemble resources, and launch products.
The focus should be on stimulating open networks of innovation. In this effort, social network analysis plays a critical role, as private companies have already figured out. Read more.
(If you want to learn more about building an entrepreneurial region, come to our workshop later this month.)
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Some Background on EDPro Weblog
The purpose of this weblog is to help economic development professionals -- EDPros -- keep up with the changes sweeping our profession. Strap on your goggles. It's a whole new game. There are no experts any more. The only place to learn about economic development is from other EDPros who are doing it.
One other point: the prevaling approach (paradigm, if you like) in economic development is shifting from competition to collaboration. There are a lot of reaasons underlying this shift, but here's the important insight: You, your community, and your region will do better by collaborating and sharing information.
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Speaking and workshops on Open Source Economic Development
As the idea of Open Source Economic Development starts spreading, more people are asking about it. Visit the I-Open web site to learn more. My colleagues and I are happy to explain the basic concepts in a talk or a workshop. E-mail Susan Alshuler if you'd like to learn more about workshops and speaking.
Background on Ed Morrison
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Building an entrepreneurial region
