Sunday, May 07, 2006
The Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation has launched a new initiative to deepen its pool of life science entrepreneurs in Kansas.
The program will match eight emerging entrepreneurs with successful entrepreneurs from around the country. Read more.
Building a high growth business involves integrating a technology platform with a business opportunity. The challenge is not an easy one to navigate, and successful regions have multiple ways for established entrepreneurs to hook up with emerging entrepreneurs.
In regions like Kansas City, the pool of established entrepreneurs in the lie sciences is not deep. This initiative is designed to focus tightly to build an experiences leadership core to move the economy forward.
This step is important. The business skills needed to build wealth in today's economy are different than the business skills needed to manage the growth of today's wealth (that was created yesterday).
posted by Ed Morrison |
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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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Developing technology entrepreneurs
