Keep it Local – Incubate!

by Megan Jewell Attracting new business is a crucial part of filling the economic pie. I don’t think anyone would disagree with that. Unfortunately, with so much of the economic development focus on businesses not yet in the area, the potential new business...

Wireless or Die

by Pete Julius Can you remember the days when cell phones did not exist? Do you remember when laptops did not exist? Can you remember when PDA’s did not exist? A more important question…do you remember how difficult it was to communicate with people...

HappyNews.com

by Joel Burgess HappyNews.com As the Christmas season wraps up and the New Year begins, do you ever get the feeling that any resemblance of good cheer that existed quickly gives way to long, angry, customer-service lines? (Those same lines that trampled people at...

Innovating the library

by Tammy Hart In a sense the Internet is the largest public library in the world – so what would attract people to the local library? Are you getting your tax money’s worth for the services and resources your library has to offer? Value-added services are...

Labor as a Variable Cost

by Dean Whittaker In our global knowledge-based economy, manufacturing labor has become a variable expense, with innovation being the only sustainable competitive advantage. Knowledge workers, however, should comprise a fixed cost, since they are indispensable to the...