Comments for Whittaker Associates: Giving Information Meaning http://whittakerassociates.com Whittaker Associates provides targeted marketing services, so you can spend your time and resources on only those companies interested in your area, building or service. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Ten Trends Impacting Economic Development and Commercial Real Estate by Sara Dunnigan http://whittakerassociates.com/ten-trends-impacting-economic-development-and-commercial-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-4528 Sara Dunnigan Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:35:00 +0000 http://whittakerassociates.com/?p=2366#comment-4528 Interesting post! Agree with some, enlightened by others and have different thoughts about a few. 4 and 10 do not resonate with me. Social media is all about the conversation, engagement, community. And I find our thinking has become less homogenous ( in some areas). Read We Are All Weird by Godin to get an interesting perspective on this and why marketing doesn't work the way it used to. Interesting post! Agree with some, enlightened by others and have different thoughts about a few. 4 and 10 do not resonate with me. Social media is all about the conversation, engagement, community. And I find our thinking has become less homogenous ( in some areas). Read We Are All Weird by Godin to get an interesting perspective on this and why marketing doesn’t work the way it used to.

]]> Comment on Ten Trends Impacting Economic Development and Commercial Real Estate by Sheldon http://whittakerassociates.com/ten-trends-impacting-economic-development-and-commercial-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-4467 Sheldon Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:49:00 +0000 http://whittakerassociates.com/?p=2366#comment-4467 Interesting and insightful! Interesting and insightful!

]]> Comment on When Baby Boomers Bail: The Challenge Ahead by Bobcole http://whittakerassociates.com/when-baby-boomers-bail-the-challenge-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-4059 Bobcole Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:17:00 +0000 http://whittakerassociates.com/?p=2353#comment-4059 Finally. Someone is talking about this. Great news for young people. Finally. Someone is talking about this. Great news for young people.

]]> Comment on The China Opportunity by Vidhan Rana http://whittakerassociates.com/the-china-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-3785 Vidhan Rana Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:06:00 +0000 http://whittakerassociates.com/?p=2326#comment-3785 Watch an interview with Jin Liqun, the Chairman of China's Sovereign Wealth Fund. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg1MOAITI9s&feature=feedu. It is worth noting how the tables have turned and now China is expected to rescue Europe. Watch an interview with Jin Liqun, the Chairman of China’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg1MOAITI9s&feature=feedu. It is worth noting how the tables have turned and now China is expected to rescue Europe.

]]> Comment on Growing Your Own: From Entrepreneurship to Enterprise by Tim Monger http://whittakerassociates.com/growing-your-own-from-entrepreneurship-to-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-3748 Tim Monger Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:53:15 +0000 http://whittakerassociates.com/?p=2335#comment-3748 Dean, I recall seeing a study about job creation by small businesses that suggested it is the companies 13 years old or older that create the most jobs. Does that ring a bell with you? I wonder how this fits with the Stage 2 companies study? Dean, I recall seeing a study about job creation by small businesses that suggested it is the companies 13 years old or older that create the most jobs. Does that ring a bell with you? I wonder how this fits with the Stage 2 companies study?

]]> Comment on Why Economic Developers Deserve a Nobel by jeff lebow http://whittakerassociates.com/why-economic-developers-deserve-a-nobel/comment-page-1/#comment-3745 jeff lebow Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:27:33 +0000 http://whittakerassociates.com/?p=2333#comment-3745 I have been an economic development practitioner/problem solver for the last 20 years. While I appreciate positive thinking, how do we differentiate between boosterism and "happy talk"? The latter simply prolongs situations and policies that demand changing. I have been an economic development practitioner/problem solver for the last 20 years. While I appreciate positive thinking, how do we differentiate between boosterism and “happy talk”? The latter simply prolongs situations and policies that demand changing.

]]> Comment on The Rise of Small Business by Don Iannone http://whittakerassociates.com/the-rise-of-small-business/comment-page-1/#comment-3441 Don Iannone Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:12:09 +0000 http://whittakerassociates.com/?p=2295#comment-3441 Interesting article. Thank you. Small business is important to the economy for a variety of reasons, including job generation. It appears that the job creation role of small business is changing. Did you see this NBER article, it says when we look closer at the data through statistical tests we find small business is not generating the jobs we observed as more general observational levels: http://www.nber.org/papers/w16300. And then there is this new Kauffman Fdtn. study that says new startups are now creating fewer jobs: http://www.kauffman.org/research-and-policy/starting-smaller-staying-smaller-americas-slow-leak-in-job-creation.aspx Interesting article. Thank you. Small business is important to the economy for a variety of reasons, including job generation. It appears that the job creation role of small business is changing. Did you see this NBER article, it says when we look closer at the data through statistical tests we find small business is not generating the jobs we observed as more general observational levels: http://www.nber.org/papers/w16300. And then there is this new Kauffman Fdtn. study that says new startups are now creating fewer jobs: http://www.kauffman.org/research-and-policy/starting-smaller-staying-smaller-americas-slow-leak-in-job-creation.aspx

]]> Comment on Where Do Jobs Come From? by Don Iannone http://whittakerassociates.com/where-do-jobs-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-3440 Don Iannone Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:35:13 +0000 http://whittakerassociates.com/?p=2309#comment-3440 5% of Americans control 65% of American financial and economic assets. According to Jeffrey Thompson at the U. Mass. at Amherst, the rich get richer at the expense of middle class and the poor. Is economic development still committed to the old trickle-down theory of economics, or has it moved on to a more realistic economic theory for creating broad-based economic prosperity for these dire economic times? 5% of Americans control 65% of American financial and economic assets. According to Jeffrey Thompson at the U. Mass. at Amherst, the rich get richer at the expense of middle class and the poor. Is economic development still committed to the old trickle-down theory of economics, or has it moved on to a more realistic economic theory for creating broad-based economic prosperity for these dire economic times?

]]> Comment on Promoting Entrepreneurism in a Far Away Land by Pranita http://whittakerassociates.com/promoting-entrepreneurism-in-a-far-away-land/comment-page-1/#comment-3439 Pranita Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:55:01 +0000 http://whittakerassociates.com/?p=2267#comment-3439 Vidhan, I am so encouraged by reading this article. Thank you so much for taking the initiative of helping your fellow Nepalese at home. Best regards, Pranita di Vidhan,

I am so encouraged by reading this article. Thank you so much for taking the initiative of helping your fellow Nepalese at home.

Best regards,
Pranita di

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