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Maryland stepping up…Follows Pennsylvania’s Time-Proven Strategy
I was somewhat disheartened to read in the Maryland Daily Record, that Maryland was moving ahead with a plan to invest $70 million in high tech start up firms. Pennsylvania has long been a leader...
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Patent Reform 2011 – A Sword with Two Very Sharp Edges (part 2)
In part 1 of my post last week on patent reform, I identified several ways in which the new Patent Reform bill (S.B. 23 and H.R. 1249) is better for big business than small business. And I’m...
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Small Time Politics, Big Time Stakes
Twenty-some years ago, I was a young economic developer working in the City of Allentown, PA. My job frequently took me to city council meetings where I was able to witness fishbowl politics at its...
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Can Detroit Save America?
Diego Rivera's 1933 Detroit Industry Everyone will have a different opinion, but in my opinion, the Chrysler Super Bowl advertisement highlighting Detroit and Eminem is the greatest commercial of all...
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Don’t Bring Me Angel Investors…Bring Me Hero Investors
X-Men Hero "Angel"... Super Hero Investor? There is trouble in the town! In case you haven’t seen the headlines, let me deliver some bad news to you. You’re not going to like it, but it’s time you hear...
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What Erich Brenn Can Teach Us About Funding of Start-Ups
Who remembers Erich Brenn? In these blog posts, I’ve occasionally tried to understand, and explain, the business world I see by comparing it to famous people you’ve probably never heard of. We’ve...
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Entrepreneurship…Highway of the Future!
Why not the same “investment” hoopla for entrepreneurship? I’d like to suggest a new way for governments to look at seed stage technology company funding. I’d like to suggest that state governments...
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Even In the Beginning, Entrepreneurs Created Jobs
Where Do All Those Jobs Come From? I’m going to get right to the point of this blog post. Sometimes, shocking information is best delivered in a no-nonsense, unapologetic manner. So, I’m just going...
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Ladies and Gentlemen…the Next President of the United States…Alexander Hamilton!
Alexander Hamilton, Father of Business Incubation? I woke up this morning from a dream which was set in the late 1700’s. I believe it was 1796, because I was presenting to an enormous room full of...
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My Podcast with SSTI – Ben Franklin wins National Entrepreneurial Capacity...
We were delighted to win this award last year and had a chance to talk about it with Phillip Battle of SSTI. SSTI is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to improving government-industry...
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