Reinventing economic development: Merge, purge and privatize?
Merge, purge and privatize? By Mark Lautman Published 2/25/11 When it comes to creating the new jobs they’ve promised, governors and legislators everywhere are between a rock and a hard place on two fronts: crafting a...
Reinventing economic development: Wanted: Job creation – cheap, green and easy?
Wanted: Job Creation - cheap, green and easy? By Mark Lautman Published 1/28/11 Last weekend’s New York Times Magazine feature story on the president’s new economic strategy led with the headline, “The White House...
Building the Reno economic base one job at a time
Building the Reno economic base one job at a time January 7, 2011 By ThisIsReno SUBMITTED ARTICLE Written by: Vipin Gupta and Mark Lautman Edited by: Susannah Skyer Gupta Formatted by: Nathan Tafoya and Lucas Lautman Original article located here:...
Reinventing economic development: All I want for Christmas
All I want for Christmas By Mark Lautman Published 12/24/10 I’ll be glad when 2010 is over. It was a mean year, and we were all diminished by it. I’m pretty sure it had something to do with a long recession and a bitter...
Reinventing economic development: The ‘One Thing’
The 'One Thing' By Mark Lautman Published 11/26/10 When you think about it, there are only a few weeks every decade when we have a clean slate to change state government. These windows of opportunity occur every four to eight...
Reinventing economic development: Letter to my next Governor
Letter to my next Governor By Mark Lautman Published 10/29/10 Dear Governor-elect, Congratulations. Being elected governor of a state is not easy. It’s a great honor. As the euphoria of election night wears off and you...
Reinventing economic development: Can Economic Development Get Its Mojo Back?
Can Economic Development Get its Mojo Back? By Mark Lautman Published 9/26/10 The economic development business has lost its mojo, and the timing couldn’t be worse. With millions of people out of work and many more...
Reinventing Economic Development: Economic DEFCON 1
Economic DEFCON 1 By Mark Lautman Published 8/29/10 Whatever this is – The Great Recession, a jobless recovery, the front half of a double dip or the beginning of a decade of Japanese-style stagnation – understand the heavy...
Blog: How Your Local Economy Really Works – by Mark Lautman
This was my "Ignite" presentation delivered on April 2010 in Santa Fe, NM.
Reinventing Economic Development: Don’t throw out the incentives with the bath water
Don’t throw out the incentives with the bath water By Mark Lautman Published 7/25/10 Imagine Albuquerque without Verizon, Rio Rancho without Intel, or Clovis without the dairy industry. If we got rid of all the economic...
Blog: 10 Inspiring TED Talks for Start-ups
ReadWriteWeb has posted a collection of inspiring talks for those brave enough to start their own businesses. Enjoy. Read article here: 10 Inspiring TED talks for start-ups See two of the videos here: 1) "Give Your Customers a Choice" 2) "Be Bizarre, Not...
Blog: Andy Grove: “How To Make An American Job Before It’s Too Late
I recently read a great article by Andy Grove on Bloomberg and I wanted to share it here. Andrew "Andy" Grove is the co-founder and senior adviser to Intel Corp. READ ARTICLE:...
Reinventing Economic Development: Betting against the Tooth Fairy
Reinventing Economic Development By Mark Lautman Published 6/27/10 Worrying about how good or bad your community’s economic development effort is might seem like a boring waste of time, but it’s one of the most important things you can do. Why? Because how your...
What does E > P mean?
What Does E > P Mean? www.epistleblog.com June 25, 2010 By Mark Lautman E>P is a symbol that represents the most practical way to think about how a local economy really works. Economic Development is the act of growing a community’s economy faster than it’s...
Blog: TEDx – Surviving The Double Whammy
This the TED talk I did last November. I was coming off a 46 hour marathon trip home from the Blue Nile Gorge in Ethiopia where my son Lucas and my best friend from high school Ken Frantz built a new footbridge over the river. Tim Nisely the organizer literally called...
Reinventing Economic Development: ‘Economic Development’ – weasel words or action verb?
‘Economic Development’ —weasel words or action verb? By Mark Lautman Published 5/30/10 Nothing is more important right now than finding ways to create new jobs. It might make a good sound bite for public officials, but just spouting the words “jobs, jobs, jobs” is not...
Blog: Home-Based Worker Presentation
Video Summation of Mark's predictions on the future of economy.
Blog: Home-Base Worker Program in Valencia County, NM
LL looks to home-based businesses for jobs Written by Deborah Fox/News-Bulletin Saturday, 22 May 2010 06:00 High-paid home-based work is the theme of a pilot economic development project the Los Lunas Village Council approved at its regular meeting May 13."We believe...