Opp Biz Dev

Can We Really Do Anything About The Economy?

Some thoughts while starting the day today--thoughts about this "down economy" we are in.

I travel a lot and have the opportunity to speak with business people from all around the country.  When the subject of this economy comes up, there is something I have noticed that is almost universal in individual attitudes to this subject: people talk about it like the economy is something out of their reach completely, something over there. 

To some degree that may be true.  Surely there are other forces at work.  But is the economy something we can control?  Or should we all just throw up our hands and ride it out, hoping it doesn't have a bad ending for one and all?

To answer that question, I think we have to take a peek at this question:

    Of what is a an "economy" composed?  What is an economy?

One definition I like comes from Merriam Webster:

"A system especially of interaction and exchange <an economy of information>"

If we use that definition, we can take a look at almost any area and essentially see how much exchanging and interacting is going on.    That might apply to a whole country or a even just a household.

It also implies something else.

Meebo: Should Tech Start-Ups Begin In The Valley?

Here's an interesting POV on the value of booting up a techno-startup in Silicon Valley from the folks at one of my favorite online tools, Meebo.

Link: meeblog » meeblog.

From time to time, someone will call or write about turning one of their ideas into a startup. It’s always really fun to chat with folks like this… you get to hear some pretty nifty ideas, see what folks think are emerging areas, and just get to know someone new. One question that always comes up in these conversations is “do I need to be in Silicon Valley?”

Long Time No Post

It's been a good while since I have had the time to do much posting on this blog.  My other blogs get more attention, mostly because I tend to run into more stuff in my day-to-day about which I can blog.  At the moment all my opportunity/biz dev type work has to be kept under wraps so there's not much I'm able to say.  But I didn't want to give the impression that I'm just letting the blog languish out of sheer indifference.

So for the moment, this blog is in a bit of a holding pattern as I focus on a couple of projects.  Feel free, though, to browse previous posts and by all means, drop by the health or parenting blogs!