Thanks again to everyone who got involved in the 2011 Revenue Diversification process. Dozens of people participated, but I'd particularly like to thank Joy Hymel and Lynne Henkiel for co-chairing this year's effort. As reported earlier, the EI2-wide team narrowed down more than 140 suggestions to 11 finalists, then 11 individual project teams … [Read more...]

Chris Downing arranged for me to speak at Georgia Manufacturing Appreciation Week last week. So, to prepare, I dug into the state of the manufacturing industry, locally and worldwide. I reminded myself of a few things, and learned a few others. Manufacturing has gone through some wrenching changes in the last couple of decades -- mostly because … [Read more...]

Obama Administration to hold Startup America: Reducing Barriers Roundtable in Atlanta … [Read more...]

Effective immediately, the Enterprise Innovation Institute will return to our previous moniker – Georgia Tech Economic Development Institute (GT-EDI) – in an effort to better reflect the activities of the organization and effectively serve our client base. Georgia Tech Economic Development Institute is a name that more accurately reflects … [Read more...]

We trained hard... but it seemed everytime we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to treat any new situation by reorganization and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiences, and demoralization. --Petronius … [Read more...]

A few updates since I emailed this two weeks ago. Nathan Deal was inaugurated as governor on January 10, and he released his first draft budget on January 12. It includes his proposal for 2012 as well as mid-year amendments for the remainder of fiscal year 2011. I've already been to this year's first hearing by the State House Subcommittee on … [Read more...]

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. Whether you're an optimist or a pessimist, 2010 is over and it's time to look ahead to 2011. As you know, the revenue diversification process that we began last January has been successful. The team, led by David Bridges and Charles … [Read more...]

Someone with one clock knows what time it is. Someone with two clocks is never sure. What can be said of clocks can be said of calendars as well. In EI2, we actually have three calendars, so we never know what time of year it is! The obvious one is the "real" calendar. December is the 12th month, and all the dimestore calendars are running … [Read more...]

Nice article about AccessText here. … [Read more...]