Tag: Spokane
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the only thing that matters
In the February/March 1997 edition of Fast Company Fred Moody wrote and article about the Seattle flavor of the “New Economy”, this is the first paragraph: “The Seattle night is a mix of madness and money – the stuff that startups are made of. At night in a Seattle bar everyone is a genius, every…
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Spokane in the Paint Factory
In the November, 2004 Harper’s Magazine, writer Mark Slouka writes on the virtues of idleness in his article “Quitting the Paint Factory”. His aim, perhaps, was simply to enunciate his dissatisfaction with the Mr. Bush in the shadow of the November election but his essay has struck a chord that reverberates across many diverse categories…
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University District… is it bold enough?
I think that there are things that are very necessary for the health of an information economy: density of highly educated individuals, availability of venture capital, and connectedness among the two. The plan for the University District seems pretty straightforward – meaning it isn’t particularly bold or risky, nor is it particularly conservative. The plan…
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Information availability
In Spokane it seems that finding information about what is going on in the business community, specifically in the entrepreneurial community. There are plenty of things happening around town, and a lot of frenetic energy being generated by the various agencies whose job it is to ratchet up the hype and enthusiasm about doing business…
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ugh…
This dialectic between living with my parents again and living in Spokane and all it’s rich potentiality is becoming strained, it’s been four days. First off, Spokane is definitely on the rise, not on the decline as everyone keeps saying. There are good things happening all over town. They are growing organically and doing well.…