Thinking on the future of local economies.

AI is reshaping local economies faster than our frameworks can keep up. The regions that thrive won’t be the ones that resist the change. They’ll be t...

Last month, I traveled to Conway, Arkansas for the state's Entrepreneur Support Organization (ESO) Summit, hosted by Conductor and Startup Junkie in p...

The Work Is Already Happening, Even If We Don't Always Call It "Ecosystem Building" Recently, I was reading a Technical.ly article about Western Maryl...

This article answers: The economy looks different from inside a business than it does from a headline. That gap between what macroeconomic data report...

I recently attended the Growth & Innovation Leaders Forum at The EDGE Incubator and Accelerator in Alabama. The event brought together people from uni...

We surveyed state commerce departments, regional innovation hubs, and ecosystem builders across the country to understand how they're using AI and wha...

Economic developers ranked workforce development as their top priority in 2025, according to the National League of Cities. At the same time, 21 milli...

America turns 250 in 2026. Right to Start is calling it America's 250th startup birthday, and they've launched “America the Entrepreneurial,” a nation...

2025 tested ecosystem builders in ways that required both resilience and adaptation. Budget cuts and political uncertainty put pressure on the teams r...

The latest Treasury report shows a problem that states can't ignore. Many have deployed less than 50% of their total SSBCI allocation. Technical Assis...

Small businesses operate on thin margins, lean teams, and limited resources. When policy shifts or disasters strike, they absorb the impact first and...