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Episode #8: From the West Coast to the East Coast with Patrick Pierce

Patrick Pierce moved from a large organization in Washington state to a small town in North Carolina, and he says that the coopetition is the same everywhere.

Dane Carlson
Dane Carlson
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Episode #8: From the West Coast to the East Coast with Patrick Pierce

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Episode #8 of the Econ Dev Show Podcast is now live.

Often the best way to advance in your economic development career is to change organizations. But do you secretly worry that if you pack up and move across the country that you'll get there and be completely clueless?

Today's guest did just that - Patrick Pierce moved from a large organization in Washington state to a small town in North Carolina, and he says that the coopetition is the same everywhere.

Coopetition (sometimes spelled "co-opetition") is the collaboration between competitors, in hopes of mutually beneficial results. Sounds exactly like regional economic development to me.

Give it a listen.

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