Solve Your Economic Development Career Backward
Solve your life backwards instead of from your present state forwards.
19 Things Economic Developers Need to Know This Week
The stories Dane thinks you need to see. September 24, 2026 edition.
Economic Development and Developers in the News # 261
Econ dev news from 57 economic development executives and organizations in 25 states.
Podcast 236: Stop Treating Entrepreneurship Like a Side Project with Peter McGee
How to turn entrepreneurship from a checkbox into an actual economic development program.
The Five Contradictions of Economic Development
A preview of what 500+ conversations taught me about the tensions at the heart of economic development.
Small Cities Should Read Their Own Systems Before Copying Someone Else's Model
Outside examples can help, but rural entrepreneurship strategy has to be translated into local design.
