Tag Archives: creative class

No Creative Left Behind…

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Derek Neighbors

I had planned to release this post in a week or two, but I am jumping it up in the queue after hearing Brent Spore’s “Social Media Universe” session at PodCamp.  This is largely to refute those people who think [...]

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Clean Up Your Own Yard, Before Cleaning Up The Neighborhood

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Derek Neighbors

I stumbled up on “Can Phoenix Make a ‘Creative Class’ appeal” and found it reassuring that others in the area are talking about the current state of the economy in Metro Phoenix in ways other than “doom and gloom”.  I [...]

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It’s Not About Startups. It’s about changing the world.

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Derek Neighbors

Arizona’s insanity of creating a future based on speculative building is nearing an end.  The days of growth economics are behind us.  Will it leave a handful of new Arizona ghost towns in it’s wake or will there be a [...]

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