Economic Development and The Internet

Increasingly, the economy is driven by two things: the creative class of workers and the influence of the Internet. While the Internet has allowed people to work remotely, it does not mean we all want to work alone. We don’t want to work at home, either, at least not all the time. The creative class is famous for work life integration (as opposed to work life...

I think often about economic development for Old Town Rock Hill, SC. We need to apply a fundamentally different approach to this situation than we have applied to economic development issues in the past. Though, having said that, we need to learn from our successes and failures as well. Principle We don’t need a “strategy” per se, we need a vision and a...

RevenFlo is our Internet Marketing firm located in Rock Hill, SC. Here’s three principles that I will put forward at our next meeting: To exist is to grow To grow is to add happy customers Always seek greater simplicity To Exist is to Grow There is no “maintain” in business. You are either growing, or you are dying. Everything becomes increasingly...

I have an idea that I am presenting to people that is truly exceptional. Everyone I have presented to embraces the idea, loves the idea, but each wants it to be in someway somewhat different than it is. This is called feedback, and this is good. To a certain extent, this is feedback that I need to weigh and incorporate into the idea, allowing the idea, the project,...

Dicksy said to me the other day, “You need a bigger plate, actually you need a platter.” She said this while I was telling her about what all I had going on with things at work. Of course, I know what she means, but it got me thinking. I want to have more impact that I am having now. I want to affect greater positive change than I am affecting now. And I...

A dear friend of mine just picked up a bike yesterday that he had on layaway for a couple of months. I’d like to be the first in line of 300 million Americans to thank him for using layaway instead of a credit card. My greatest worry about our financial situation is that those in leadership positions seem to think the “answer” is for us to get back...