Christopher Wink

We fed 10 years of archived Technical.ly comments into Google's NotebookLM. The fights we were having then sound uncomfortably familiar now.

After two days with 350 ecosystem leaders from 35+ states, here's what we know about storytelling strategy for place-based economic development.

by Christopher Wink , For The Inquirer Published CW Christopher Wink, For The Inquirer

I just won a bet against an AI-enthused venture capitalist, and took his double-or-nothing that it will be true five years from now too.

After three years and feedback from nearly a thousand residents, a 96-word statement imagines what the city should become by 2276.

The cost of starting a company has dropped. The cost of scaling — in relationships, capital, and knowledge — may be as concentrated as ever.

Ecosystems don’t have chief marketing officers. A new book argues that’s exactly why they need intentional narrative work.

Nexus Louisiana’s CEO explains why his organization removed the word “entrepreneur” from its website and set a goal of 1,000 high-growth startups over a decade.

Americans give 7x more to charity than Europeans — but economic development isn’t even a tracked category. Maybe it should be.

Not small business. Not big business. New business. A policy advocate and new Kauffman research argue the importance and looming threats.