Household income in 2008 was $50,303 down from the 1998 figure of $51,295. The chart per state is [here](http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2009/09/16/the-income-map/). It's a disturbing trend but the by state data is all over the map. It's hard to see any kind of trend. … [Read more...]
Creative Class: Is There A Natural Cap To Venture Investment
Interesting [post](http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2009/08/26/is-there-a-natural-cap-to-venture-investment/) on the state of Venture Investment. The comment about the broken venture model is right on. Recently, venture capitalist have been neither. It really feels … [Read more...]
Ideas Are Worthless
A spark of brilliance is worth something but not as much as building the idea. Sure, innovation is hard and having a great idea is the first step but there are many more steps to make the idea come alive. Too often, inventors think they are done once the idea happens or the … [Read more...]
Creative Class: The Big Restructure
The trend in US job growth is clearly moving away from manufacturing and toward more knowledge workers (See [here](http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2009/08/09/the-big-restructure/) for the data). I remember back in the 90's when everyone was talking about the shift to … [Read more...]
Designing vs Engineering
Engineers love to tinker. This tinkering spills over into their work by the explosion of options that engineers put in almost all products they build. Options are great for engineers but for most people, options hinder the functionality of the device. That is where good design … [Read more...]
