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Second Jumpstart Davis Meetup Features Voterprep

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 12, 2014
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Second Jumpstart Davis Meetup Features Voterprep

On Wednesday, December 17, at 6:30 pm, the second Jumpstart Davis meetup will be hosted by Sophia’s Thai ...

On Wednesday, December 17, at 6:30 pm, the second Jumpstart Davis meetup will be hosted by Sophia’s Thai Kitchen. It will feature Bob Fung of Voterprep.org and Kyle Cobb of Greenbotics. The Vanguard w ...

December 12, 2014
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The Seven Wins of Innovation

Posted by Rob White
|Date: December 11, 2014
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The Seven Wins of Innovation

by Rob White In an article published in the Harvard Business Review in August 2002, author Peter F. Druck ...

by Rob White In an article published in the Harvard Business Review in August 2002, author Peter F. Drucker talks about the “seven areas of opportunity” in creating innovation ecosystems in companies. ...

December 11, 2014
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Commentary: State of the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 10, 2014
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Commentary: State of the City

If I were to be asked to deliver the State of the City Address, I might take a riff from Charles Dickens ...

If I were to be asked to deliver the State of the City Address, I might take a riff from Charles Dickens – it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Back in November, I felt pretty optimist ...

December 10, 2014
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Monday Morning Thoughts: How Fernandes Became President of SB; Innovation Park Calculations

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 08, 2014
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Monday Morning Thoughts: How Fernandes Became President of SB; Innovation Park Calculations

Normally the nomination and election of officers is about as interesting as watching paint dry. However, ...

Normally the nomination and election of officers is about as interesting as watching paint dry. However, as we saw back in 2011 with the city council, when there is the lack of a clear script and an o ...

December 08, 2014
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Cultivating Innovation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2014
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Cultivating Innovation

by Rob White There are many good articles and books regarding innovation and how it works, some of these ...

by Rob White There are many good articles and books regarding innovation and how it works, some of these even detail actions that might be taken to foster an environment of creativity, which can be ve ...

December 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Chamber Creates Ambitious Plan Foreshadowing Community Innovation Park Discussions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2014
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Commentary: Chamber Creates Ambitious Plan Foreshadowing Community Innovation Park Discussions

At Tuesday’s Chamber of Commerce luncheon, newly-installed Chamber CEO Matt Yancey unveiled a very ambiti ...

At Tuesday’s Chamber of Commerce luncheon, newly-installed Chamber CEO Matt Yancey unveiled a very ambitious plan. Matt Yancey told Chamber membership today that if they achieve the objectives detaile ...

December 03, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Chamber Releases 2020 Davis Prosperity Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 02, 2014
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Chamber Releases 2020 Davis Prosperity Plan

At today’s Annual State of the Chamber luncheon, Chamber CEO Matt Yancey released the 2020 Davis Prosperi ...

At today’s Annual State of the Chamber luncheon, Chamber CEO Matt Yancey released the 2020 Davis Prosperity Plan. Designed as a living document, the Chamber will utilize it as a guide for its strategi ...

December 02, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Thanks and Appreciation for this Community of Innovators

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 26, 2014
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Thanks and Appreciation for this Community of Innovators

By Doby Fleeman We were talking about the upcoming holiday, when the conversation turned to Thanksgiving ...

By Doby Fleeman We were talking about the upcoming holiday, when the conversation turned to Thanksgiving Dinner. From the kids: "Can we please do something besides turkey?" Never having had one, but ...

November 26, 2014
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Excitement Over Emerging Startup Culture; Dose of Reality on the Budget

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 24, 2014
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Excitement Over Emerging Startup Culture; Dose of Reality on the Budget

The Rise of the Startup Culture – We have focused a lot of our time and energy looking at the proposed in ...

The Rise of the Startup Culture – We have focused a lot of our time and energy looking at the proposed innovation parks. The most important thing that we need to remember is that there is not a zero-s ...

November 24, 2014
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Davis Startup Culture Gets a Huge Jump Start

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 20, 2014
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Davis Startup Culture Gets a Huge Jump Start

If organizers were hoping that their monthly “JumpStart Davis” event billed as a networking opportunity a ...

If organizers were hoping that their monthly “JumpStart Davis” event billed as a networking opportunity and monthly mixer would strengthen and encourage the local startup community, their first event ...

November 20, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Where to Get Inspiration on Innovation

Posted by Rob White
|Date: November 20, 2014
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Where to Get Inspiration on Innovation

By Rob White I have been asked several times recently where I get inspiration for my ideas and concepts o ...

By Rob White I have been asked several times recently where I get inspiration for my ideas and concepts on innovation. Though I would like to tell you my ideas are all original, I confess that I am a ...

November 20, 2014
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Davis Chamber Comes Out in Favor of Peripheral Innovation Parks Planning Process

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 19, 2014
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Davis Chamber Comes Out in Favor of Peripheral Innovation Parks Planning Process

On Tuesday, the Davis Chamber of Commerce came out with a policy position in support of “the planning pro ...

On Tuesday, the Davis Chamber of Commerce came out with a policy position in support of “the planning process necessary to entitle land for one or more Innovation Parks that will support the retention ...

November 19, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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A Good Weekend for Innovation, Startups and Economic Development

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 18, 2014
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A Good Weekend for Innovation, Startups and Economic Development

By Michael Bisch “This means that the city will have to maintain strong fiscal discipline lest the dramat ...

By Michael Bisch “This means that the city will have to maintain strong fiscal discipline lest the dramatic recent improvements in its fiscal condition be allowed to unravel. Moreover, the city must c ...

November 18, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Davis Startup Culture is Beginning to Blossom

Posted by Rob White
|Date: November 13, 2014
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Davis Startup Culture is Beginning to Blossom

by Rob White Last week I talked about an article by David Lumb that was on the Fast Company website. It w ...

by Rob White Last week I talked about an article by David Lumb that was on the Fast Company website. It was titled “The Recipe for Building a Startup Scene in Any City” and highlighted the work by Tyl ...

November 13, 2014
| by Rob White

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Innovation, Exploration and Startups

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 13, 2014
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Innovation, Exploration and Startups

By Daniel Parrella and Michael Bisch “During the past three decades, startups in the US have created near ...

By Daniel Parrella and Michael Bisch “During the past three decades, startups in the US have created nearly 40 million jobs, all the net job creation in the country over that period. As we recover fr ...

November 13, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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How Startup Cultures Are Formed

Posted by Rob White
|Date: November 06, 2014
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How Startup Cultures Are Formed

By Rob White While reading a recent article by David Lumb on the Fast Company website titled “The Recipe ...

By Rob White While reading a recent article by David Lumb on the Fast Company website titled “The Recipe for Building a Startup Scene in Any City” I was encouraged to find many of the ingredients list ...

November 06, 2014
| by Rob White

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What is Missing in Downtown Davis?

Posted by Rob White
|Date: October 30, 2014
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What is Missing in Downtown Davis?

by Rob White As the City of Davis begins moving forward with its next phase of supporting the city-wide i ...

by Rob White As the City of Davis begins moving forward with its next phase of supporting the city-wide innovation center strategy, staff have started doing research on activities by other cities and ...

October 30, 2014
| by Rob White

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Sustainable Demographics: Challenge and Opportunity for the Davis Economy

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 29, 2014
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Sustainable Demographics: Challenge and Opportunity for the Davis Economy

By Doby Fleeman I read with interest the recent Davis Enterprise coverage of Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada ...

By Doby Fleeman I read with interest the recent Davis Enterprise coverage of Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada and her cautionary observations regarding the rising tide of senior citizens in the Yolo County ...

October 29, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Is an Innovation Park Just a Rebranding of a Business Park?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 28, 2014
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Is an Innovation Park Just a Rebranding of a Business Park?

“Isn't “Innovation Park” just a rebranding of “Business Park”? How is an innovation park any different fr ...

“Isn't “Innovation Park” just a rebranding of “Business Park”? How is an innovation park any different from a business park?” This was an audience question that comes up a lot more than one might thin ...

October 28, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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My View: City’s Innovation Park Strategy and Peripheral Parks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 25, 2014
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My View: City’s Innovation Park Strategy and Peripheral Parks

Last week at the Vanguard Innovation Park Forum, Michael Bisch, the President of the Davis Downtown state ...

Last week at the Vanguard Innovation Park Forum, Michael Bisch, the President of the Davis Downtown stated, “Let’s be clear, we’re not talking about one innovation park. We’re not talking about one ph ...

October 25, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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