Archive for Mentorship
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The US Changing Geography
The United States’ Changing Geography Change is affecting the US as much as any other nation. The rise of cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas is far from over; the explosion of edge cities in the suburbs and the creation of far-flung silicon-linked business networks is still in progress. ...
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Diversity and Specialization Among Cities
Diversity and Specialization Among Cities Today, leaders in my adopted hometown of Austin, in the Research Triangle of North Carolina, and in California’s Silicon Valley talk with enthusiasm about their regions’ critical role in the new information age, at the leading edge of high ...
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The Next Capital of the World?
The Next Capital of the World? Now that I have built up the pride of all you New Yorkers, here is the other side of the coin: no city gets to be capital forever. While I’d guess that the reign of New York has at least fifty years, perhaps much longer to run, the title will pass on s...
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Global Airline Competitors
From the new issue of the Economist (see http://www.economist.com/node/16271573 ) this fascinating article about the rising Gulf-based airlines. Great news for travelers, and interesting political commentary on their competitors. It is amazing to me that the global recession has not hurt t...
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Cities The Greatest Human Enterprise
Each Monday another excerpt from my book, which is available here: www.scribd.com/doc/25085990/The-Art-of-Enterprise-by-Gary-Hoover-January-2010. In a thousand years, it is likely that the history books will have forgotten now-familiar names like Bill Clinton and even John F. Kennedy. They wi...
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Technology in a Changing World
A new excerpt each Monday from my book, which is available here: www.scribd.com/doc/25085990/The-Art-of-Enterprise-by-Gary-Hoover-January-2010 In truth, the importance of technology is nothing new. It is an old, old story. Entrepreneurial thinkers have always made the best possible use of t...
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Globalization and Local Culture
Another post — this one very long — from my book, which is also available as The Art of Enterprise at scribd.com. Go to any big record store. (Oops, I’m giving away my membership in the aging baby boom generation. Let me rephrase that.) Go to any store that sells CD’s. In the bins,...
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The 7 Big Trends Producing Wealth Around the World
Continuing each Monday another excerpt — this one a very long one — from my 2001 book, which can be purchased as a PDF for $10 here: www.scribd.com/doc/25085990/The-Art-of-Enterprise-by-Gary-Hoover-January-2010. So the world is becoming wealthier and wealthier, led by the US an...
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Lots of Hoover on Video
The University of Texas McCombs School of Business now has several videos of me up online, from my “eight keys to building a successful enterprise” to my business history talks, all of which you can find from this webpage: http://blogs.mccombs.utexas.edu/mccombs-today/gary-hoover-vid...
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Lives of Commonplace Wealth
Continuing each Monday another excerpt from my 2001 book, which can be purchased as a PDF for $10 here: www.scribd.com/doc/25085990/The-Art-of-Enterprise-by-Gary-Hoover-January-2010. As those of us in the “first world” or “developed world” – I am not fond of either term but h...
