Comments on: Hey, Don’t Forget the Puget Sound Life Sciences Universe! http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/02/09/hey-dont-forget-the-puget-sound-life-sciences-universe/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:52:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sanjaya Joshi http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/02/09/hey-dont-forget-the-puget-sound-life-sciences-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-45717 Sanjaya Joshi Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:24:00 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=11904#comment-45717 Thank you for mentioning this, Luke. I had started this work in 2004 (published in 2005) entirely in my copious spare time, as compared to the "sponsored" work by Dr. Mayer. Eye-popping graphics on the Tech Universe! I have tasted the local entrepreneurial water for a while now, and remain passionate about the local economy and tax base provided by the life-sciences industry... I fully agree with Stewart Lyman's Xconomist Forum posting today about the state government involvement which has been sorely lacking for small business -- almost all the state money in the past (owing to the State Constitution) has gone to educational and non-profit entities. John Castle (at UW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship) had commented a while back that educational institutions and non-profits were a "zero-sum-game". The region will grow as a tax base only when the state government realizes that it is the 'bottom-up' small business scaffolding that builds the tax base. With regards to boxiness of the chart, I remember the quote from the movie Cadillac Man: "boxy, but good"! Thank you for mentioning this, Luke. I had started this work in 2004 (published in 2005) entirely in my copious spare time, as compared to the “sponsored” work by Dr. Mayer. Eye-popping graphics on the Tech Universe!

I have tasted the local entrepreneurial water for a while now, and remain passionate about the local economy and tax base provided by the life-sciences industry…

I fully agree with Stewart Lyman’s Xconomist Forum posting today about the state government involvement which has been sorely lacking for small business — almost all the state money in the past (owing to the State Constitution) has gone to educational and non-profit entities. John Castle (at UW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship) had commented a while back that educational institutions and non-profits were a “zero-sum-game”. The region will grow as a tax base only when the state government realizes that it is the ‘bottom-up’ small business scaffolding that builds the tax base.

With regards to boxiness of the chart, I remember the quote from the movie Cadillac Man: “boxy, but good”!

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