5 ON FRIDAY: FUEL FOR THOUGHT, NOVEMBER 24, 2017
posted on Monday, November 27, 2017 in Blog
by Steve Dust, CEO, Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber
Remember: 5 on Friday is a two-way street: please send me recommendations on books, reports, articles, blogs, videos, or anything you're reading or watching that impacts business and the economy.
ONE: Standard Distribution Announces Next Project
I can never say “thank you” often enough to the risk-taking capitalists in the Cedar Valley who see a need and fill it with a product or service. This week, I pass along the announcement of another new industrial sector investment by Standard Distribution. Thank you.
Standard Distribution planning large expansion at airport, Tim Jamison, The Courier, November 18, 2017
TWO: The Geopolitics of Thanksgiving
You thought it was about making it through a very bad year and Europeans building alliances with the indigenous people of North America. You were kind of right. This is a lengthy, but fascinating look at the global context in which that first Thanksgiving took place. It's an eye-opening history lesson, courtesy of Stratfor.
Thanksgiving and Puritan Geopolitics in the Americas, Starfor, November 24, 2017
THREE: Classroom Tech Advances
Here's a great look at how technology startups are impacting education. So, if the Cedar Valley has the University of Northern Iowa — the highly ranked institution that teaches to be teachers — how do we capture economic development value from this trend?
A Silicon Valley startup is quietly taking over U.S. classrooms, Kia Kokalitcheva , Axios, November 22, 2017
FOUR: Your 2018 Reading List?
If you're looking for books to read during holiday travel or just to stock up for 2018, here's what the Gates-Bezos-Buffets of the world are reading.
9 Recommended Books That Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett Think You Should Read, Marcel Schwantes
FIVE: Another Good News Source
Here's another media source that I've included in my bundle, and I thought I'd refer it to you.
Axios