For that matter, there’s already thousands of entities executing variations of this business model. Off the top of my head, I can think of BuzzBoosters, the Alta Club, the Chambers of Commerce, The Miller Institute, SCORE, etc..

There is a huge business expo at SouthTowne Tomorrow.

If you add to this all of the networking, professional associations, angel investors, business incubators, business brokers, business schools, then you have a crowded space.

So, the question is: “what differentiates ‘Economic Gardening’ from the thousands of existing entities?”

The two things that differentiate your business model from the thousands of private entities executing the same business model are: government connections and the metaphor.

For that matter, there’s already thousands of entities executing variations of this business model. Off the top of my head, I can think of BuzzBoosters, the Alta Club, the Chambers of Commerce, The Miller Institute, SCORE, etc..

There is a huge business expo at SouthTowne Tomorrow.

If you add to this all of the networking, professional associations, angel investors, business incubators, business brokers, business schools, then you have a crowded space.

So, the question is: “what differentiates ‘Economic Gardening’ from the thousands of existing entities?”

The two things that differentiate your business model from the thousands of private entities executing the same business model are: government connections and the metaphor.

Economic gardening — helping connect entrepreneurs with the tools and resources they need to grow — is an initiative that is being done both through private and public means in various cities, counties, and states around the country.  As explained in the paper I linked to, we are advocating for the concept of economic gardening generally, and we have recommended that it be funded and run privately, and that government play only a coordinating role in those efforts.

Once a private or public entity runs with an idea, we can continue to advocate for our ideal, but, in the end, they decide what they’re going to do with it.  While this new initiative in central Utah is a public/private partnership, we support the project as an alternative to economic development policies currently in place like targeted tax incentives and other favors for large corporations.  In the mean time, we’ll continue to advocate for using private resources for any economic gardening initiative in the state.

Economic gardening — helping connect entrepreneurs with the tools and resources they need to grow — is an initiative that is being done both through private and public means in various cities, counties, and states around the country.  As explained in the paper I linked to, we are advocating for the concept of economic gardening generally, and we have recommended that it be funded and run privately, and that government play only a coordinating role in those efforts.

Once a private or public entity runs with an idea, we can continue to advocate for our ideal, but, in the end, they decide what they’re going to do with it.  While this new initiative in central Utah is a public/private partnership, we support the project as an alternative to economic development policies currently in place like targeted tax incentives and other favors for large corporations.  In the mean time, we’ll continue to advocate for using private resources for any economic gardening initiative in the state.

The moment a public official takes to the notion that he is an economic gardener, that official will start behaving in negative ways … even if the pilot program was limited.

If you look at the 111th Congress, most of their really bad ideas were drawn from ideas toyed with by Republicans and free market think tanks.

The insurance mandates, health exchanges, cap and trade all were crazy ideas toyed with by Conservative think tanks.

One fault of Conservatives is that they get too caught up in issues line “entrepreneurship,” when the real heart of the free market is economic freedom.

When conservative think tanks get too caught up in promoting “entrepreneurship” the left counters by creating programs that favor the “entrepreneur” class over other classes.

But, entrepreneurship is not the foundation of a free market. Freedom is, and the programs that favor “entrepreneurs” over others quickly lead to imbalances, and the left demands more government programs to address the imbalance.

The moment a public official takes to the notion that he is an economic gardener, that official will start behaving in negative ways … even if the pilot program was limited.

If you look at the 111th Congress, most of their really bad ideas were drawn from ideas toyed with by Republicans and free market think tanks.

The insurance mandates, health exchanges, cap and trade all were crazy ideas toyed with by Conservative think tanks.

One fault of Conservatives is that they get too caught up in issues line “entrepreneurship,” when the real heart of the free market is economic freedom.

When conservative think tanks get too caught up in promoting “entrepreneurship” the left counters by creating programs that favor the “entrepreneur” class over other classes.

But, entrepreneurship is not the foundation of a free market. Freedom is, and the programs that favor “entrepreneurs” over others quickly lead to imbalances, and the left demands more government programs to address the imbalance.