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''What is essential is invisible to the eye''
From Saint-Exupéry's ''Little Prince,'' said to be James Dean's favorite line, etched in his memorial at the location of his death, in 1955.
This inspiring quote and context, from a New York Times article on the San Andreas fault, now in my backyard, is a good place to develop a mission for nurturing entrepreneurship in Cleveland – accept what is essential is invisible.
When I see all the posturing of entrepreneurship “leaders” and resources in Cleveland, I see every leader focusing on what is obvious to them and 1,000,000s of other leaders and consultants, in major cities and boondocks around the world. So, NorTech hires McKinsey to create reports on the obvious, and everyone there focuses all attention on the obvious things the report recommends. Florida writes you need a creative class, and that is the “agenda.”
Those who see our future in biotech, fuel cells, polymers, advanced machining, LCDs, and even artists, film and sustainability see the obvious… the opportunities to expand and produce products and services in already known, highly competitive marketplaces, to hope to beat out those in Cambridge, and Silicon Valley, and Israel, and every center of amassed genius in the world. In the visible world, Clevelanders are about 478,403 of the 6,332,273,593 - there are 13,000+ other “Cleveland-equivalents” out there… even viewed regionally, we’re 1 in 2,000+. Obviously, “Cleveland” is nothing special, from today’s global economic perspectives.
What is obvious, in the highly visible “business” world, is that every smart new economy “businessman” is looking for the cheapest, best square footage, the most bandwidth/buck, the lowest cost trained labor, and any other subsidy, break, advantage or free thing or service you may offer – those are de rigueur expectations, world-wide. Reduce my costs and ease and speed-up my time to profitability, and I’ll base some operations, hire and invest in Cleveland.
Of course, we should compete in appropriate industries, which leverage local talent pools and resources, but what is essential to making Cleveland fundamentally more successful is developing a culture that nurtures each essential, invisible 1 person in 6 billion who may succeed with the unknown. Become great at nurturing those who see essential opportunities in what to others is invisible, and I’ll return ICEarth’s heart, mind and soul to Cleveland.
Make Cleveland a place that sees that thugs, invisible on a street corner, may become the essential Bone Thugs n Harmony, rather than focusing all the attention on the obvious but equally risky LeBrons, and Cleveland will thrive. Make Cleveland work for 1,000s of such creators, and Cleveland will become one of the world’s greatest cities, as it has the potential to become.
The first step to making Cleveland more nurturing for entrepreneurs is accepting what is essential for our economic future is right now invisible - being Socratic… knowing all we know is we know nothing. Knowing that, we may focus on putting in place the mindset, services and processes which support creators, rather than those doing the obvious, for the obvious. I don’t see that happening in Cleveland, today.
Dealing with the invisible, I seek a cheap, simple place to do my work, untouched by those who believe they know better, with windows looking over a lake to infinity. I want to share experiences with other essential creators. I want Socratic service providers, who want to help entrepreneurs give the once invisible essence… making my creations obvious to others, and thus “marketable”. I can make a more complete list, but must know Cleveland entrepreneurship leaders are receptive to the invisible, which I haven’t found in the past.
Let me know Cleveland accepts what is essential is invisible, and I’ll be pleased to help create new economy there, and find for Cleveland other essential seers, from CAUSE for Cleveland and where still invisible.
I look forward to your thoughts on all of this.
From Saint-Exupéry's ''Little Prince,'' said to be James Dean's favorite line, etched in his memorial at the location of his death, in 1955.
This inspiring quote and context, from a New York Times article on the San Andreas fault, now in my backyard, is a good place to develop a mission for nurturing entrepreneurship in Cleveland – accept what is essential is invisible.
When I see all the posturing of entrepreneurship “leaders” and resources in Cleveland, I see every leader focusing on what is obvious to them and 1,000,000s of other leaders and consultants, in major cities and boondocks around the world. So, NorTech hires McKinsey to create reports on the obvious, and everyone there focuses all attention on the obvious things the report recommends. Florida writes you need a creative class, and that is the “agenda.”
Those who see our future in biotech, fuel cells, polymers, advanced machining, LCDs, and even artists, film and sustainability see the obvious… the opportunities to expand and produce products and services in already known, highly competitive marketplaces, to hope to beat out those in Cambridge, and Silicon Valley, and Israel, and every center of amassed genius in the world. In the visible world, Clevelanders are about 478,403 of the 6,332,273,593 - there are 13,000+ other “Cleveland-equivalents” out there… even viewed regionally, we’re 1 in 2,000+. Obviously, “Cleveland” is nothing special, from today’s global economic perspectives.
What is obvious, in the highly visible “business” world, is that every smart new economy “businessman” is looking for the cheapest, best square footage, the most bandwidth/buck, the lowest cost trained labor, and any other subsidy, break, advantage or free thing or service you may offer – those are de rigueur expectations, world-wide. Reduce my costs and ease and speed-up my time to profitability, and I’ll base some operations, hire and invest in Cleveland.
Of course, we should compete in appropriate industries, which leverage local talent pools and resources, but what is essential to making Cleveland fundamentally more successful is developing a culture that nurtures each essential, invisible 1 person in 6 billion who may succeed with the unknown. Become great at nurturing those who see essential opportunities in what to others is invisible, and I’ll return ICEarth’s heart, mind and soul to Cleveland.
Make Cleveland a place that sees that thugs, invisible on a street corner, may become the essential Bone Thugs n Harmony, rather than focusing all the attention on the obvious but equally risky LeBrons, and Cleveland will thrive. Make Cleveland work for 1,000s of such creators, and Cleveland will become one of the world’s greatest cities, as it has the potential to become.
The first step to making Cleveland more nurturing for entrepreneurs is accepting what is essential for our economic future is right now invisible - being Socratic… knowing all we know is we know nothing. Knowing that, we may focus on putting in place the mindset, services and processes which support creators, rather than those doing the obvious, for the obvious. I don’t see that happening in Cleveland, today.
Dealing with the invisible, I seek a cheap, simple place to do my work, untouched by those who believe they know better, with windows looking over a lake to infinity. I want to share experiences with other essential creators. I want Socratic service providers, who want to help entrepreneurs give the once invisible essence… making my creations obvious to others, and thus “marketable”. I can make a more complete list, but must know Cleveland entrepreneurship leaders are receptive to the invisible, which I haven’t found in the past.
Let me know Cleveland accepts what is essential is invisible, and I’ll be pleased to help create new economy there, and find for Cleveland other essential seers, from CAUSE for Cleveland and where still invisible.
I look forward to your thoughts on all of this.
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