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Audio: Panel on how innovative companies can drive job growth in Massachusetts

Posted by Scott Kirsner October 13, 2010 08:31 AM

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Last Friday, I moderated a panel at the annual CEO Summit organized by the Progressive Business Leaders Network. The focus was on how innovative companies can drive job growth in our region, and the panelists included Greg Bialecki, the Commonwealth's secretary of housing and economic development, venture capitalist Jeffrey Bussgang, BiddingForGood CEO Jon Carson, and Mike Dornbrook, until recently COO at Harmonix Music Systems.

It felt like a constructive hour, focusing on what we should worry about...what we can do to retain young people (we talked about federal visa issues)...how we can support the growth of more big companies...and whether that is even a worthy objective. We ended up talking about whether a two-hour Acela trip between Boston and New York could ever be a reality, knitting the two cities closer together.

PBLN panel on economic development

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tags BiddingForGood, economic development, Greg Bialecki, Harmonix, Jeffrey Bussgang, jobs, Jon Carson, Mike Dornbrook, PBLN
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About Scott Kirsner Scott Kirsner was part of the team that launched Boston.com in 1995, and has been writing a column for the Globe since 2000. His work has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Newsweek, and Variety. Scott is also the author of the books "Fans, Friends & Followers" and "Inventing the Movies," was the editor of "The Convergence Guide: Life Sciences in New England," and was a contributor to "The Good City: Writers Explore 21st Century Boston." Scott also helps organize several local events on entrepreneurship, including the Nantucket Conference and Future Forward. Here's some background on how Scott decides what to cover, and how to pitch him a story idea.

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