Future Here Now: Why do we suck at this?

Local Learnings: Entrepreneurship programs usually don't measure up.

Hi, all. Today’s newsletter is a selection from a book that I wrote in 2019 but didn’t promote much at that time because of other issues going on in my life. I’m revisiting it right now, and I thought this was an important share for you all. I’d also like your feedback, though - if you’re seeing something different, I’d appreciate the perspective.

The book this is taken from is called Everybody Innovates Here, and it’s a fairly rigorous structural analysis of typical entrepreneurship / innovation ecosystems. It also includes a guide to making these initiatives more inclusive - that’s the part that I feel I really need to bulk up at this point. The current book is only on Amazon, Lulu and Gumroad, but I’ll get it into Bookshop and other bookstores as soon as I can get in and mess around with the permissions.

This is a little longer than what I’ve been trying to send you lately, but I didn’t want to give you something more out of context than pulling one chapter already is. There …