Paul Bonneville has a nice little editorial piece on his site this week and gives me a shoutout alongside Mike Reed and Elizabeth Lessner. Good stuff. It’s an honor to be compared to those two and to be so highly praised by Paul. Check it out:
The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Posted by Paul Bonneville
February 11, 2008Over the next 20 years, here in Columbus things are going to change. How they are going to change and to what degree is completely unknown and unwritten. Who will be leading the city, what companies will be here, our metropolitan’s success or demise…all unknown.
Looking forward to that future, I can today already see some of the figures emerging that represent the team that will be needed to fill the frontlines of the business, creative and social ranks (following the entrepreneurialism, innovation and social opportunity theme from last week) that will be responsible for making Columbus a continually thriving city in the years to come.
In the past couple of years there are 3 people in particular who have stood out in my mind whose efforts, passion and drive for what they do has, what I am suggesting, is the ability to do more for attracting people to this city than any campaign, slogan or fancy Web site could ever do. Each of them has seized an opportunity and turned it into something very tangible for themselves and for Columbus.