Thane Hutcheson is the founder of Five Points Strategic Advisors, a firm that works exclusively on the company side of economic development deals. He advises companies on incentives negotiation and site selection, and writes The Incentives Negotiator newsletter. He previously held senior roles at major site selection consulting firms.
Thane Hutcheson has been a guest on 1 episode.
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235: Site Selection Doesn't Start With the Site with Thane Hutcheson
September 7th, 2026 | 28 mins 54 secs
artificial intelligence, business attraction, corporate location strategy, eco devo, econdev, economic development, incentives negotiation, labor markets, manufacturing, site selection, site visits, workforce
Thane Hutcheson explains how companies actually choose locations, what economic developers often misunderstand about site selection, and why better data and AI should create more time for the human work that wins projects.