Dane Carlson is the host of the Econ Dev Show, and the Director of Economic Development for Galveston County, Texas.
In 2001 he founded the Business Opportunities Weblog, which was acquired in 2015.
He lives in League City, Texas with his wife, three sons.
Fun fact: Mrs. Carlson let Dane let the internet name sons #2 and #3.
Dane Carlson has hosted 121 Episodes.
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24: "Talent Optimization" with Ben Nelson
October 18th, 2021 | 30 mins 44 secs
econ dev, economic development, leadership, talent optimization
Ben Nelson is the founder and CEO of Radix leadership. He specializes in helping leaders and organizations build high performing teams that achieve their goals by aligning their purpose and their people to deliver on performance. He's also the executive director of the Kewaunee County Economic Development Corporation in Wisconsin.
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23: Talking Entrepreneurship in West Virginia with Bill Woodrum
October 11th, 2021 | 31 mins 20 secs
econ dev, economic development, entrepreneurship, west virginia
Dane and Bill Woodrum have a wide reaching conversation on entrepreneurship. Bill is the Coordinator of the WV Entrepreneurship Network and project director for WV BusinessLink at the WV Department of Economic Development.
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22: Meet the "Chief Remover of Obstacles" Lea Ann Seiler
October 4th, 2021 | 29 mins 21 secs
econ dev, economic development, kansas, rural, small town
Lea Ann's job is to daily figure out what obstacles she can remove, so that her community members can move forward with their businesses.
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21: From Site Selector to Econ Dev with Andrew Sloss
September 27th, 2021 | 30 mins 21 secs
econdev, economic development, houston, site selection, south dakota, texas
Andrew Sloss was a site selector for ten years before making the transition during Covid to economic development. Listen in for his advice from both sides of the table.
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20: With Dane Carlson (on the We Are Jobs Podcast)
September 20th, 2021 | 24 mins 3 secs
dane carlson, econ dev, economic development
The 20th episode of Econ Dev Show. This week we replay a interview with Dane from the We Are Jobs Podcast.
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19: Planning and Anthropology with Econ Dev Jim Eldridge
September 13th, 2021 | 33 mins 33 secs
anthropology, city planning, econ dev, economic development, small town
Jim Eldridge grew up wanting to be an anthropologist, or a city planner. Instead, he puts both of those skillsets to use as an economic developer in Ada, Oklahoma.
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18: The Secrets of Economic Development with Novelist and Econ Dev Don Erwin
September 6th, 2021 | 43 mins 31 secs
econ dev, economic development, writing
Retired econ dev Don Erwin has written an engrossing thriller and an economic development textbook. (And yes, they're the same book.)
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17: Entrepreneurship-Led Economic Development with Zachary Barker
August 30th, 2021 | 35 mins 33 secs
econ dev, economic development, entrepreneurship
In this episode, we hear from Zachary Barker about entrepreneurship led economic development. Zach's an expert in ecosystem design and delivery of entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation (ETI) led programming.
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16: With Change Agent Jimi Copland of The Rural Spark
August 23rd, 2021 | 26 mins 6 secs
econdev, economic development, rural, texas
Dane talks with Jimi Copland. Jimi is an economic developer, educator, needle mover, encourager, change agent, and owner of The Rural Spark.
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15: Dane Talks to Himself About the Econ Dev Show
August 12th, 2021 | 20 mins 4 secs
econ dev, economic development
Not content to just interview economic developers, in this episode host Dane Carlson tries talking to himself.
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14: Is Stewart McGregor the Friendliest Economic Developer in Texas? You Decide.
August 9th, 2021 | 35 mins 53 secs
econ dev, economic development, texas
What happens when you pair one of the friendliest economic developers you'll ever meet, with one of the most interesting cities that you've never heard of? Meet Stewart McGregor of Grand Prairie, Texas.
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13: "Rural is Cool" BR&E in Southeast Ohio with Taylor Stepp
August 2nd, 2021 | 20 mins 19 secs
appalachian, econ dev, economic development, ohio, rural
Democratizing growth in South East Ohio by making the rural cool and recruiting white-collar remote-workers to a traditionally blue-collar region.