When I saw the tweet earlier today about the glory days when Delaware was considered one of the true innovative leaders in the country, accompanied by some encouragements to inspire the state to recapture its position; it immediately reminded of a post I wrote about a month ago, Why Coworking? Why DE? Why Now? The premise of this post was to discuss the reasoning behind Wes and I's decision to bring coworking to Delaware. In that post our reasonings were based mostly off of us envisioning Delaware as a clean slate, waiting for people to decide what happens next. Now, I see this picture of Delaware as a good thing, and as a bad thing. The good being, Delaware would seem like a very conducive place for new ideas and start-ups. The bad being, Delaware is going to have to either find some way of attracting these new ideas and start-ups, or inspire the people currently in the state to become these new ideas and start-ups. Either way, I see it as a tough path since it seems other states now have a formidable lead on us (Delaware), due mostly to us (Delaware) being content to only be known for financial institutions and incorporation services.
On the other hand, I do also see this as the most opportune time to take action, otherwise I would probably be employed in the financial services industry, unfortunately. So, do I think Delaware will be able to regain its position amongst the other leaders in innovation, you ask. I would have to say yes, but only if we as Delawareans join together as a community to force this progress, you see many is always better than a few, and WHEN this community begins to make progress, others will follow and the rest will be history.
LETS ALL BE FAMOUS!
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