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Welcome to The Ribbon Cut, the podcast pulling back the curtain on the complex, competitive, and often misunderstood world of site selection and economic development.
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Four Things We've Learned From Supporting Hundreds of Site Selection Projects (opens the original)
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After hundreds of projects and thousands of responses, patterns start to surface. In this episode, Susan and Charles share four consistent behaviors they’ve observed from high-performing economic development teams responding inside Lasso. This is perspective from the owner view of the workflow, not theory. This episode covers: • Why top teams distribute data ownership instead of centralizing it on one person. • How collaboration reduces RFI fatigue and improves response quality. • Why visibility
Inside Minnesota's $25B Manufacturing Engine | Catalina Valencia, DEED (opens the original)
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Catalina Valencia, Executive Director of Business Development for the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), joins Susan Donkers and Charles Houser on the Ribbon Cut Podcast to share what makes Minnesota a top contender for capital investment, workforce, and innovation. Catalina brings over 25 years in economic development, spanning her start with the Colombian government trade bureau, a five-year stretch as a site selector at Location Strategies in Greenville, SC, a
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