President Obama made mention in his state of the union address that he wishes to expand the National Netowrk for Manufacturing Innovation concept. I wholly applaud the idea, AND, there might be a...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2013/02/13/the-innovation-state-of-the-union/
I’m in Cincinnati visiting for Christmas and coincidentally have been invited to the First Annual Cincinnati Comedians Homecoming Show. I’ll be going to Funny Bone Newport, KY tonight and hop...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2012/12/26/dying-is-easy-starting-creative-projects-is-hard/
Birmingham Alabama — Monday May 14th, 2012, Gonzeaux #7 It’s an image that was so arresting and shocking at the time that I’ve never forgotten it. It stained my memory like indigo on fine w...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2012/05/14/alabama-innovation-gonzeaux-7-birminghams-future/
Visiting with Mike Bott, General Manager at The Brandery accelerator in downtown Cincinnati, you actually see what the “Front End of Innovation” looks like — two or three people, over-caffe...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2012/05/10/breakthrough-or-broken-head-gonzeaux-4/
Cincinnati, Ohio — Wednesday May 9, Gonzeaux #3 After one of the prettiest drives you can imagine through southern Indiana east into Ohio, I find myself this morning in the very urban, once bli...
Bloomington, Indiana, Tuesday May 8, Gonzeaux #2 Indiana is the state of Nick Tippmann. Who’s Nick Tippmann? The future of Indiana Innovation that’s who (and not Bobby Knight). More on Nick a...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2012/05/08/indiana-innovation-gonzeaux-2-who-is-nick-tippman/
I’m in Cincinnati next week to help pitch a recycling business concept to investors. It’s an exciting idea — taking waste plastic and transforming it into high value-add products. This is n...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2012/04/18/reshoring-new-usa-manufacturing-trend/
Who remembers “Happenings?” I’m not referring to the Supreme’s song, or to the TV show, but actual… Happenings. Before Tweet-ups, before flash mobs, before raves, before disco, th...
I’ve resisted writing this post. I have friends and family in Cincinnati and I don’t want them to think any less of me for criticizing my hometown. Still, I’m compelled to say how baffled a...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2011/03/30/cry-my-beloved-cincinnati/
I just finished reading a wonderful novel, The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga. It’s a brisk story told in first person by a young Indian entrepreneur. I won’t say much more about the story, ...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2011/01/23/white-tigers-in-chains/