In their 2015 research paper “Where is Silicon Valley?,” Jorge Guzman and Scott Stern set out a new method of ranking entrepreneurial ventures focusing on quality, not quantity as had prior reports, in part to provide policy-makers with information on how to promote entrepreneurship for economic and social progress. They assemnbled five metrics, firm-name characteristics (named after the founder, long, short?), is it local or part of a regional trading cluster or high-tech industry cluster; is it a corporation, LLC, or incorporated in Delaware, and does it gain control of formal intellectual property rights within one year? They do not include location in order to step around the pitfall of assuming that businesses in a given location have a given […]
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Damage by Demographic: An Acid Test
We all know the pandemic has done more damage to employment among certain demographic groups than others. Here are some spider graphs that show...
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In the Labor Force & in Poverty
According to a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report there were 34.0 million people, or 10.5% of the population, living below the poverty...
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Alabama Jumpers & Jobs
In a recent piece, Margaret Renkl detailed how the native species that once presaged spring have handed the job over to those from the old world...
Fed Focus
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Longer & Mostly Milder, but Don’t Sneeze
November 19, 2018Rising interest rates probably won’t help the startup series, outlined below, head northward. How does the current tightening cycle stack up against earlier instances? -
Trends in FOMC projections
April 9, 2018We thought some graphs of the FOMC’s projections and revisions would be useful as Chair Powell takes the helm. In a phrase, they’re pretty good when things are -
What Jerome Powell thinks about ‘flation
November 6, 2017Because he was more of a regulator than economist, Governor Powell flew below many radar screens. All that changed when he became a clear contender to be the new head of
TLR in the News
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In Barron’s
March 26, 2020Randall Forsyth culls the attached text: That was despite some backpedaling on Friday, following January’s employment report, which was less spectacular than the -
Randall Forsyth’s IPO Roundup
April 21, 2019Randy Forsyth posted a nice round-up of “high-wire” IPOs in Barron’s on Saturday, quoting some research we published last week: “Wacky IPOs might be -
TLR in WOWS, AKA Welling on Wall Street
January 8, 2019We are happy that the formidable Kate Welling is a long-time reader of our work, and a wonderful friend, and are always pleased when she republishes our stuff, in this
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