| MA has so many make-work jobs who do absolutely nothing at least they could leave those of us trying to do something alone. I was talking to a guy who used to be a product designer for Brookstone, Polaroid and GM. He has an idea to create 100 simple products all manufactured within 100 miles of Boston. http://www.onehundred.co He thought he would reach out to some MA economic development organization and let them know what he was doing. They got back to him right away, I forget which exact agency, to let him know they would not be able to provide any help. He was kind of miffed because he hadn't asked for anything - but now he knew they would not be able to help no matter what he might need. I tried to look up the agency he contacted and I found these agencies: Commonwealth Corporation MassDevelopment Mass. Office of Housing and Economic Development Mass. Office of Business Development Mass. Business Development Center Mass. Small Business Development Center Mass. Export Center Mass. Office of International Trade & Investment MassVentures Mass. Growth Capital Corporation Mass. Technology Collaborative Mass. Technology Transfer Center Mass. Clean Energy Center Mass. Life Sciences Center Commonwealth Marketing Office Don't worry about any waste or duplication - the Mass. Office of Performance Management & Oversight was created with the job of making sure all these groups are working together. Each of these places has dozens if not hundreds of employees with titles I can't even parody: Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director Program Assistant to the Director Director of Cluster Development http://www.masstech.org/meet-masstech/our-team/meet-our-staf... All of these people standing by ready to fire back an email that they really can't be of any help |