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Ronald R. Kitchens, CEcD
President & Chief Executive Officer
Southwest Michigan First
The rules of innovation
Business Review, June 19, 2008

Education and the seven rules
Business Review, May 15, 2008

Legacy, for lack of a better word, is good
Business Review, May 01, 2008

Planting seeds and the cost of education
Business Review, April 18, 2008

Are you a thermometer or a thermostat?
Business Review, April 03, 2008

Embrace radical change, and long live manufacturing, econ executive says
Business Review, March 20, 2008

Quit talking about colleges
Business Review, March 06, 2008

To paraphrase the Wallendas: Never look down
Business Review, February 21, 2008

Leave a trail
MiBiz, January 21, 2008

Six rules to courting angel investors
Business Review, January 17, 2008

Looking into the Crystal Pineapple
MiBiz, December 24, 2007

Lessons learned, in economic development and in life
Business Review, December 20, 2007

Community Capitalism
The IEDC Economic Development Journal, December 01, 2007

Gazelles and Mules
MiBiz, November 26, 2007

Michigan: Building on the shoulders of giants
Business Review, November 15, 2007

So what is it that you guys do?
MiBiz, October 29, 2007

Grab the rope
Business Review, October 18, 2007

Life Science: Our Past, Our Present, Our Future
MiBiz, September 17, 2007

Expectant optimism: Creating the future with hope
Business Review, September 13, 2007

Ignorance is the enemy
MiBiz, September 04, 2007

Seek inspiration in people's everyday greatness
Business Review, August 16, 2007

First is last
MiBiz, August 06, 2007

The war for talent
Business Review, July 19, 2007

Jon Bon Jovi, globalization and education
MiBiz, July 09, 2007

Meet me in Kalamazoo
Business Review, June 21, 2007

Life science is a team sport
MiBiz, June 11, 2007

What it takes to fail
Business Review, May 17, 2007

Give us this day our Daily Scrum
MiBiz, May 16, 2007

Play Ball
Business Review, April 19, 2007

Stealing Peas
MiBiz, April 16, 2007

Talent agents of change
MiBiz, March 19, 2007

Funk Dog
Business Review, March 15, 2007

You can change the world
Business Review, February 22, 2007

SOS: Save OurSelves
MiBiz, February 19, 2007

No time to rest
MiBiz, January 22, 2007

The Future is Now
Business Review, January 18, 2007

Reap What You Sow
MiBiz, December 11, 2006

Democracy Works
Business Review, November 23, 2006

Angels are a Blessing
MiBiz, November 13, 2006

Fulfilling Our Destiny
Business Review, October 26, 2006

The Promise: Catalyst for Change
MiBiz, October 16, 2006

Nothing is Written Until You Write It
Business Review, September 29, 2006

What does it take to be an angel investor?
MiBiz, September 18, 2006

The Choice is Yours
Business Review, August 24, 2006

The Power of the Pyramid
MiBiz, August 21, 2006

You have to kiss a lot of frogs
Business Review, July 28, 2006

The Myth of Offshoring
MiBiz, July 24, 2006

Back from Mackinac
Business Review, June 29, 2006

Change for lack of a better word, is good
MiBiz, June 26, 2006

The Six Myths of Economic Development
MiBiz, May 30, 2006

What is Economic Development
Business Review, May 25, 2006

Cowboys are nice, but...
Business Review, May 08, 2006

Life Science Cluster Passes Muster
MiBiz, May 01, 2006

I Need Your Rolodex
Business Review, May 01, 2006

Our Advantage is You
The Catalyst, 2nd Quarter 2006, Issue 2

Is Kalamazoo About to Tip?
The Catalyst, 1st Quarter 2006, Issue 1

17 Traits for True Leaders
Leadership Kalamazoo eNews, Fall 2005, Vol. 2, No. 1

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