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our region, which is ultimately our goal
… to serve people throughout the greater
Sacramento region.
What role do you think the center could
play in the recovery from the coronavirus
pandemic?
In the Great Recession, one of the challenges
Sacramento saw was our reliance
on being a government town. That was
hugely challenging when you didn’t
have the economic drivers to truly get
us back up and going. … One thing that
was shown through the Brookings
(Institution’s) report is the need to
diversify our economy and start to build
out our entrepreneurial sector further.
And that’s a key pillar of what we want
to do moving forward.
A lot of that is just the location of being
at the university. … Sixty-five percent of
students (who) graduate from Sac State …
live and work in this region. … Not all of
them are going to become entrepreneurs,
but if all of them start to have a touch
point with the Carlsen Center where
they’re learning entrepreneurial and
innovation tools and starting to think entrepreneurially,
they’ll take that to wherever
they work, whether that’s for a larger
(corporation) in our region or our state. …
They’ll start to have these tools and these
mindsets that ultimately grow our region
as they recognize the role entrepreneurs
are trying to play.
Jennifer Fergesen is assistant editor of
Comstock’s. Online at
jcfrgsn.journoportfolio.com.
What is the center doing to ensure we
also have the trained workforce to
support our innovation efforts?
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