About: William Holstein

It’s easy to be cynical about the announcement that FoxConn Technology Group will invest $10 billion in southeast Wisconsin. The deal could have been purely a political gesture aimed at providing a short-term boost to President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, not to mention Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. They were all hungry for a […]…

This article in the New York Times would have been easy to miss because it appeared in the Sunday Styles section but it contains important insights about what happens when a university becomes active in fostering start-ups and in creating a flow of high-quality talent. I wrote a chapter about Pittsburgh in my 2011 book, The […]…

One of the things I learned from writing the ThinkPad book is that the technological revolution we’ve been living through isn’t close to being finished. In some ways, in fact, it is accelerating. Consider just this handful of technologies: 3D printing, drones, the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality, facial recognition, advanced robotics, […]…

With the federal government essentially paralyzed when it comes to economic growth strategies, I and others have long concentrated on the roles that states, cities and regions are playing in creating jobs. I’ve recently had contact with several officials involved in New York State’s economic development efforts and, when added up, their stories are quite […]…

My first public appearance regarding the latest book I have co-authored, “How The ThinkPad Changed The World.”…