Steve Knight

Steve and I talk about boomerang, a St. Louis thing, 35 years in Northern CA, growth through the arts, COCAbiz, 4th largest non-profit community arts organization, 50K people, 80+ artists in residence, Fast Co ranked STL as slower of slow :(, flatter than a flat Bud Light, your artsy people, intersection of art/business/design/technology, cannot use intellectual shortcuts, where discoveries happen, SixThirty Cyber, SLU's MBA program, TEDxGatewayArch, high end researchers, amazing mix of people, think in fresh ways, powerful story telling, manage nerves, deepest experts, they didn't say it was horrible, get out of the weeds, TJ Maxx, Meshuggah Cafe, Blueprint Coffee, Delmar Loop, Subterranean Books, soup and software.