Strip away the politics, and we get a clearer picture. If government really wants to jump start job creation, then we really should look at helping startups, which account for 20 percent of total gross job creation.

The University of Minnesota’s Biomedical Discovery District has the land. It has the money. Now it will get some serious validation.Next month, the university’s medical school will host the annual conference of the Association of University Research Parks (AURP), a chance for wonks in economic development, innovation and technology transfer to swap best practices and [...]

The park should be Minnesota’s answer to Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, a place where academics, scientists, investors and entrepreneurs converge to create breakthrough innovations developed and sold by homegrown companies, said Peter Bianco, director of lifescience business development of Halleland Health Consulting in Minneapolis. Bianco is spearheading the project.