We are always looking for good things the government does to help business. Here is a terrific example. Challenge.gov runs contests for everyone. These contests follow the examples set by sites like 99 designs.  But, the government contests ask participants to solve some problem. The winners get prizes. http://challenge.gov/….

Think “starving the beast” is the answer?  Think again. Business needs working government. We are seeing an unprecedented failure of government to act like adults and get stuff done. Last week, the Minnesota Secretary of State sent out this emailed memo, announcing that the Minnesota legislature’s failure to pass…