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# Excel Regional Solutions LLC

Strengthening America’s technological and economic competitiveness

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## Posts

- [Updates](https://excelregions.com/updates/) - News & Posts
- [Commerce Department’s Regional Tech Hubs – Where do they stand today?](https://excelregions.com/2026/07/13/commerce-departments-regional-tech-hubs-where-do-they-stand-today/) - Post by Jason Rittenberg appearing on New America To grow regional economies around the sunrise industries of the future, leaders from both parties have begun embracing new federal tech-based economic development investments. The objective of these investments is to foster tech-based growth coalitions in regions left behind by the 20th-century rise of Silicon Valley and
- [Innovating legacy sectors: Mass timber poses new opportunities for construction & forestry](https://excelregions.com/2026/05/19/innovating-legacy-sectors/) - Upon exploring the broader Pacific Northwest Mass Timber Tech Hub, it becomes possible to see the transformative potential of mass timber across the manufacturing, construction, and forestry sectors. The field offers lessons not only for stakeholders in the Pacific Northwest, but also for policymakers and economic developers in other regions seeking to modernize legacy industries.
- [SBA’s new early-stage capital structure gaining traction](https://excelregions.com/2025/01/21/sbas-new-early-stage-capital-structure-gaining-traction/) - In 2023, the U.S. Small Business Administration finalized rules to allow new models for its Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) financing vehicle: Accrual and Reinvestor licenses. As I wrote at the time, these rules make the program a better fit for early-stage investment than it has been for the past 20 years. From new data
- [EDA disaster funding recommits to Tech Hubs approach](https://excelregions.com/2025/06/24/eda-disaster-funding-recommits-to-tech-hubs-approach/) - The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has opened a funding opportunity for communities affected by disasters over the past few years. The competition includes an “industry transformation” path that borrows much from the agency’s model for the Tech Hubs, Build Back Better Regional Challenge (BBBRC), and Recompete programs: applicants propose 3-5 projects that are designed
- [Clusters feature prominently in local strategies](https://excelregions.com/2025/08/20/clusters-feature-prominently-in-local-strategies/) - Excel analyzes the use of cluster strategies in EDA-approved local Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies.
- [Lansing, Minneapolis top metros for health device deal concentration](https://excelregions.com/2026/01/15/lansing-minneapolis-top-metros-for-health-device-deal-concentration/) - Excel Regional Solutions studies venture capital investment into companies working in healthcare device and supply.
- [Excel produces rigorous Cluster Identification course](https://excelregions.com/2026/04/08/excel-produces-rigorous-cluster-identification-course-under-grant/) - People completing this new, rigorous course from Excel will learn to: identify clusters, prioritize for public support, and lead regions in cluster analysis.
- [Congress approved innovation funding, but agencies haven’t decided when programs will move forward](https://excelregions.com/2026/04/02/congress-approved-innovation-funding-but-agencies-havent-decided-when-programs-will-move-forward/) - Guest post by Jason Rittenberg appearing on Technical.ly ... Build to Scale is just one federal initiative that regions use to advance tech, science and entrepreneurship initiatives — and it is not the only one that seems to have an uncertain future despite support in Congress. Many stakeholders breathed a sigh of relief after Congress used the
- [Promising states for AI accelerator-stage companies](https://excelregions.com/2026/02/17/promising-states-for-ai-accelerator-stage-companies/) - California is not the only state with a strong AI startup economy - Minnesota, Oregon, & Tennessee are among other states with attractive markets.
- [Investment tax changes could affect regional strategies](https://excelregions.com/2025/07/10/investment-tax-changes-could-affect-regional-strategies/) - The new tax law changes the qualified small business stock incentive, which could alter angel investor behavior and have ripple effects for economic development.
- [Share your region's sector strategy & success!](https://excelregions.com/2025/06/04/share-your-regions-sector-strategy-success/) - Has your region had success with an economic policy, initiative, or strategy focused on a specific tech sector? Are you proud of how you developed this work or of one of the successes it has helped your region achieve? Do you have lessons that could benefit other communities who are developing their own cluster development
- [New index reveals unexpected state SBIR winners](https://excelregions.com/2025/05/30/new-index-reveals-unexpected-state-sbir-winners/) - Billions in federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funds are awarded each year to translate new ideas into commercial products—but not all states capitalize on the opportunity. Excel’s SBIR State Performance Index offers a new lens to assess and compare how well each region converts research, firms, and employment into SBIR awards, and then use
- [High-tech boom: Metro regions that outpaced America's 229% growth (and the ones that fell behind)](https://excelregions.com/2025/04/29/high-tech-boom-metro-regions-that-outpaced-americas-229-growth-and-the-ones-that-fell-behind/) - High technology sectors are valuable to local economies because of their disproportionate effects on private sector output and patent production—with the latter benefit particularly strong in regions with high concentrations of these firms. Recent data from the Census Bureau provides counts of high tech and all firms by metropolitan statical areas (MSAs) for more than
- [2025's Critical Federal Tech Policies: What Regional Leaders Need to Know](https://excelregions.com/2025/01/06/2025s-critical-federal-tech-policies-what-regional-leaders-need-to-know/) - From artificial intelligence regulation to tax policy, the federal government is poised to take actions in 2025 that will likely significantly impact technology advancement. Economic development practitioners should be tracking these developments and preparing to assist their entrepreneurs and researchers through the changes, so that their regions can maximize the opportunities. Among the many potential
- [Tech and the economy under the next Trump administration: Small Business](https://excelregions.com/2024/12/11/tech-and-the-economy-under-the-next-trump-administration-small-business/) - The U.S. Small Business Administration is an important partner for many regional economic development strategies, and organizations therefore are concerned for what the next four years hold for the agency. From 2017-2020, we saw first Trump administration regularly propose to limit SBA’s funding, particularly for programs designed to assist entrepreneurs. However, Congressional appropriations and Administrator
- [Assessing business R&D](https://excelregions.com/2024/12/03/assessing-business-rd/) - Business research and development activity is crucial for high-tech and high-growth firms and is therefore an important element of a regional economy. There are many ways that policymakers can usefully assess a region's business R&D activity, including the value of R&D performed by companies, spending at institutions of higher education, breakdowns by company size or
- [Tech and the economy under the next Trump administration: Commerce](https://excelregions.com/2024/11/19/tech-and-the-economy-under-the-next-trump-administration-commerce/) - With the start of the second Trump administration two months away, the top questions I am hearing from practitioners across the country continue to be variations of: “what will the next four years hold for economic development programs?” There are no definitive answers to be had, but we can learn a lot by reviewing the
- [Excel Regional Solutions LLC Launches to Enhance America’s Technological and Economic Competitiveness](https://excelregions.com/2024/11/13/excel-regional-solutions-llc-launches-to-enhance-americas-technological-and-economic-competitiveness/) - Founded by Jason Rittenberg, Excel Regional Solutions LLC aims to provide economic development organizations with expert advocacy management, strategy development, and information services that advance regional, state, and federal policies and programs.

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- [Empower Your Region's Economy](https://excelregions.com/) - Our commitment to expert advocacy management, actionable strategic development, and achievable sustainability planning empowers regions to adopt the forward-thinking policies and programs that ensure America's national security and global competitiveness.
- [About our firm and people](https://excelregions.com/about/) - About Us Our mission is to strengthen America’s technological and economic competitiveness by providing expert strategy, communications, and information services that advance regional, state, and federal policy and programs.Excel Regional Solutions is built on the premise that America can only reach its full potential if all of our regions and people are able to participate
- [Achieve your policy goals](https://excelregions.com/excel-advocacy/) - Excel Advocacy will put you in the optimal position to achieve your goals. We understand coalitions and will engage your stakeholders in the process.
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