Talk 2 Brazil interview by Tom Reaoch with Don Holbrook Monday March 3, 2014 .
Don Holbrook is a private economic consultant/practitioner involved in economic development public policy, site location decisions for private sector business owner investments into new facilities, destination tourism projects and site location development & business incentives feasibility negotiations to reduce up front financial risks and increase business ROI for investors and financing. This includes public sector incentives design and strategies to entice business investment into local economies.
He is one of the few practitioner-based economists in the field of economic development. He is the leading non-fiction book author on local economic development efforts to rebuild, renew and create sustainably balanced economic development public policy, which supports world-class community vision and strategic economic growth planning. His first book, the “Little Black Book of Economic Development” has spawned a series of follow-up books on how communities, companies, individuals and families can navigate these treacherous economic times.
Don Holbrook is one of the worlds foremost thought leaders and public speakers on the subject of how communities can build local grassroots driven economic development strategies to achieve maximum success in what he refers to as “The Art of the Deal Today.” His focus is on business capitalization strategies that will attract investment, jobs and economic growth. He also regularly speaks on leading as a change agent in times of unpredictable economic conditions and thriving and surviving in this new economic future.
Don is a Certified Economic Developer and in 2008 he was formally indoctrinated as a Fellow Member of the International Economic Development Council, for his lifetime achievements by his peers.
He lives with wife and two sons in Las Vegas, Nevada.Holbrook has spoken at over 50 major events worldwide and given hundreds of motivational speeches to audiences. He has written two fictional books on the Knights Templar. In 2010, Holbrook was formally knighted at West Point USMA as a member of the modern day Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, the Knights Templar Order.
Don is also the author of "The Next America- Thriving and Surviving in this Unpredictable Economy." With an upcoming second edition to be released shortly.
