Duffy Jennings first joined Joint Venture in 2008 as VP of Communications after enjoying a distinguished career as a corporate communications executive and journalist. He retired—or rewired?—from corporate life in February 2019 and, with the new release of his memoir, Reporter’s Note Book: A San Francisco Chronicle Journalist’s Diary of the Shocking Seventies, he added author to his list.
June 14, 2019 - Facebook will fund a new food truck for Joint Venture's 
June 10, 2019 - Joint Venture's Silicon Valley Talent Partnership has paired a pro bono team of experts from Adobe to assist nonprofit Project HIRED to help people with disabilities find employment. Have a project that could use expert help?
June 14, 2019 – The Joint Venture board of directors elected two new members at their quarterly meeting: Supervisor Susan Ellenberg and Michael Isip, President and Chief Executive Officer of KQED. “We are delighted to add the expertise of Supervisor Susan Ellenberg and Michael Isip to the Joint Venture board,” said Russell Hancock, President & CEO of Joint Venture.
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2019 State of the Valley
Joint Venture’s annual State of the Valley conference took place in San Jose February 15, 2019. This is a video recap of the event.
2019 State of the Valley recap video by PRx Digital.
Briefing on the 2019 Silicon Valley Index
Joint Venture CEO Russell Hancock gave a comprehensive briefing on the 2019 Silicon Valley Index, produced by Joint Venture’s Institute for Regional Studies.
Learn more about the Silicon Valley Index online at www.siliconvalleyindicators.org.
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Silicon Valley Commercial Space - Q1 2019
The Institute’s latest quarterly commercial real estate report, prepared in partnership with JLL Silicon Valley, showed that activity is brisk and demand is high, especially for commercial space located near public transit. Office vacancy rates – which were relatively high between Q4 2017 and Q4 2018 due – fell significantly in Q1 2019 to 13.4%.
Silicon Valley Index - 2019
Silicon Valley’s economy has reached new levels of employment, income, innovation, and investments as major companies are fundamentally altering the character and evolution of innovation in the region.
Learn more about the Silicon Valley Index online at www.siliconvalleyindicators.org.
Silicon Valley Bike Vision - February 2017
Joint Venture and the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition have published a regional study that lays out a vision for the bicycle to become a major mode of travel in Silicon Valley.
The report, "Silicon Valley Bike Vision," was produced in partnership with Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. and made possible with funding from Google, Facebook and Stanford University.
