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Catch Joint Venture's YouTube Channel!

YouTube pageMarch 18, 2019 - Did you know that Joint Venture has a YouTube channel? Watch presentations you may have missed or revisit your favorite speeches. Can't quite remember the story Jon Meacham told about President George H. W. Bush? What was it that Eric Garcetti said about making transit work in LA? You can go back and listen to it again. What’s your favorite video? Share it with us on Twitter!

SVEDA Broker Breakfast in Newark

Join us for a breakfast briefing for commercial real estate brokers and development professionals.March 15, 2019 - Join the Silicon Valley Economic Development Alliance in Newark on Thursday, April 4 for a free and interactive breakfast briefing for commercial real estate brokers and development professionals to learn about the latest development opportunities.

Panelists from Fremont, Hayward, Newark, Milpitas, and Union City will discuss opportunities in their cities. The event takes place from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Pacific Research Center, 7777 Gateway Boulevard, Newark. Continental breakfast is included and panelists will be available for networking after the presentation. RSVP today! Deadline: Tuesday, April 2 • 5:00 p.m. 

Video Overview of 2019 State of the Valley

Watch a recap of the 2019 State of the Valley conferenceMarch 1, 2019 - We are pleased to share this video overview created by our friends at PRx Digital. It provides a succinct summary of the proceedings and snapshot interviews with keynote speakers including Jon Meacham, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and Joint Venture CEO Russell Hancock. If you missed the conference or would like to revisit any of the presentations, complete videos of every segment are available on our Youtube channel.

2019 Index: Investment pouring in to megadeals, yet fewer early-stage deals for startups; commercial space booming

2019 Index coverFeb. 13, 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, reports the 2019 Silicon Valley Index released today by Joint Venture Silicon Valley’s Institute for Regional Studies.

Larger companies are behind much of the explosive growth that is lifting the region but straining our capacity to accommodate it all amid rising income disparity, housing costs, and transportation burdens.

Read the news release | Download the Index

Investors Council Spotlight

Joint Venture's Investors Council welcomes dozens of public and private organizations and foundations supporting our initiatives and programs. Here are just a few of our many investors:

Siliconsage Builders logo AECOM logo IBEW Local Union 332 logo

Joint Venture offers a variety of support and sponsorship opportunities for individuals, corporations, and public sector organizations. To inquire about becoming a member of our Investors Council, call (408) 298-9330 or visit our Become an Investor page. To see our current investors, visit our investors pages.

Silicon Valley Indicators

indicators home page Did you know you can get comprehensive information and data about the economic and community health of Silicon Valley any time by visiting the online home of the Silicon Valley Index at www.siliconvalleyindicators.org?

The site is maintained and constantly updated by Joint Venture's Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies and is a robust collection of charts and information with links to local, regional and national data sources, and resources for additional information within each of the indicator categories: People, Economy, Society, Place and Governance.

Download the 2019 Silicon Valley Index.

What is Joint Venture Silicon Valley?

Established in 1993, Joint Venture brings together Silicon Valley’s established and emerging leaders—from business, government, academia, labor and the broader community—to spotlight issues and work toward innovative solutions. In this short video see what Silicon Valley leaders have to say about the organization.

Top Videos

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 Index - 2019

cover 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.

Read the news release Download the report

Silicon Valley Commercial Space - Q3 2018

report cover The Institute’s latest quarterly commercial real estate report, prepared in partnership with JLL Silicon Valley, showed the surge of commercial space development in Silicon Valley continued unabated in the third quarter of 2018.

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Economic Update: The Peninsula Economy - July 2018

July 2018 Economic Update report cover This brief, the fifth in a series, provides an update on the economy in Silicon Valley and San Francisco, here referred to as “the Peninsula economy.” The Peninsula sub region includes Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco counties.

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Silicon Valley Bike Vision - February 2017

cover 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.

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In The News

March 17, 2019 - (Mercury News) -As Bay Area moves left, these conservative voters move out: About 64,300 residents exited the region, many for other states, between 2015 and 2018, according to a recent survey by Joint Venture Silicon Valley. More

March 14, 2019 - (Smart Cities Dive) - County of San Mateo, CA innovation center to run on UrbanLeap platform: The county notably launched a public wireless internet project in 2014 to try to close the region’s digital divide, and partnered with the Joint Venture Silicon Valley to form a smart region initiative. More

March 5, 2019 - (Cision) - Telewave Joins WiMAX Forum, Affirming Support for Advanced Telecom Compatibility: "The company offers valuable depth and breadth for end-to-end applications related to public safety, utility, and transportation,” said Dr. Mohammad Shakouri, Chairman of the Board of Directors at WiMAX Forum, and Director of Community Broadband at Joint Venture Silicon Valley. More

March 5, 2019 - (Watchdog) - More than half of Californians say they plan to leave as state leads U.S. in outmigration: Joint Venture Silicon Valley, which also studied the Bay Area’s outmigration patterns, found that workers are moving to Sacramento, Los Angeles, Seattle, Austin, and Portland for several reasons.

March 5, 2019 - (Silicon Valley Business Journal) - The $200K Club: Broadcom joins these Bay Area tech companies paying a typical employee top dollar: The Bay Area’s median household (not individual) income rose to an all-time high of $118,400 last year, Joint Venture Silicon Valley noted in its annual State of the Valley report. More

March 4, 2019 - (Silicon Valley Business Journal) These Silicon Valley professionals set to receive Latino Leadership awards: Latinos and Hispanics make up 25 percent of the Silicon Valley population, according to the latest report from Joint Venture Silicon Valley. More 

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