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June 2, 2023 - (NBC) - ‘We're OK': Job Growth Continues in the Bay Area, Country: "...actually, we're OK," said Joint Venture Silicon Valley CEO Russell Hancock...More
June 1, 2023 - (Hoodline) - Bay Area Tech Job Crisis: Thousands Laid Off as Industry Grapples with Growing Pains - Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, said "Tech is going through a period of adjustment...More
May 30, 2023 - (Silicon Valley) - Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes locked up in Texas prison: Russell Hancock, CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a San Jose think tank, sees Holmes’ case as an outlier in Silicon Valley’s innovation economy...More
May 25, 2023 - (NBC) - Census Data Shows How the Bay Area Changed Over the Last 10 Years: Joint Venture Silicon Valley CEO Russel Hancock said a lot of the change has to do with skilled immigrants coming in to work for tech companies. More
May 25, 2023 (Silicon Valley Business Journal) - TRULY EPIC: Applied Materials' planned $4B research center reminds Silicon Valley of its roots - "...bring semiconductor know-how and even manufacturing back to its cradle, said Russell Hancock, CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley...More
May 21, 2023 - (Davis Vanguard) - Sunday Commentary: Yes, There Is a Housing Crisis – What Do We Do About It? a survey by Joint Venture Silicon Valley found that most people agree “that sky-high housing costs are a serious problem in the Bay Area.” More
May 20, 2023 - (San Jose Spotlight) - San Jose shrinks in population and desirability: Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a group that analyzes regional issues affecting the economy and quality of life, found that the top quarter of Silicon Valley’s earners harbor 92% of the wealth. More
May 19, 2023 - (Silicon Valley) - Bay Area rebounds with big April job gains, despite tech losses: “These are cheery numbers, and they confirm that we’re generally healthy,” said Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley...More
May 18, 2023 - (Silicon Valley) - San Jose no longer in Top 10 of most populous U.S. cities: Russell Hancock, president and CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a San Jose-based think tank, said he doesn’t view population change as a horse race. More
May 18, 2023 - (MSN) - San Jose no longer in top 10 most populous U.S. cities: "There is no prize for the largest city," said Russell Hancock, CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley More
May 18, 2023 - (Hoodline) - San Jose Falls from Top 10 Most Populous US Cities in Potentially Troubling Trend: Russell Hancock, president and CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley remains optimistic...More
May 18, 2023 - (Hoodline) - Today's Massive Block Party Aims to Revitalize Downtown San Jose: a 2022 Joint Venture Silicon Valley report revealed that approximately 17.7% of Silicon Valley commercial offices remained vacant...More
May 17, 2023 - (San Jose Spotlight) - Downtown San Jose block party kicks off the weekend early: A 2022 Joint Venture Silicon Valley report reveals about 17.7% of Silicon Valley commercial offices remain vacant...More
May 17, 2023 - (County of Santa Clara) - County Urges College Students to Sign Up for Food Benefits: According to Joint Venture Silicon Valley, 42% of children in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties were at risk of food insecurity in 2022. More
May 15, 2023 - (NBC) - Bay Area Exodus: Joint Venture CEO, Russell Hancock interviewed on where people went after they leave the Bay Area. [no link available]
May 12, 2023 - (MSN) - These four Santa Clara County cities bucked California's falling population trend last year: "Santa Clara is a city that has been willing to do that, even more than its neighbors.” said Russell Hancock, Joint Venture Silicon Valley...More
May 10, 2023 - (East Bay Times) - Bay Area inflation rate slows as consumer prices start to cool off: ...the Bay Area remains an exceedingly expensive region, noted Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley...More
May 9, 2023 - (San Jose Spotlight) - Santa Clara population ticks up as rest of region drops: “If we build it they will come,” Russell Hancock, CEO of regional think tank Joint Venture Silicon Valley...More
May 9, 2023 - (Hoodline) - Santa Clara defies pop. declines in California with housing & economic expansion - SF might be turning a corner, too: “If we build it they will come,” is a sentiment echoed by Russell Hancock, CEO of regional think tank Joint Venture Silicon Valley...More
May 4, 2023 - (Mad River Union) - More than 35 organizations urge the California Legislature to address the state’s interconnection crisis: Joint Venture listed as signer...More
May 3, 2023 - (Marin Independent Journal) - Bay Area cities, L.A. lose population amid California’s tumble: “We have seen a slowdown in immigration as a result of federal policies,” said Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley...More
May 3, 2023 - (NBC) -‘California Exodus' Continues With Bay Area Among Regions Losing Residents: Report - Joint Venture Silicon Valley CEO Russell Hancock said declining birth rates and rising death rates are also a factor...More
May 2, 2023 - (Silicon Valley) - Bay Area tech layoff plans in 2023 already top the total for all of 2022: “Tech is going through a period of adjustment as society moves on from the pandemic,” said Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley...More
May 2, 2023 - (Mercury News) - Exodus: San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco, L.A. all lose population amid California’s tumble: “We have seen a slowdown in immigration as a result of federal policies,” said Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley...More
April 26, 2023 - (Mercury News) - Comcast Announces New 10G Network is Coming to the Bay Area: In San Jose, CA Comcast’s Chief Network Officer, Elad Nafshi was joined by David Witkowski, Executive Director, Civic Technology Initiative of Joint Venture Silicon Valley...More
April 25, 2023 - (TRT World) - Bill banning caste discrimination in California clears first major hurdle: According to a 2021 report by the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies, Asians, including South Asians, hold 37.8 percent of technical roles...More
April 22, 2023 - (Wi-Fi Now) - New paper compares Wi-Fi offload by Google Orion to OpenRoaming: David Witkowski, executive director of Joint Venture's Civic Technologies initiative authored study. More
April 21, 2023 - (Philadelphia Citizen) - The evidence is clear: Entrepreneurs and political leaders created Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a kind of task force...More
April 21, 2023 - (Silicon Valley) - Bay Area tallies net job losses in March as tech slowdown jolts region: The near future is unpredictable, said Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley...More
April 21, 2023 - (San Jose Spotlight) - Silicon Valley leaders want to deliver faster internet services: David Witkowski, executive director of civic technology initiatives at Joint Venture Silicon Valley, were panelists at the forum moderated by San José Spotlight. More
April 20, 2023 - (Mercury News) - ‘It’s collapsing.’ Pandemic woes persist for struggling Bay Area childcare providers: “We’ve seen a trend toward Silicon Valley becoming a less conducive environment to start and raise a family,” said Rachel Massaro, vice president and director of research at Joint Venture, a San Jose-based economic think tank. More
April 17, 2023 - (Mercury News) - Bay Area tech bust emerges after yearslong regional hiring boom: “The best way to make sense of this is to understand that tech is having a ‘moment,'” said Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley...More
April 17, 2023 - (Bollyside) - After years of a hiring boom, a tech bust in the Bay Area is now apparent: Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, explains that “tech is having a ‘moment’” and that downturns like this occur every eight to ten years More
April 13, 2023 - (Silicon Valley) - Bay Area exodus: Wealthy resident departures worsen ‘doom loop’ fears: Russell Hancock, chief executive of ...Joint Venture Silicon Valley, said that...the Bay Area remains a “locus for innovation. More
April 12, 2023 - (CBS News) - Amid downsizing, Texas Instruments reportedly expands Silicon Valley presence: "It's never a surprise to see people locate here ...," said Russell Hancock, President and CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley. More
April 6, 2023 - (San Mateo Daily Journal) - Weathering storms: A recent report from Joint Venture: Silicon Valley shows a profound economic inequity in Silicon Valley...More
April 5, 2023 - (San Jose Spotlight) - Rodríguez: Partnerships build better opportunities for our community - I recently had the distinct honor and pleasure of participating in Joint Venture Silicon Valley‘s State of the Valley Conference...More
April 3, 2023 - (Wi-Fi Now) - Interview: In the battle of Wi-Fi offload platforms, Google Orion wins, says David Witkowski - Witkowski has tested two back-end Wi-Fi offload solutions...More
March 29, 2023 - (San Jose Spotlight) - Experts criticize San Jose State’s ranking as ‘affordable’: Joint Venture Silicon Valley CEO Russell Hancock said schools like SJSU are an affordable option...More
March 29, 2023 - (RSI) - Silicon Valley in crisis flaunts optimism: “It's a period of adjustment, explains an expert observer like Russell Hancock, president of the Joint Venture Silicon Valley think tank...More
March 29, 2023 - (Swiss Broadcasting Corp) - Russell Hancock, CEO of Joint Venture, is interviewed on Swiss broadcast television regarding the Silicon Valley economy. More
March 24, 2023 - (Silicon Valley) - Job growth slows sharply in Bay Area and California amid tech layoffs: “There are two ways you can look at this,” said Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a San Jose-based think tank. More
March 23, 2023 - (Christian Science Monitor) - Why is a California caste discrimination bill drawing mixed reviews? According to a 2021 report by the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies, Asians, including South Asians, hold 37.8% of technical roles...More
March 22, 2023 - (The Six Fifty) - Remote work rises and Caltrain ridership plummets: How Silicon Valley has changed three years since COVID: Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a regional nonprofit think tank, publishes its Silicon Valley Index...More
March 19, 2023 - (TV3 Spain) - Silicon Valley: what will the future be like without the bank for start-ups? Spainish television interviews Russell Hancock, CEO of Joint Venture, regarding the regional economy and recent bank failures More
March 18, 2023 - (Marin IJ) - Dan Walters: Is Silicon Valley Bank’s failure an omen for California? - “Tech is going through a painful period,” Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture...More
March 17, 2023 - (Silicon Valley Business Journal) - What Silicon Valley Bank’s implosion means for the future of the innovation economy: Russell Hancock, CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a regional business group, said SVB was known for its personal service. More
March 15, 2023 - (TVE-Spanish Public Television) - Russell Hancock, CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley interviewed by Spanish Public TV, Barcelona, on Silicon Valley economy More
March 14, 2023 - (CalMatters) - Is Silicon Valley Bank’s failure an omen for California?: Joint Venture Silicon Valley, issued its annual report on the region’s economy...More
March 13, 2023 - (Globe Echo) -“Silicon Valley Is The Microcosm Of The Excesses Of Capitalism”: report of Joint Venture Silicon Valley Institute, published on February 17, the gap between rich and poor increased further in 2021...More
March 13, 2023 - (Run Down Bulletin) - “Silicon Valley is a microcosm of the excesses of capitalism”: According to the annual report of the Joint Venture Silicon Valley Institute, published on February 17...More
March 7, 2023 - (CalMatters) - Study: Wealth disparity grows in Silicon Valley - ...according to the Silicon Valley Index, an annual report by the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies...More
March 6, 2023 - (Black Facts - Post News Group) - Silicon Valley's Vast Wealth Disparity Deepens as Poverty Increased: ...according to the Silicon Valley Index More
March 2, 2023 - (Silicon Valley) - Book review: Palo Alto, like California, shines as a land of promise but is haunted by its history - eight households held more wealth than the bottom 50% (nearly half a million households), according to the Silicon Valley Index More
March 1, 2023 - (Mercury News) - Letters to the Editor: Capitalism keeps poverty going strong - The new study by the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies shows disgraceful disparities in wealth. More
February 27, 2023 - (San Jose Spotlight) - Santa Clara County wants to put millions into child care: [childcare cost] has risen twice as quickly as regional inflation since 2010, according to a 2023 Joint Venture Silicon Valley report. More
February 26, 2023 - (San Jose Spotlight) - Podcast: Joint Venture Silicon Valley releases a report showing how the region is faring economically...More
February 22, 2023 - (News Break) - The Wealth Gap Is Widening: ...a new study by the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies has highlighted the vast disparities in wealth, income, and other economic measures...More
February 19, 2023 - (CalMatters) -Two major California economic sectors face headwinds: Last week, a local industry group, Joint Venture Silicon Valley, issued its annual report on the region’s economy...More
February 18, 2023 - (Mercury News) - Sal Pizarro: Tunefull Townhall - There were a lot of sobering statistics talked about during this year’s State of the Valley conference...More
February 18, 2023 - (World Journal) - The poor are getting poorer/The gap between the rich and the poor in Silicon Valley widens 220,000 households: According to the Silicon Valley Index, an annual report by the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies More
February 18, 2023 - (Local Today) - The enormous wealth inequality in Silicon Valley deepens as poverty increases: "...In Silicon Valley we have some of the biggest winners in the world.” - said Russell Hancock, executive director of the San Jose-based think tank. More
February 18, 2023 - (KQED) - Silicon Valley's Vast Wealth Disparity Continues to Widen as Poverty Increases: ...Silicon Valley Index, an annual report by the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies, the research arm of Joint Venture Silicon Valley. More
February 18, 2023 - (Times of San Diego) - Study Finds Silicon Valley’s Wealth Is Accompanied by Vast Inequality and Poverty: ...according to the Silicon Valley Index, an annual report by the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies... More
February 18, 2023 - (SFGate) - Eight Bay Area households hold more wealth than bottom 50% combined: "We live in a capitalist system that is based on markets," said Russell Hancock, chief executive of the San Jose-based think tank. More
February 17, 2023 - (Silicon Valley) - Downtown San Jose office tower awaits city approval amid tech slump: San Jose officials have told Joint Venture Silicon Valley that sales tax revenue...is only at about 35% of what the revenue was prior to the pandemic...More
February 17, 2023 - (NBC Bay Area) - State of the Valley Conference: What to Expect: part of the conversation at the annual State of the Valley Conference in the South Bay on Friday. More
February 17, 2023 - (MarketWatch) - As Big Tech cuts workers, other industries are desperate to hire them: On Friday at the annual State of the Valley conference, Joint Venture Silicon Valley CEO, Russell Hancock said...More
February 17, 2023 - (CapRadio) - Silicon Valley’s vast wealth disparity deepens as poverty increased: “We live in a capitalist system that is based on markets,” said Russell Hancock, chief executive of the San Jose-based think tank. More
February 17, 2023 - (NBC) - New Silicon Valley Index Report Released: Hundreds of local leaders and stakeholders attended the State of the Valley event Friday morning. More
February 16, 2023 - (Local News Matters) - Booms and busts: Silicon Valley economy divided: "...you should never get overly euphoric during the boom, and you should never get over despondent during the bust,” - Russell Hancock, CEO of Joint Venture...More
February 15, 2023 - (Industry Insider) - Economic Underpinnings Strong in Silicon Valley Despite Layoffs: “There is no way we can construe this as a crisis,” said Russell Hancock, the group’s CEO More
February 15, 2023 - (KCBS Radio) - KCBS Radio interviews Russell Hancock, CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, on the release of the 2023 Silicon Valley Index More
February 15, 2023 - (MSN) - Despite layoffs, experts say Silicon Valley economy is more 'bust and boom' than 'doom and gloom': Joint Venture Silicon Valley's President and CEO, Russell Hancock addressed the organization's annual report. More
February 15, 2023 - (CNET) - What Layoffs? Data Shows Silicon Valley Is More Boom Than Bust: But the latest data from Silicon Valley Index finds that the area still has historically low unemployment... More
February 15, 2023 - (ABC) -Despite layoffs, experts say Silicon Valley economy is more 'bust and boom' than 'doom and gloom': The annual Silicon Valley Index by Joint Venture Silicon Valley is set to highlight challenges and changes over the past year. More
February 15, 2023 - (Silicon Valley Business Journal) -State of the Valley report for 2023 shows region in state of 'flux': "Silicon Valley is in flux" Joint Venture CEO Russell Hancock said in the cover letter for this year's Index More
February 14, 2023 - (MarketWatch) - The Silicon Valley 'exodus' neared record dot-com-bust levels last year: "Yes, there is an exodus," said Russell Hancock, CEO, of Joint Venture Silicon Valley More
February 14, 2023 - (San Francisco Chronicle) - Despite tech layoffs and remote work, Silicon Valley's economy not in ‘crisis’ mode: Silicon Valley...maintains strong economic underpinnings... according to an annual report from Joint Venture Silicon Valley More
February 14, 2023 - (MaretWatch) - These 8 billionaires have more combined wealth than half of Silicon Valley residents: Eight billionaires hold more wealth than 50% of households according to Joint Venture...More
February 14, 2023 - (San Jose Spotlight) - Booms and busts: Silicon Valley economy divided - Joint Venture Silicon Valley, an organization that researches trends in the area, is releasing its annual Silicon Valley Index More
February 14, 2023 - (TD Ameritrade) - Silicon Valley 'exodus' has erased population gains of the past decade: ...according to the Silicon Valley Index. More
February 14, 2022 - (Mercury News) - Silicon Valley stays sturdy despite “gloom and doom” of tech layoffs: report: ...according to researchers for the 2023 Silicon Valley Index More
February 12, 2023 - (Silicon Valley) - Tech and biotech layoffs erase more than 19,000 Bay Area jobs: “We’ve reached the point where layoffs are becoming widespread in tech and biotech,” said Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture...More
February 9, 2023 - (Voice of America) - San Jose, California, Is US City Where Immigrants 'Thrive' the Most: Interview with Russell Hancock, CEO, Joint Venture Silicon Valley. More
February 7, 2023 - (eTurbo News) - San Jose Mineta Airport Director honored by Silicon Valley: [Aitken] is an Accredited Airport Executive and is a Board Member of Joint Venture Silicon Valley. More
February 4, 2023 - (Silicon Valley) - Housing costs trouble Bay Area residents more than elsewhere in California, new poll finds: A survey by the Bay Area News Group and Joint Venture Silicon Valley last year found strong resistance to the notion that the region should add more housing More
February 3, 2023 - (San Jose Spotlight) - Silicon Valley struggles to hire teachers despite investment in education: A 2022 Joint Venture Silicon Valley report revealed that free, public child care would allow more than 7,000 Santa Clara County households to afford basic needs...More
January 31, 2023 - (San Jose Spotlight) - Santa Clara County leader prioritizes addressing mental illness, child care - According to a 2022 Joint Venture study, nearly half of all children across Santa Clara and San Mateo counties live in households that struggle to afford basic needs. More
January 25, 2023 - (MarketWatch) - Why Big Tech is cutting thousands of jobs: "When people hear layoffs, its a highly-charged word." Russell Hancock, Joint Venture. More
January 24, 2023 - (Mercury News) - Sal Pizarro: GATHER ROUND: The State of the Valley conference, the annual “town hall” organized every year by Joint Venture Silicon Valley, returns Feb. 17... More
January 24, 2023 - (MarketWatch) - It's an employer's market...Even Silicon Valley added nearly 13,000 workers in December and had an unemployment rate of 2% that month, according to an analysis by Joint Venture... More
January 23, 2023 - (Mercury News) - Pelosi mum on transit fiscal crisis as leaders tout $400 million for Golden Gate Bridge: if we don’t sustain basic service we’re completely undermining these federal investments,” said Ian Griffiths, who heads Seamless Bay Area...More
January 23, 2023 - (MarketWatch) - Despite tech layoffs, California and Silicon Valley added jobs at end of 2022: “The Bay Area added 13,000 jobs,” Russell Hancock, chief executive of Joint Venture Silicon Valley...More
January 21, 2023 - (MorningStar) -Big Tech layoffs are not as big as they appear at first glance: ...there was explosive growth during the pandemic, and all that growth was unexpected," Russell Hancock, chief executive of Joint Venture Silicon Valley...More
January 20, 2023 - (Silicon Valley) - Bay Area defies tech layoffs, powers to big job gains in December: So far, so good, in the view of Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a San Jose-based think tank. More
January 20, 2023 - (NBC) - Google to Lay Off 12,000 Employees: Interview with Russell Hancock, Joint Venture Silicion Valley More
