Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
Building the next Silicon Valley, together.
It's not easy being Silicon Valley.
Our community has significant challenges to address if we want to preserve our standing as the world's best platform for innovation and entrepreneurship.
In 1992 a group of visionary people decided the best way to solve problems was to create a neutral forum, bringing together leaders from business, labor, government, the universities, and the non-profit sector to think outside the box and build creative solutions.
Now more than ever, Silicon Valley needs this kind of innovative leadership. Joint Venture is still providing it. You and your organization can join with hundreds of leaders working in teams on our current initiatives:
California Competes - California Competes is a state-wide coalition of technology, business and education leaders promoting a new innovation agenda for the Golden State.
Cell Phone Coverage - Joint Venture's Cell Phone Coverage Project is a collaboration between carriers, cities, and residents, working to eliminate dead spots.
Climate Protection - Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network is convening a public – private partnership to help local government agencies identify greenhouse gas reducing technologies and provide leadership in their communities.
Disaster Preparedness - In the event of a regional emergency, business as usual won’t be good enough for Silicon Valley. Getting our economy firing again, quickly, will required unprecedented levels of planning and cross-sector collaboration. Joint Venture is working to provide it.
Grand Boulevard - Making El Camino Real a grand boulevard, one that meets our needs and reflects our regions dynamic profile.
New California Network - The New California Network develops nonpartisan and broadly supported reforms that will rebuild the fiscal foundation and improve the performance and accountability of state government for the purpose of making California prosperous, safe and healthy for all of its residents.
Silicon Valley Econonomic Development Alliance - Silicon Valley cities work together to create a healthy economic environment, share best practices with each other and build relationships with Silicon Valley's economic engine. They get the word out there: our region is the world's best place to build a company.
Smart Health - Smart Health's mission is to create new models of healthcare delivery through the well-coordinated use of information systems.
Smart Valley - Silicon Valley is the world center for information technology, but we are not using it effectively for our own community, and our communications infrastructure is lagging behind that of many other major urban centers.
Wireless Silicon Valley - Smart Valley has partnered with city and county IT managers, and economic development staff to form the Wireless Silicon Valley Task Force.