February 14, 2013 - (San Jose Mercury News) - Op-ed by Joint Venture board member Daniel Yost: Use California cap-and-trade funds for Green Prize to reward climate-change innovation. More.
February 13, 2013 - (ABC7 News) - California Could Be Poster Child for Job Creation: "Companies will say, 'Well, we're out of here. We'll head for the hills. We'll develop somewhere else.' That's certainly a possibility. It doesn't make sense though. We have fixed assets there, major investments," Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network CEO Russell Hancock said. Video.
February 13, 2013 - (Examiner.com) - Silicon Valley is Moving North: “One of the biggest stories is the stunning emergence of our city to the north,” said Russell Hancock, Joint Venture’s president and CEO. More.
February 12, 2013 - (New York Times) Silicon Valley and Immigrant Groups Find Common Cause: Employment in San Francisco and its southern suburbs grew about 3.6 percent in 2012, twice the growth rate nationally, according to a study released last week by Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a nonpartisan research organization. More.
February 11, 2013 - (ABC News/Univision) - Why Some Minorities Lag Behind in Silicon Valley: "A large and growing education deficit keeps too many residents from sharing in the new prosperity," wrote Joint Venture Silicon Valley President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Russell Hancock in the report's introduction. More.
February 11, 2013 - (Cupertino Patch) - State of the Valley 2013: How Does Technology Help Your Community Grow?:
February 9, 2013 - (Peninsula Press) - Influx of Foreign Talent May Give U.S. an Edge, Fallows Says: Fallows, a well-travelled writer for The Atlantic Monthly, was a keynote speaker at the Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network’s “State of the Valley” Conference 2013. More.
February 9, 2013 - (Fremont Patch) - Bay Area Leaders Coalesce at State of the Valley Conference: The 2013 State of the Valley Conference in San Jose was a veritable who's who of Bay Area leaders who are rethinking the tools that Silicon Valley residents have at their fingertips. More.
February 8, 2013 - (Silicon Valley Business Journal) - Susan Wojcicki, Kara Swisher and Kim Polese on Apple, HP and Facebook Fatigue: I popped over to the Joint Venture Silicon Valley State of the Valley event this morning, specifically to catch a panel discussion called “Technology Trends, Creative Disruption, and the Future of Innovation.” More.
February 8, 2013 - (Silicon Beat) - Tech Women Susan Wojcicki, of Google, Kim Polese, of ClearStreet, and Kara Swisher, of All Things D, Rock Joint Venture Silicon Valley Conference: The world did not topple off its axis and no one’s head exploded, but there it was: An all-women technology panel in the heart of Silicon Valley. More.
February 8, 2013 - (Peninsula Press) - large Number of Bay Area Cities Undermines Regional Efficiency, Local Officials Say: Speaking at a panel discussion ... at the 2013 State of Valley Conference in San Jose, Garvey emphasized that greater collaboration between municipalities will be essential for addressing the region’s transportation crisis and other looming threats, such as rising sea levels. More.
February 8, 2013 - (Peninsula Press) - Valley's Top Tech Women Say We Haven't Reached the Potential of Mobile Technology: Mobile is the trend to watch – according to a panel of technology experts at Friday’s Joint Venture Silicon Valley’s State of the Valley Conference. More.
February 8, 2013 - (Peninsula Press) - Bay Area Should Model Itself After City-States Hong Kong and Singapore, Futurist Says: “The new order is not about shifting boundaries, it’s about dissolving boundaries,” (Paul Saffo) said in his keynote speech at the 2013 State of the Valley. More.
February 8, 2013 - (Associated Press) - Bay Area Leaders Consider Merging Region: Leaders attending the State of the Valley conference Friday noted that Bay Area residents, businesses and local governments face the same challenges, from gridlock and earthquakes to steep housing prices and climate change. More.
February 7, 2013 - (Business Insider) - The Dot Com Boom is Back in Silicon Valley: "Some might even say the job growth is cause for euphoria," Joint Venture Silicon Valley President Russell Hancock said in the report. More.
February 6, 2013 - (Mountain View Patch) - Preview: State of the Valley 2013: The annual conference presented by Joint Venture Silicon Valley shares its assessment of the political, social and economic conditions of the area this Friday, Feb, 8th. More.
February 5, 2013 - (Palo Alto Online) - Valley Job Growth Biggest Since Dot Com Boom: "Silicon Valley is the first to emerge from the recession nationally, and we're leading some pretty prodigious growth for the nation," said Joint Venture CEO Russell Hancock in the group's 16th annual index. More.
February 5, 2013 - (San Francisco Chronicle) - Strong Growth Propels Silicon Valley from Recession but Many Still Struggling: “Silicon Valley has pulled off a remarkable recovery from the recession,” said Russell Hancock, President and CEO of Joint Venture. “Our continuing resilience is impressive. Still, the rebound hasn’t been a cure-all for everyone." More.
February 5, 2013 - (ABC7 News) - SF Steals Some of Silicon Valley's Job Creation Thunder: "Economics is always more powerful than politics. The economic forces are unifying forces for our region. The political forces may be dividing forces, but they will be overwhelmed by the economics, so I'm actually hopeful," said Hancock. Video.
February 5, 2013 - (Silicon Valley Business Journal) - 5 Things to Know About the Silicon Valley Economy: Regional economic think tank Joint Venture Silicon Valley today released its annual overview of the Silicon Valley economy in partnership with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. More.
February 5, 2013 - (KCBS Radio) - Jobs, Income, IPOs up in Silicon Valley; not for Blacks, Hispanics: Joint Venture President Russell Hancock says while Silicon Valley’s resilience is impressive, the rebound hasn’t been a cure-all for everyone. More.
February 5, 2013 - (San Jose Mercury News) - Silicon Valley Job Growth is 'Prodigious' and Has Returned to Dot Com Levels: Those are among the findings released on Tuesday from the 2013 Silicon Valley Index, a closely watched annual study produced by San Jose-based Joint Venture Silicon Valley and Mountain View-based Silicon Valley Community Foundation. More.
February 5, 2013 - (Associated Press) - Jobs, Income and IPOs Up in Silicon Valley: Hancock said with 92,000 new jobs in a year, the region is "back to what we haven't seen since the dot com. It's about to get crazy," he said. More.
February 1, 2013 - (Silicon Valley Business Journal) - On the Tail of a Clean Energy Pact, Russ Hancock Readies for Showtime: Hancock, who has served as president and CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley since 2003, navigates multiple worlds: Commerce, academia, public policy, nonprofits and labor. More.
February 1, 2013 - (Silicon Valley Business Journal) - Reports of the Campuses' Death Exaggerated: Russell Hancock, the president and CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a regional think tank, has a prescription, and it isn’t new or revolutionary: going vertical. More.
February 1, 2013 - (San Jose Mercury News) - Mike Cassidy: Silicon Valley Won't Remain the Country's Patent Leader Without Sensible Immigration and Education Action: "The future is in innovation," say Russell Hancock, CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, which has tracked regional patent activity for years. "And this is, I think, one of the best measures of innovation. It's as simple as that." More.
January 18, 2013 - (Greentech Media) - A Smart Energy Zone Grows in Silicon Valley: This week, nonprofit group Joint Venture Silicon Valley and a group of heavies including the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Google, Applied Materials, NetApp, Juniper Networks and Pacific Gas & Electric announced their answer to that question. More.
January 18, 2013 - (San Jose Mercury News) - Sal Pizarro: McKinsey & Co.'s Lenny Mendonca to be honored by Joint Venture Silicon Valley: Former Assemblyman Ted Lempert, who will present the award, called Mendonca an "exemplary business leader who consistently gives back to his region, state and country." More.
January 17, 2013 - (Smart Grid News) - Silicon Valley: We Can Do Smart Grid Better Than You: Think tank Joint Venture Silicon Valley president Russell Hancock said the project is important because energy needs are likely to continue growing for tech companies. More.
January 16, 2013 - (Silicon Valley Business Journal) - Google, Yahoo to Get Their Own Smart Grid with Help of Valley Think Tank: Regional development think tank Joint Venture Silicon Valley ... is now launching a public-private partnership with Google, Yahoo, Intuit and Juniper Networks, among others, to develop a smart energy grid centered around Moffett Field. More.
January 10, 2013 - (Half Moon Bay Review) - Coastsider Mendonca Honored in Silicon Valley: “Lenny Mendonca personifies the ideals exemplified in the Packard Award,” said Chris DiGiorgio, co-chair of the Joint Venture board of directors. More.
January 8, 2013 - (The Awl) - Is San Francisco the Brooklyn to Silicon Valley's Unbuilt Manhattan?: El Camino Real is already the focus of various plans to connect Silicon Valley and San Francisco, from Caltrain's own future scenarios to the Grand Boulevard Initiative... More.
January 8, 2013 - (San Jose Mercury News) - Sal Pizarro: Hancock is CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, so he's got another big event coming up with the State of the Valley conference on Feb. 8 in downtown San Jose. You can check out his musical side at www.saintmichaeltrio.com and get the details on the State of the Valley at www.jointventure.org. More.
