These startups are hiring, among thousands of jobs on the CTC Job Board right now!
CTC Academy offers a new program in AI partnered with Microsoft starting May 15th.
CTC announces a new member benefit with Easyship. Connect your e-commerce platform in minutes and ship to your customers right away.
The CTC’s Clean Acres initiative met Wednesday, April 8th at the FLEXLAB at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Clean Acres participants used the meeting to discuss the CTC's upcoming First Pitch event in October, and explored a range of potential Clean Acres Tours, particularly of net-zero projects.
Manex and the the California Network for Manufacturing Innovation (CNMI) present the Smart Manufacturing Summit, May 8th at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. For more information on the Smart Manufacturing Summit and to register, visit the event page here.
The Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, and the University of California have all increased the energy and resources they devote to nurturing new ventures. Over the last few years, each has refined or developed new strategies for direct, venture-style investment with varying degrees of structure and formality. Mayo Clinic Ventures, Cleveland Clinic Innovations, and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) – which has access to capital via an independent venture firm, Mission Bay Capital – all seek to translate science from their parent institutions into commercial opportunities. In so doing, each institution also extends its support of technology development further into the proverbial "Valley of Death," improving survivability for more start-ups while also participating in more value creation.
Civic innovation accelerator Tumml wants to hear from civic entrepreneurs. Tumml is now accepting applicants for its summer program. For more information, visit Tumml here.
Fast Forward is a different kind of accelerator - one that accelerates tech-based nonprofits. Fast Forward is now accepting applicants for its next class for a program starting in July. Better hurry! The deadline is April 15th. For information and to apply, visit Fast Forward here.
"Knowing that California is the most innovative and creative place on earth," Brian McGowan told the CTC, "I knew that we needed to mobilize and organize our efforts to ensure that our state would get its fair share of this funding. We also knew that we had to do something despite the fact that the state had a $20 billion budget hole."
CTC spoke with new Fellow Brian McGowan about his many leadership roles in state and federal service. As one of the top economic developers in the country, McGowan gave his perspective on how these experiences continue to inspire him today.
TechAmerica powered by CompTIA today announced a 35% increase in new strategic partnerships focused on increasing grassroots advocacy throughout the United States. The grassroots coalition now reaches more than 14,000 technology companies in more than 20 states. The new strategic partners: California Technology Council, Howard Technology Council, Metroplex Technology Business Council, Nashville Technology Council, OCTANe and the Wisconsin Technology Council will join 17 technology councils that already affiliate on public policy advocacy and other activities to educate their member companies on national policy issues affecting their IT businesses.
The January/February 2015 issue of Foreign Affairs includes a special series on entrepreneurship. To get a look inside the issue and discuss its ideas and implications, the California Technology Council spoke to Gideon Rose, Editor of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Congresswoman Jackie Speier spoke to the CTC about major technology policy issues she expected to drive dialogue in 2015.
Congresswoman Speier examined the prospects for cybersecurity in the year ahead.
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Congressman Mike Honda on Net Neutrality
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren looked ahead at 2015 and predicted that privacy and an open Internet would be major issues in technology policy.
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Congresswoman Jackie Speier Looks Ahead
Congressman Mike Honda on Net Neutrality
On January 9th, the CTC hosted its 2015 Tech Policy Preview. We asked leaders from government and the private sector what they viewed as the critical issues in tech policy in the year ahead.
Congressman Mike Honda spoke to the CTC about Net Neutrality - an issue he believes will be the technology policy issue of greatest importance in 2015.
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Congresswoman Jackie Speier Looks Ahead
On Friday, January 9th, the CTC will bring together a panel of tech policy gurus to look at the issues and challenges for the year ahead. From Sacramento to Washington, DC, the policy intrigue in 2015 promises to keep industry advocates very busy. Ranging from the device tax to another shot at intellectual property, and from data security to net neutrality and immigration, the tech perspective will rise to the top of the page with great frequency this year. Join us for this insider’s look at the technology policy agenda for 2015
