While name brands like Tesla Motors help raise the profile of manufacturing in our regional economy, manufacturing has long been a driver of our economic development. The reality is that manufacturing accounts for 21 percent of our regional GDP and provides 108,500 jobs across the Bay Area. These are solid middle class jobs that are […]
When TechShop announced it was closing all its locations earlier this month, the response from the maker community and other supporters was swift and filled with emotion. Many described, in deeply personal terms, the role TechShop played in not just their careers but in their lives. David Lang’s post on Medium is a great example. […]
The ever-present question about how long we can expect the good economy to last seems more pressing than ever. And where better to explore that question that at the Fall convening of the Urban Land Institute in Downtown Los Angeles? While this year’s ULI Real Estate Trends forecast doesn’t answer that question directly, it does […]
What a success! The 2017 Bay Area Urban Manufacturing Summit last week brought over 400 people together in support of regional manufacturing! Senator Dianne Feinstein greeted the crowd via video address and officials from 30 Bay Area cities were in the room, including the mayors of Oakland, Fremont, Berkeley, Alameda, Pittsburg, and Newark. Senator […]
In October, Startup Grind-Fremont had the great fortune of hosting David Ehrenberg, CEO of Early Growth Financial Services. David is a seasoned finance executive with experience in both large companies and startups alike. He founded Early Growth Financial Services to fill a glaring void he discovered while working with startups: on-demand accounting and strategic financial […]
The quest to win Amazon’s second headquarters has been eventful, to say the least. From offering big tax breaks to presenting a 21-foot cactus to Jeff Bezos, cities across North America have been courting Amazon with the hopes of convincing the retail tech giant to extend its empire there. The City of Fremont has teamed […]
Our most recent workshop, in partnership with the Alameda County Small Business Development Center (Alameda County SBDC), presented tips on how to safeguard a business’ intellectual property (IP) and featured speaker IP Legal Strategist Soody Tronson. According to Tronson, IP is any “product” of your brain, including new ideas, discoveries, and concepts. It’s really the […]
Last week, we partnered with the Cleantech Open to host its 2017 Western Region Awards & Innovation Showcase, the culmination of Cleantech Open’s annual accelerator program in the West. The event took place in our Innovation District, the core of Fremont’s rapid and ongoing evolution into Silicon Valley’s hub for advanced hardware development and manufacturing […]
When the Bio Supply Management Alliance (BSMA) was born a decade ago right here in the Bay Area, the goals were lofty: create a worldwide community of operations and supply chain management leaders and professionals in the biotech, biopharma, and biomedical device industries. Since then, I’ve been overwhelmed by the growth and success of the […]