State of the state—attracting jobs to California & keeping them here
California’s reputation as place for dynamic, innovative companies has taken a bit of a dent recently, after the bust of Silicon Valley’s IPO boom in 2000 and the horrible state budget situations of the past 5 years. Attracting companies that offer high-paying jobs for highly-skilled workers has been a difficult task, but the state’s recovery depends on doing just that. Can the Golden State still have golden appeal to high-tech business?
California’s reputation as place for dynamic, innovative companies has taken a bit of a dent recently, after the bust of Silicon Valley’s IPO boom in 2000 and the horrible state budget situations of the past 5 years. Attracting companies that offer high-paying jobs for highly-skilled workers has been a difficult task, but the state’s recovery depends on doing just that. Can the Golden State still have golden appeal to high-tech business?
Guests:
David Crane, special advisor to the Governor
Verena Kloos, It should be President, BMW Group DesignworksUSA
- Patt Morrison for October 19, 2009
- LAPD future on the bottom line
- State of the state—can California’s universities survive?
- State of the state—attracting jobs to California & keeping them here
- Big man on campus
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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