Last month, World Trade Center (WTC) San Diego convened its quarterly gathering of the Global Competitiveness Council (GCC), an advisory group consisting of senior executives from many of San Diego’s most globally facing brands. This quarter, the discussion focused on the extraordinary, global disruption we have seen in the supply chain and logistics space amid […]
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San Diego’s Good News of the Week – July 2, 2021
Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week. Get Good News of […]
Monthly Report – July 2021
A note from Mark Cafferty Over the last several months, our work at EDC has had to move and change in some significant ways to respond to the economic conditions around us. And while this is always a part of our work and planning, it is safe to say that 2020—and the early stages of […]
San Diego’s Economic Snapshot: Q2 2021
Every quarter San Diego Regional EDC analyzes key economic indicators that are important to understanding the regional economy and the region’s standing relative to the 25 most populous metropolitan areas in the U.S. EDC explains San Diego’s Q2 2021 economic data: Key Findings from Q2 2021: VENTURE CAPITAL: Investment into Technology companies more than quadrupled. […]
Export Finance: 3 things your business should know
In June 2021, World Trade Center San Diego (WTC) hosted a series of export finance workshops in partnership with California International Trade Center (CITC). We joined experts from the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) and Banner Bank to discuss exporting resources, such as the Export Express Loan Program and Export Working Capital Program. We also […]
San Diego’s Good News of the Week – June 25, 2021
Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week. Get Good News of […]
Meet the companies: Advancing San Diego, Manufacturing interns
Through our Advancing San Diego initiative, EDC provides San Diego-based businesses with paid interns in high-demand fields. This program targets companies with 100 employees or less, which comprise 98 percent of all businesses in San Diego, employ nearly two thirds of San Diegans, and account for 70 percent of job growth. A key issue for […]
Study release: AI and San Diego’s Cyber Cluster
EDC study quantifies the impact of AI in region’s Cybersecurity cluster Today, alongside Cyber Center of Excellence (CCOE) and Booz Allen Hamilton, EDC released the second study in a series on the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) within San Diego County’s key economic clusters. “Securing the Future: AI and San Diego’s […]
A note from Mark…
As I write this, it is hard for me to believe that we are over halfway through June and summer is just around the corner. Despite the State of California “reopening” last week, I think I have accepted the fact that things will not truly be back to normal for a very long time; yet at the […]
San Diego’s Good News of the Week – June 18, 2021
Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week. Get Good News of […]