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San Diego’s Good News of the Week – April 14, 2023

By Kyle Winnick,

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 p ast week.

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For the week of April 14, 2023, here’s what we’re reading:

…and here are some events and opportunities:

Pushing forward – AI and San Diego

For the past two years alongside underwriter Booz Allen Hamilton, EDC has released a series of five studies on the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI-ML) within San Diego County’s key economic clusters.

These reports dive into how San Diego’s AI-ML adoption is informing and enhancing the region’s economy through job growth and business expansions.

Read the series synopsis

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Kyle Winnick
Kyle Winnick

Coordinator, Marketing

San Diego’s Good News of the Week – April 7, 2023

By Bree Burris,

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 p ast week.

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For the week of April 7, 2023, here’s what we’re reading:

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Case Study: American Lithium Energy Corporation

Carlsbad-based American Lithium Energy Corporation (ALE) manufactures the most advanced lithium-ion battery in the world, offering battery applications for defense, aerospace, medical devices, electric vehicles, and much more. ALE needed to grow quickly to meet the sharp increase in demand for its batteries during the pandemic.

Find out how EDC helped them to fulfil those demands and more in our monthly report.

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Kyle Winnick
Kyle Winnick

Coordinator, Marketing

San Diego’s Good News of the Week – March 24, 2023

By Bree Burris,

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 p ast week.

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For the week of March 24, 2023, here’s what we’re reading:

…and here are some events and opportunities:

EDC is hiring; join our team!

EDC is a 22-person team dedicated to mobilizing business, government, and civic leaders around an inclusive economic development strategy to connect data to decision-making, maximize regional prosperity, enhance global competitiveness, and position San Diego effectively for investment and talent. Join our team today, or spread the word about this open role:

  • Manager / Sr. Manager, Economic Development
  • Intern, World Trade Center San Diego

Join the team

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Kyle Winnick

Coordinator, Marketing

San Diego’s Good News of the Week – March 17, 2023

By Bree Burris,

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.

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For the week of March 17, 2023, here’s what we’re reading:

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Open now: California Competes Tax Credit

Applications are now open through March 20 for California companies seeking a tax credit to offset state income tax liability. If your business is growing over the next few years, the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development has $85 million in tax credits available for your company.

Apply by Mar 20

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Kyle Winnick

Coordinator, Marketing

San Diego’s Good News of the Week – March 10, 2023

By Bree Burris,

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.

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For the week of March 10, 2023, here’s what we’re reading:

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A talent programs update

While companies continue to cut costs and make layoffs in the wake of a highly anticipated recession, the nation’s ratio of available workers to open positions remains less than one-to-one. This means that there are more open positions across the United States than unemployed people available to fill them. It’s time for San Diego to rethink talent pipeline development.

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Kyle Winnick

Coordinator, Marketing

San Diego’s Good News of the Week – March 3, 2023

By Bree Burris,

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.

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For the week of March 3, 2023, here’s what we’re reading:

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Case Study: EVT leverages Advancing San Diego

EAs a small, local tech startup, Educational Vision Technologies (EVT.ai) was facing the challenge of attracting and retaining software talent. After applying to EDC’s Advancing San Diego (ASD) program, the company was selected to host a paid software intern from a vetted Verified Program at no cost. Learn how ASD supported EVT.ai in hiring a new staff member and how it’s expanded its learning platform.

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Kyle Winnick

Coordinator, Marketing

San Diego’s Good News of the Week – February 24, 2023

By Bree Burris,

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.

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For the week of February 24, 2023, here’s what we’re reading:

…and here are some events and opportunities:

EDC is hiring; join our team!

EDC is a 22-person team dedicated to mobilizing business, government, and civic leaders around an inclusive economic development strategy to connect data to decision-making, maximize regional prosperity, enhance global competitiveness, and position San Diego effectively for investment and talent.
Current open roles include:

  • Manager, Economic Development (Life Sciences)
  • Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing Communications
  • Coordinator, Talent Initiatives

Apply Now

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Kyle Winnick
Kyle Winnick

Coordinator, Marketing

San Diego’s Good News of the Week – February 17, 2023

By Bree Burris,

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.

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For the week of February 17, 2023, here’s what we’re reading:

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Investor Spotlight: Founders First Capital Partners

San Diego Regional EDC spoke with Kim Folsom, the founder, chairperson, and CEO of Founders First Capital Partners, to discuss the company’s mission to provide revenue-based financing, term loans, and business acceleration support to service-based small businesses outside of major capital markets. Check out the Investor Spotlight.

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Kyle Winnick

Coordinator, Marketing

San Diego’s Good News of the Week – February 10, 2023

By Bree Burris,

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.

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For the week of February 10, 2023, here’s what we’re reading:

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Case Study: Eight San Diego companies win $35K via Export SBDC

Eight small businesses reached out to the Export SBDC at WTCSD for assistance in starting and growing their international sales. Using the Getting to Global grant preparation tool, Export SBDC advisor and international trade expert Simona Racek helped each company complete their export strategy and individual export promotion plan for their winning grant applications.

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Kyle Winnick

Coordinator, Marketing

San Diego’s Good News of the Week – February 3, 2023

By Bree Burris,

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.

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For the week of February 3, 2023, here’s what we’re reading:

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Go global with MetroConnect VII

Applications are now open for WTCSD’s export accelerator MetroConnect VII. The new cohort of 15 businesses will be placed into one of three specialized tracks reflecting San Diego’s economic strengths—life sciences, strategic technology, and consumer goods. Together over the course of the year, the cohort will receive resources and partnerships to increase international sales and support job growth here at home.

Apply Now

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Kyle Winnick
Kyle Winnick

Coordinator, Marketing