Carl Guardino
Carl Guardino
Carl Guardino is CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, in Silicon Valley, California, in the United States. In that role he has been described as "Silicon Valley's cheerleader in chief."...
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I was heartened by the amount of time he spent talking about competitiveness. To hear him focus on math and science, especially in middle school and high school, was terrific.
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Two out of three middle school math teachers in California don't even have a math degree.
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The Silicon Valley economy is slowly coming back. That's good news for everyone except those who rent U-haul trailers.
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We need the President to use the bully pulpit to get foreign leaders to respect our innovation.
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Many of those founders were not only engineers but immigrants.
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I had to wait six years to hear about long-term investment. But it was good to hear it.
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We all know that Silicon Valley is the top tech region of the world. The message is that we are not the only tech region of the world.
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This report attempts to provide a dose of both reality and humility to business and community leaders. It reminds us that our competition is not only on the other side of the globe, but also next door - in our sister states.
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It's fascinating that housing was No. 1 in all three of those categories.
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It's a huge issue for every high-tech company.
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Communities must plan for a variety of uses and income levels. Why do we care about housing as high-tech employers? If teachers, firefighters, peace officers, retail or restau- rant workers can't live here, then we're going to fail.
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The Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group strongly supports green-line policies, because the only way to attract top level employees and their families is to protect the region's open space and environment. We want to build a community that is demonstrates smart growth rather than a model for L.A.-type growth.
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The future economic success of Silicon Valley will be contingent on whether we have a good quality of life. World-class workers will only want to come to a world-class living environment.
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High-tech employers recognize that we will only be as successful as the employees that we attract. When it comes to transportation, environmental, housing and land use decisions, we don't view investments as tax and spend, but rather as invest and prosper.