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Within the plethora of buzzwords that grew in popularity over the COVID-19 pandemic, there is one that will live on stronger throughout the foreseeable future. Beyond terms like lockdowns, mandates, bottlenecks, shortages, SPACs, and inflation, it’s the word sustainability that will have a lasting effect on companies, their employees, an...Continue Reading

Many individuals and small businesses have faced enormous hardships over the last 18 months — illness, layoffs, furloughs, shortages, remote schooling — due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. During this same period, governments too, at both the state and local levels, faced unprecedented challenges as they worked to address th...Continue Reading

In 1961, President Kennedy proclaimed that the United States should “commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” Thus began the space race that has over the years spawned numerous innovative companies an...Continue Reading

Hemlock Semiconductor in Saginaw, Michigan, is the nation’s largest manufacturer of ultra-pure polysilicon that is sliced by other manufacturers into wafers to be used in solar cells and semiconductors. Area Development’s editor recently asked the company’s senior vice president of Advocacy and Engagement about the recent shortage in the globa...Continue Reading

The State of Nevada is on top of things. For close to 10 years, they’ve been focused on where industry is going and what it means for the future of work in the state. State leaders like Bob Potts, deputy director at the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) hav...Continue Reading

The landscape has changed dramatically for businesses accessing the labor market pool. Employers have to rethink how to approach prospective employees if they plan on meeting their hiring demands. Job shortages have created a frenzy where companies are scrambling to adopt a new approach to hiring new team members i...Continue Reading

View the recording of CALED’s webinar with Dee Dee Myers, Senior Advisor and Director, Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), Stewart Knox, Undersecretary, California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, Gurbax Sahota, President & CEO, CALED and Daniel Carrigg, CALED Strategic Policy Advisor as they highlight the historic investment...Continue Reading

Managing managers can be similar, in some ways, to managing a team — you need to align priorities, communicate goals, provide feedback and serve as a mentor. But the difference in managing managers is that you have to not only oversee their work, but make sure they’re effectively supporting thei...Continue Reading

In 2011, billionaire venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, then 56, told an audience in Bangalore that “people under 35 are the people who make change happen. People over 45 basically die in terms of new ideas.” Khosla defied his own stereotype when, six years later, he became a seed investor in Metawave...Continue Reading

Tehama County is teeming with opportunities for outdoor recreation year round, but nothing beats summer fun at local parks! Tehama County parks offer a variety of recreational opportunities, but the community hopes to add to the fun and make local parks more accessible for children with physical disabilities through Th...Continue Reading

Tehama County is no stranger to celebratory events throughout the year, but July is an especially exciting month for the community. Events like the Annual 4th of July celebration at the Mill Creek Resort, located near the Lassen Volcanic National Park, provide community members with the opportunity to escape th...Continue Reading

2020 will be seen as one of the most consequential years in any security professional’s career. For many, there will be a bright line dividing how things were before the pandemic from how they are now. A Splunk global survey of 535 security leaders found that the next great security challeng...Continue Reading

In a time of widespread economic upheaval, the life sciences industry is one of the few whose prospects have changed for the better. Called upon to rapidly develop and distribute an all-important COVID-19 vaccine without sacrificing the research and production of existing drugs, the biotech industry is expanding at breaknec...Continue Reading

Area Development’s staff editor Mark Crawford recently asked Ericsson’s Dan Kerber, vice president of digital services business operations for North America — who helps companies improve their financial and operational metrics through improved resource management processes — about his thoughts on leadership, especially the need for “soft skills” during th...Continue Reading

Natalie Luneva ENTREPRENEUR LEADERSHIP NETWORK WRITER I’ve spent the past 10 years growing companies and I can say without a doubt that when done right, community building has the best short-, medium-, and long-term ROI out of all the marketing and sales tactics — and I have tried and tested hundreds of them. Why is community building such a magica...Continue Reading

It’s been incredibly interesting to watch just how the world has responded to the Covid-19 crisis. Some businesses and individuals didn’t seem to respond or pivot at all, but a select group of companies figured out how to not only stay afloat, but also thrive in the midst of this pandemic.  These companies, the successfu...Continue Reading

One of President Joe Biden’s first acts was to announce a $2.3 trillion bill to repair and upgrade the nation’s infrastructure. The bill addresses what has become a perennial topic of debate in Congress, and one that has repeatedly been set aside for action at some future date. It has bee...Continue Reading

The pandemic wreaked havoc across every industry, and companies in the manufacturing and mobility/transportation sectors were not spared. The result? Companies are re-evaluating their supply chains and operations in a post-COVID environment. Realigning the Supply Chain For the past 20 years, manufacturing moved operations from the U.S. to East Asia to tak...Continue Reading

The California FDI Tech Guide is a how-to tool for foreign tech-based companies looking to expand into California, meant to help them navigate important decisions and make appropriate plans so they can be successful when they locate here. It has a great checklist and associated resources for key items business owners shoul...Continue Reading

When scouting locations for a retailer, an experienced real estate team knows precisely what to look for: sites that have high visibility, easy accessibility, and close proximity to a population base and competing stores. By comparing options that meet this small handful of criteria, the final selection can be relativel...Continue Reading

Securing continuous funding to invest in broadband infrastructure in poorly served communities will create jobs and provide economic opportunities. California can narrow the digital divide by investing in 21st century infrastructure, updated internet speed standards and, above all, equitable broadband deployment. The global pandemic has underscored the importance and urgency o...Continue Reading

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected every facet of our economy, increasing a cultural reliance on e-commerce that is here to stay. Retailers have responded by minimizing square footage of brick-and-mortar store fronts, keeping less inventory on site, and focusing more on entertainment and experiential retail to keep shoppers engaged. A...Continue Reading

In the economic development world, site visits from company executives, who often arrive from every corner of the globe, are a typical day…but during the last year business travel has virtually stopped, or declined sharply, while the world faced the challenges of the pandemic. As vaccines continue to combat th...Continue Reading

Agile work is increasing due to the pandemic. Having experienced some of the benefits of working from home — such as reduced commutes, increased ability to balance work and life, preferred space to execute individualized focus work, etc. — more office workers are going to expect flexibility in where the...Continue Reading