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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 December 3, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• San Diego’s Changing Business Landscape: Bottlenecks are squeezing bottom lines
• General Atomics awarded $103M U.S. Army aircraft contract
• Oncology startup Lengo Therapeutics acquired for $250M
• Meet the EDC Board: Chris Williams
• Scripps develops first 3D model of an entire cell in molecular detail
• Qualcomm partners with Razer, expands mobile gaming technology capabilities
• MAAC’s EV Access Program helps LMI families increase renewable energy usage
• Red Door, Infinium Spirits among top small companies to work for in San Diego
• Vote: Rady Shell nominated for USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Awards
• Hologic pledges $5M to support women’s health, STEM, racial equity programs
• Cue Health’s COVID-19 tests confirmed to detect Omicron variant
• Comic-Con Special Edition brings needed boost to local economy

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• Apply by December 17 – WTCSD
  MetroConnect VI 
• Apply now – EDC, GoSite
  San Diego Biz Hub: Free digital services for small businesses

EDC is hiring, join our team!

EDC is hiring a Research Coordinator and Research Manager / Sr. Manager to analyze, synthesize, and visualize data to inform a diverse set of stakeholders and senior professionals from the region’s leading companies, nonprofits, and policy makers. EDC is also accepting applications for its Marketing and Communications internship position.

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MetroConnect VI: Apply by December 17

World Trade Center San Diego is accepting applications for 15 small businesses to participate in Year 6 of its flagship export assistance program, MetroConnect. Presented by JPMorgan Chase and Procopio, the program has assisted 80 companies in its first five years in turning $890,000 in export grants into 63 percent average export growth, 40 percent average revenue growth, and 543 new international contracts.

Apply Now

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page

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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 November 19, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• Blue Sky Network named MetroConnect Champion
• UCSD has ninth highest number of top scientists in the world
• Qualcomm to supply chips for BMW’s self driving cars
• San Diego’s Economic Snapshot: Q3 2021
• Advancing San Diego: Preferred Providers of Cybersecurity and IT Talent
• Sony’s Mike Fasulo inducted to Consumer Technology Hall of Fame
• Southwest Airlines donates $1M+ in travel awards to nonprofits
• Roswell Biotechnologies debuts microchip to detect disease and develop drugs
• East Village-based Bumble Bee Foods launches inclusivity program
• JuneShine raises $24M for its better-for-you hard kombucha
• Codex DNA acquires Eton Bioscience for $13M

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• Apply by November 21 – WTCSD
  MetroConnect VI 
• Apply by November 30 – Founders First CDC
  Job Creators Quest Grant
• December 1 – USD Burnham Moores Center for Real Estate
  Annual Residential Real Estate Conference: Outlook 2022
• December 12 – Tech San Diego
  AI and Machine Learning Series

EDC is hiring, join our team!

EDC is hiring a Research Coordinator and Research Manager to analyze, synthesize, and visualize data to inform a diverse set of stakeholders and senior professionals from the region’s leading companies, nonprofits, and policy makers.

Apply Now

San Diego Biz Hub: Free digital services for small businesses

GoSite and EDC are still accepting applications for the San Diego Business Hub, which offers small, service-based businesses the full suite of GoSite products at no cost. SDbizhub.com is accepting applications from minority-, women-, veteran- and other historically economically under-resourced small business owners throughout San Diego County.

Apply Now

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

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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 November 12, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• San Diego/Tijuana named World Design Capital
• Viasat acquires Inmarsat for $7.3B
• Brookings Metro celebrates 25 years of impact
• EDC Monthly Report: November 2021
• Rady Children’s Hospital opens new imaging center to reduce radiation risk
• Qualcomm celebrates STEM by bridging digital divide, hosts tech donation drive
• Bank of America’s Student Leaders program supports economic mobility
• Quidel expands Carlsbad operations, opens COVID-19 test manufacturing plant
• San Diego ranked #1 most fun place to live by U.S. News & World Report
• Drata raises $100 million Series B, becomes San Diego’s newest unicorn
• Founders First closes $11M Series A funding round
• Cue Health launches health platform, makes COVID-19 tests available to public

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• November 15 – WTCSD
  MetroConnect V Grand Prize PitchFest
• Apply by November 30 – Founders First CDC
  Job Creators Quest Grant
• December 1 – USD Burnham Moores Center for Real Estate
  Annual Residential Real Estate Conference: Outlook 2022
• November 12 – January 1 – SeaWorld
  San Diego Christmas Celebration

Advancing San Diego: Career Exploration Day

Hiring interns or entry-level employees? Join Advancing San Diego’s Career Exploration Day on November 18 for a day of networking and hiring local talent. At two job fairs throughout the day, companies can host virtual recruitment booths to share digital collateral, showcase company culture, post current job openings, communicate with students and new grads via chat, and conduct on-the-spot interviews via Zoom.

Register Now

San Diego Biz Hub: Free digital services for small businesses

GoSite and EDC are accepting applications for the San Diego Business Hub, which offers small, service-based businesses the full suite of GoSite products at no cost. SDbizhub.com is accepting applications from minority-, women-, veteran- and other historically economically under-resourced small business owners throughout San Diego County.

Apply Now

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

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 November 5, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• San Diego’s VC investment outpaces 2020 by more than $2.6B
• MetroConnect alum Cloudbeds raises $150M
• Shoreline Biosciences raises $140M to develop universal cancer treatment
• San Diego Regional EDC, GoSite accepting applications for Business Hub
• IQHQ closes one of the region’s largest deals of 2021 to meet rising life sciences space demand
• SDSU receives Seal of Excelencia for its work to close the education equity gap
• San Diego International Airport celebrates Swoop’s first flight to Canada
• Cue Health’s COVID-19 tests used in MLB post season and World Series
• Torrey Pines’ Tentarix Biotherapeutics secures $50M in Series A funding
• Live learning platform startup Hone raises $16M

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• Apply by November 30 – Founders First CDC
  Job Creators Quest Grant
• November 10 – San Diego Innovation Council
  Annual San Diego Innovation Showcase
• November 10 – SDG&E
  How to start doing business with SDG&E
• December 1 – USD Burnham Moores Center for Real Estate
  Annual Residential Real Estate Conference: Outlook 2022

Advancing San Diego: Career Exploration Day

Hiring interns or entry-level employees? Join Advancing San Diego’s Career Exploration Day on November 18 for a day of networking and hiring local talent. At two job fairs throughout the day, companies can host virtual recruitment booths to share digital collateral, showcase company culture, post current job openings, communicate with students and new grads via chat, and conduct on-the-spot interviews via Zoom.

Register Now

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

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 October 29, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• ClickUp raises $400M, bringing its valuation to $4B
• San Diego Community College District to forgive $3.9M in student debt 
• UCSD, Spin, TransLoc partner for campus mobility services
• San Diego: Life. Changing. – Unicorns are real: San Diego startups to watch
• Longfellow Real Estate Partners expands internationally
• All Scripps Health emergency departments awarded geriatric accreditation
• San Diego Workforce Partnership to provide youths with green job internships
• San Diego tech startups outmuscle life science firms in VC funding
• Consulting firm Dudek becomes 100 percent employee-owned
• Encinitas-based Ventyx Biosciences goes public, raises $152M
• NanoCellect Biomedical raises $35M
• MiQ Partners moves headquarters to Carlsbad from Ohio

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• Applications still open – San Diego Regional EDC, GoSite
  San Diego Business Hub
• Course – City of Carlsbad, CCOE
  Cybersecurity-Awareness Program
• Application – Rady School of Management
  Rady’s Lab to Market Capstone Project
• November 10 – SDG&E
  How to start doing business with SDG&E

Applications open: Small business export accelerator

Join Modern Times, Dr. Bronner’s, Bitchin’ Sauce, and dozens more in going global with World Trade Center San Diego (WTCSD). Through November 15, WTCSD is accepting applications for 15 SBA-designated small businesses to participate in year six of its flagship export assistance program, MetroConnect. Presented by JPMorgan Chase and Procopio, the program provides businesses with a $5,000 private-sector funded export assistance grant, access to SystranPRO machine translation software, the chance to win a $25,000 grand prize, and more.

Apply by November 15

Advancing San Diego: Career Exploration Day

Hiring interns or entry-level employees? Join Advancing San Diego’s Career Exploration Day on November 18 for a day of networking and hiring local talent. At two job fairs throughout the day, companies can host virtual recruitment booths to share digital collateral, showcase company culture, post current job openings, communicate with students and new grads via chat, and conduct on-the-spot interviews via Zoom.

Register Now

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

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 October 22, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• Flock Freight becomes San Diego’s latest unicorn
• Revised travel restrictions to help San Ysidro businesses, boost global economy
• General Atomics awarded $9.6M contract by U.S. Navy
• Meet the EDC Board: Dr. Steven Jones
• SDMAC reports military spending and jobs rose in 2021, offsetting pandemic
• Illumina commits to receiving 100 percent renewable power through San Diego Community Power
• NYT: San Diego County Water Authority’s efforts ensure drought preparedness
• ASML to expand San Diego workforce in 2022 
• Bay Area Startup Groove to double San Diego workforce after $45M raise 

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• Survey – San Diego Regional EDC
  Changing Business Landscape
• Survey – Cal State San Marcos’ College of Business Administration
  General Business Confidence
• October 27- Burnham Moores Center for Real Estate
  2021 Dialogue Series Virtual Edition: Talent Retention and Attraction
• October 28 – San Diego Downtown Partnership, BOA
  Fed & Educated: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace
• October 29 – Startup San Diego
  Startup Awards Reception — Use code ‘Sahba50’ for 50 percent off

Applications open: Small business export accelerator

Now open through November 15, World Trade Center San Diego is accepting applications for 15 SBA-designated small businesses to participate in year six of its flagship export assistance program, MetroConnect. Presented by JPMorgan Chase and Procopio, the program provides businesses with a $5,000 private-sector funded export assistance grant, access to SystranPRO machine translation software, the chance to win a $25,000 grand prize, and more.

Apply by November 15

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

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 the Week in your inbox every Friday. → Sign up

For the week of October 15, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• British Airways resumes nonstop service from San Diego to London
•  UCSD granted $30M to expand developing brain study
• Athleisure brand Vuori joins San Diego’s unicorn club
• Innovate78 – Manufacturing in North County: Something delicious is brewing
• Cue Health announced as NBA’s official COVID-19 test supplier for 2021-22 season 
• Software startup Gretel.ai lands $50M in VC funding
• EV startup Aptera Motors beefs up its global profile with industry veteran CEO
• Oceanside’s TERI Campus of Life opens second building in San Marcos

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• October 1 – 29 – Startup San Diego
  San Diego Startup Month 2021 — Use code ‘Sahba50’ for 50 percent off
• October 27- Burnham Moores Center for Real Estate
  2021 Dialogue Series Virtual Edition: Talent Retention and Attraction
• October 28 – San Diego Downtown Partnership, BOA
  Fed & Educated: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace
• Survey – San Diego Regional EDC
  Changing Business Landscape

Applications open: small business export accelerator

Now open through November 15, World Trade Center San Diego is accepting applications for 15 SBA-designated small businesses to participate in year six of its flagship export assistance program, MetroConnect. Presented by JPMorgan Chase and Procopio, the program provides businesses with a $5,000 private-sector funded export assistance grant, access to SystranPRO machine translation software, the chance to win a $25,000 grand prize, and more.

Apply by November 15

Advancing San Diego: Career Exploration Day

Hiring interns or entry-level employees? Join Advancing San Diego’s Career Exploration Day on November 18 for a day of networking and hiring local talent. Virtual recruitment booths allow employers to share digital collateral, showcase company culture, post current job openings, communicate with students via chat box, and conduct on-the-spot interviews via Zoom. Companies <100 are invited to host a virtual recruitment booth at no cost.

Register Now

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

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 October 8, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• Qualcomm wins bid to acquire Veoneer for $4.5B
• City of San Diego, CCOE to develop regional Cyber Innovation Center
• Innovate78 wins international recognition
• North County Life Sciences: Local innovation, global impact
• WTCSD: Looking to export to China? Here’s what you need to know
• Air Canada, WestJet resume nonstop flights between San Diego International Airport and Canada
• San Diego City, Mesa Colleges receive $10M grant for Hispanic STEM education
• Stone Distributing adds San Diego’s Villager Spirits, other SoCal craft brands
• Longfellow expands San Diego life sciences portfolio
• Cue Health partners with Google to track COVID-19 variants
• Backed by Qualcomm Ventures, Carlsbad’s Amionx lands $6M to prevent lithium-ion battery explosions

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• October 1 – 29 – Startup San Diego
  San Diego Startup Month 2021 — Use code ‘Sahba50’ for 50 percent off
• October 27- Burnham Moores Center for Real Estate
  2021 Dialogue Series Virtual Edition: Talent Retention and Attraction
• Apply by November 15 – World Trade Center San Diego
  MetroConnect VI: Small business export assistance program

Healthcare interns available through Advancing San Diego

EDC has announced its Preferred Providers of Healthcare Talent, the local programs providing the most effective training to medical assistants, as identified by industry leaders. As part of this Advancing San Diego cohort, small medical practices can now apply to host Healthcare interns at no cost.

Apply by October 11

Investor Spotlight: PCL Construction

EDC sat down with new investor PCL Construction and its San Diego Area Manager Lucas Mallory to discuss the company’s culture, current projects including the Southeastern Live Well Center, and why PCL loves the San Diego business community.

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Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

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 October 1, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• San Diego’s Changing Business Landscape: Companies struggle to keep up with resurgent growth 
• Vividion Therapeutics acquired by Bayer for $2B
• San Diego Foundation, Brookings Institution launch San Diego Regional Policy & Innovation Center 
• Manufacturing Day 2021: 8 reasons we love things #MadeInSD
• SYSTRAN launches SMB Academy platform to help businesses go global
• FAA grants San Diego Airport $26M for noise mitigation
• CSUSM receives $5M grant to expand engineering and increase equity in STEM
• MAAC’s EV Access Program helps LMI families increase renewable energy usage
• Endeavor BioMedicines signs licensing deal with Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Sanford Burnham Prebys
• Agena Biosciences acquired by Mesa Laboratories for $300M
• AI startup Truepic raises $36M

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• October 1 – 29 – Startup San Diego
  San Diego Startup Month 2021 — Use code ‘Sahba50’ for 50 percent off
• October 8 – Startup San Diego
  Nominations due for Startup San Diego Awards
• October 27- Burnham Moores Center for Real Estate
  2021 Dialogue Series Virtual Edition: Talent Retention and Attraction

Healthcare interns available through Advancing San Diego

EDC has announced its Preferred Providers of Healthcare Talent, the local programs providing the most effective training to medical assistants, as identified by industry leaders. As part of this Advancing San Diego cohort, small medical practices can now apply to host Healthcare interns at no cost.

Apply by October 7

WTCSD accepting applications for sixth round of MetroConnect

World Trade Center San Diego is accepting applications for 15 SBA-designated small businesses to participate in year six of its flagship export assistance program, MetroConnect. Presented by JPMorgan Chase and Procopio, the program provides businesses with a $5,000 export assistance grant, access to SystranPRO machine translation software, the chance to win a $25,000 grand prize, and more.

Apply by November 15

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

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 the Week in your inbox every Friday. → Sign up

For the week of September 24, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• Sanford Burnham Prebys, Salk Institute awarded $13M for liver cancer research
• Tyra Biosciences goes public, raises $199M
• San Diego named ‘early adopter’ of AI by Brookings Institution
• Innovate78: Hispanic and Latino community and business resources
• Qualcomm report details economic and sustainability benefits of 5G technology
• Kilroy Realty lands major leases with DermTech, Tandem, Sorrento Therapeutics
• Carlsbad-based mobile game publisher Jam City raises $350M, buys competitor
• GigaIO raises $15M, aims to make AI accessible to more companies
• Annual Cox Top Tech Awards honors 11 San Diego innovators
• Jumpcode Genomics, TGen to sequence and examine COVID-19

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• September 28 – East County EDC
  Manufacturing Expo 2021
• October 1 – 29 – Startup San Diego
  San Diego Startup Month 2021 — Use code ‘Sahba50’ for 50 percent off
• October 8 – Startup San Diego
  Nominations due for Startup San Diego Awards

Advancing San Diego: Preferred Providers of Healthcare Talent

EDC has announced its Preferred Providers of Healthcare Talent, the local programs providing the most effective training to medical assistants, as identified by industry leaders. As part of this Advancing San Diego cohort, small clinics, doctor’s offices, or healthcare providers can now apply to host Healthcare interns at no cost.

Apply by October 4

WTCSD accepting applications for sixth round of MetroConnect

World Trade Center San Diego is accepting applications for 15 SBA-designated small businesses to participate in year six of its flagship export assistance program, MetroConnect. Presented by JPMorgan Chase and Procopio, the program provides businesses with a $5,000 export assistance grant, access to SystranPRO machine translation software, the chance to win a $25,000 grand prize, and more.

Apply by November 15

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.