San Francisco Center for Economic Development

A synonym for San Francisco: Inspiration. What ever one’s field of study – arts, humanities, science – San Francisco is a micro-sphere of everything inspiring to the human spirit.” – Anonymous

Technology “At-A-Glance”

Leading the Nation	Home of the Techies
78.8% of households on-line –Yahoo’s “Most Wired City in America. Also ranked 2nd most "unwired" city by Intel in 2005	Top 10 cities for high speed connections
Largest Share of high-tech exports	Area Universities produce more PhD. scientists & engineers than any other area in U.S.
Largest aggregation of research universities and federal research institutions	Proximity to Silicon Valley and bio-tech bay

Indeed technology does seem to be in the very genes of the city. People in San Francisco are known to adopt technology quickly and use it creatively to push the bounds of innovation and, in some cases, scientific discovery.

The region is the birthplace and worldwide center of high technology, and acclaimed as the incubator of biotechnology (thanks to the talent located at the University of California, San Francisco) – we have more pioneering high-tech and bio-tech firms than any other region --Dolby Labs (audio), Salesforce.com (customer relationship software), Industrial Light and Magic (Entertainment) and Genentech (bioscience) to name a few.

It is clear that our Talent and Technology allow us to be on the cutting edge of INNOVATION