Time To Fire State Officials, Say Silicon Valley CEOs
In addition to a newly released early-stage startup survey published by Silicon Valley Bank, SVB released a Silicon Valley CEO survey today, in which 153 executives, representing $1.7 trillion in annual revenue, answered questions about their biggest challenges and concerns right now. Near the top of the list, at number four, is the massively dysfunctional California state government. Other interesting data points: CEOs’ top concern continues to be housing costs for their employees. Valley CEOs strongly support increasing motor vehicle fees and gasoline taxes while wanting to see a reduction in corporate and personal income taxes. Local executives also want to see fewer state dollars dedicated to prisons, they aren’t fans of most of the
19 April 2010•1 min read
