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Spurred by the remarkable growth of Silicon Valley, many state policymakers have decided to boost the availability of venture capital to their local start-up companies. But is this the best use of state funds? While easier access to venture capital may have helped Silicon Valley, other factors were also instrumental and are not so easily replicated. Junfu Zhang of the Public Policy Institute of California presents a new paper on access to capital in Silicon Valley. David Salzman of Lightspin Technologies and Mark Walsh of Ruxton Ventures, both of whom have extensive experience in start-ups, will comment. 

  9:00 a.m. 

Registration and Continental Breakfast 

 9:30 

Presenter: 

Junfu Zhang, Public Policy Institute of California 

Discussants: 

David Salzman, Lightspin Technologies 

Mark Walsh, Ruxton Ventures, LLC 

Moderator: 

Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Hudson Institute 

11:00 

Adjournment 

  Hudson’s Center for Employment Policy is grateful to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for the support of this program.