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>> hi. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> i don't want to follow eric schmidt. my job is to welcome you to this wacky place i call home, san francisco. a city that prides itself on the cutting edge of new ideas. you are home to the birthplace of live science and i bet half of you forgot the united nations was founded in the city and county of san francisco. to make this point -- what makes us a special place is the

capacity to live and propser together over every difference. that is the economic paradigm that makes this city so vibrant and me so optimistic. it used to be that a company would open up and everybody would move to that city. now, companies go to where the talent is. the paradigm and efforts in san francisco create the conditions where people, regardless of race, religion, rich, poor, and regardless of their sexual orientation come here to live their lives in a way that is fully expressed. this is the economic purpose.

resources of all our plan to invite the best and brightest into the city that was probably best described as 47 miles surrounded by reality. this is a magical place, where we do not just celebrate our differences but unite around our common humanity. i think that is one reason that you were in a city with the lowest unemployment rate of the cities and counties in this state. this is very high but this is doing better than any other county in california. this is a city and county where people are making a historic investments. the home to twitter and ustream and the wikipedia foundation and the brand new headquarters at 8th and brannon at zenga.

but are announcing their new headquarters here in san francisco. a few years ago, they had 398 employees, and now they have 1200. and they have made a seven year commitment to the city and they will grow north of 2000 employees. this is not where everything ends. zenga, you know this. i want to congratulate them on their wisdom. their long-term commitment to the city. we are making a long-term commitment to them. and the same with the sales force that is growing exponentially. dolbe labs, around the corner in this city. this city is starting to see all the high-tech companies that

were in other parts of the state of california and across the country coming back to rediscover what is right with san francisco. and i am here because, not just because i am the mayor, but i am is somebody who lives here. i care about the fate and the future and i care about this city. i am here to tell you baps the best days of san francisco are ahead of us, and they are not behind us. and there is a lot of excitement and interest -- and enthusiasm happening here. and i would like to talk about those of you who are operating companies outside of this city, please take another look at san francisco. i would like free to think about the state of california and the talent that is here. people and creativity and talent, creating these conditions to invite the best

and brightest from across the world. the proximity to berkeley and stanford, research and development that is here and human capital. we know what is happening in connecticut and boston and san diego. they understand these ingredients. the organic growth as part of the dna, and the lifeblood of san francisco. i am here as the mayor, to promote this wonderful city. i am here as a small business person. i look forward to getting back into the business world and i hope that i will continue to find growth and opportunity to invest in the san francisco bay

area. and i am here to tell you that now is the time to invest in the city. the opportunity to find a big space has never been self- evident. could not be like those companies that have to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars per month going to the south bay. you could spend less money by going to where the employees already are by opening and expanding in the city of san francisco. i am a little bit uneasy, being here. but i will say this. i just came back from the debate of the lieutenant governor. i am here to thank you for all of your hard work. thank you for your creativity and your ingenuity. thank you for the willingness to take risks. learn from your mistakes. thank you for understanding that mistakes are portal of discovery. and you always miss 100% of the

shots that you don't take. thank you for giving people hope and expectation and wonder that is the quality of imagination inside each and every one of you. thank you for making san francisco and the state and this nation such a special and unique place. thank you for the work that you will be doing, this is the head of all of us and inside each and every one of you. thank you. the tech crunch. thank you for hosting this here, and thank you to mayor bloomberg for saying this in new york. but in san francisco we are equally competitive. michael in the east coast, we want for you to recognize the unique advantages. proximity, the gateway to the pacific. california.

the sky is the limit. i am grateful that all of you are here and are taking the time. thank you, and have a great conference. >> we will have to have the debate on which is better.