A great video recounting the trials and tribulations of an entrepreneur and her attempts to open an ice cream shop in San Francisco (HT: Scott James at the NY Times and Craig Newmark). From the NY Times story: Ms. Pries said it took two years to open the

Okay, I've lived in SF for a long time, not far from twenty years. Have gotten tired of hearing outsiders talk "San Francisco values" without having a clue. Here's my take, getting to the gist of things in all my simplemindedness. After observing real be

$62,000. Romney's PAC received $2.3 million from California's private equity sector, including $200,000 from Richard Boyce, a former Bain Capital partner, and $100,000 from Andrew Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, which owns Carl's Jr. and Hardee's. PayPal

Hey, people in Veterans Affairs and elsewhere are working with folks in private industry to help vets get jobs. They're doing some genuinely innovative work. Key to this is the Blue Button effort, which now allows vets to download their service record in

MoMo's, located across the street from Pacific Bell Park, is the perfect place to spend game day if you want to soak up the area's atmosphere without actually going to the game San Francisco event facility, MoMo’s Restaurant, a premier dining destination

Internet entrepreneur Craig Newmark created Craigslist, which reinvented the want ads. As he explains, "In 1995 I started helping my friends out by putting stuff together online about events in San Francisco. That project became Craigslist -- but who kne

Large, international trade shows that allow marketers to hold multiple meetings in a short time are continuing to hold their value for brands. Once a year, the marketing departments of the world’s top electronics brands share floor space with tech geeks

“Tony and Jimmy have made history by changing the way people shop and search for information online,” said Jesse Draper, host and producer of “The Valley Girl Show.” This week Jesse Draper, host and producer of “The Valley Girl Show,” sits down with Jimm

In my own small brush with posterity, I once exchanged emails with Craig Newmark of Craig’s List back in 1997. I had run an ad on the San Francisco-based bulletin board system that read, “Free beer and Bluegrass in Fairfax this Friday,” and he wanted to

Bill Gates, Craig Newmark, and Mark Zuckerberg have more in common than being highly successful founders of tech companies. They’re also introverts. This psychological temperament, according to Susan Cain, author of the recently published book Quiet: The

Hey, I've worked with Aneesh for a coupla years, and bear witness that he's the real deal, and has done a lot for the country, serving citizens well and providing a good return for the taxpayer dollar. Here you see him, on the left, with Joaquin Alvarado

If you believe Mark Zuckerberg's sanctimonious letter to prospective investors, Facebook apparently is all about altruism -- not turning profits. According to Zuck, "We don't build services to make money; we make money to build better services." This pas

On 31 January - 1 February 2012, the South San Francisco Conference Center played host to the fifth edition of iStrategy North America, one of the world's leading digital strategy conferences. An inspirational, two-day event held bi-annually at regional

iPhone 4S is a smash, holding back the Android tide, but as great as the numbers are, you miss Steve. Individuals matter. It was hard to get excited about their education presentation and it’s hard to be optimistic about the future. One man can make all

In the movie Hot Tub Time Machine, John Cusack goes "back to the future" and discovers that his friend Lou has become incredibly wealthy due to a little search-engine-that-could that he aptly named "Lougle." It's a fun example of how an individual's name

Really good help is provided by Blue Star Families and also the National Military Families Association, which focus on military families connecting and helping each other other out. With the wars overseas winding down, the need to help vets and military

SAN FRANCISCO — President Barack Obama is assembling a cast of tech industry bigwigs to rake in campaign cash from Silicon Valley. And any technical know-how they can provide would certainly be welcome, too. His campaign has created a fundraising focus g

Mark Zuckerberg, Craig Newmark, the Google guys, and all of the other tech superstars slammed it to those traditional media companies promoting the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) last week, managing to stop the bills. They ar

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter's Biz Stone, Craigslist's Craig Newmark, and many others have turned their entrepreneurial skills to solving the world's social problems. Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, set up a charity last year with his wife, Livi