Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

They found ways to support longterm care facilities, homeless shelters, and other locations serving those most at risk, all while schools, their main source of revenue, were closed. I would say we started thinking hard in March about how to protect our employees. I mean, we support roughly 2000 employees across cities in the US.

Cofounder 60

Cofounder Security Founder Entrepreneur 60

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 8, 2017

If you were watching the Oakland Raiders beating the hapless New York Giants (so sad about Eli) this past Sunday, you surely saw a scene like this one: Quarterback Geno Smith using his Microsoft Surface tablet to figure out how he added two more fumbles to this career total of 43. Global maxima view of success: Microsoft is losing. [

Global 121

Global Metrics Artificial Inteligence Oakland 121

Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

Each circle represents one of the fifty largest technology companies in the city, the size of each circle determined by the number of the company’s employees. The largest tech employer, according to SFBT, is Salesforce.com with 4,000 employees as of January 2014 (an increase of a thousand from one year earlier).

San Francisco 20

San Francisco Silicon Valley California Oakland 20