www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Moneyball,” of course, refers of to the 2003 book by Michael Lewis (and the 2011 film starring Brad Pitt) about the Oakland A’s baseball team—and how general manager Billy Beane began using obscure baseball statistics and a new kind of computer-generated analysis to find under-appreciated talent and build a winning team on a shoestring budget.

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Altgate

MAY 14, 2009

In some ways it reminds me of that Michael Lewis book Money Ball and how the Oakland A’s found ways to win with a small payroll. As an entrepreneur it means bootstrap, bootstrap, bootstrap. Spend nickels like they were manhole covers. Anyway, so that’s my crack at “what’s next in tech.&# What do you think Scott?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Between 2007 – 2016, 1 million Californians relocated outside of the state largely for financial reasons. oWOW’s work is supported by many high-profile individuals like the former vice mayor of Oakland, California, Annie Campbell Washington, and Elaine Brown of the Black Panther Party.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Launched in 2007 in Los Angeles by Adam Bernhard and Konstantin Glasmacher. Founded in January 2000 in Oakland by Tim Westergren; new CFO, Steve Cakebread was previously CFO of Salesforce.com. Formed in 2007 by UPenn students, Nat Turner, Scott Becker, Michael Provenzano, and Zach Weinberg, in Philadelphia.

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