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| Sep 19, 2014 | Sf.citi Tries To Recruit Tech Companies To “Adopt” SF’s Public Schools | One of the issues with leaning on a high-tech economic growth strategy in a region where there is incredibly constricted space and housing stock like in San Francisco and Silicon Valley is making sure that the benefits of a boom spread to e... |
| May 15, 2014 | A Mash Note To George Lucas’ Museum, Signed By M.C. Hammer (And Tech Leaders, Too) | San Francisco and Chicago are currently squaring off to be the future home of the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum, which will house filmmaking legend George Lucas’ collection of over 500,000 pieces of movie memorabilia.
In an effort to keep the ... |
| Apr 22, 2014 | Talent Shortage And Old Immigration Laws Hold London Back, Says Study | You may have heard of the boom in tech companies in London recently, but one thing that continues to hold the scene back is access to international talent. Today a study by an independent private sector group whose 500+ members combine foun... |
| Apr 14, 2014 | How Burrowing Owls Lead To Vomiting Anarchists (Or SF’s Housing Crisis Explained) | The Santa Clara Valley was some of the most valuable agricultural land in the entire world, but it was paved over to create today’s Silicon Valley. This was simply the result of bad planning and layers of leadership failure — nobody thinks ... |
| Apr 2, 2014 | Ron Conway Asks Tech CEOs To Step Up For Ellis Act Reform, Stop Evictions | Ron Conway, the widely influential angel investor, is asking tech CEOs across San Francisco to support Ellis Act reform, which will help slow no-fault evictions of long-time residents as rents across the city skyrocket.
The non-profit Conwa... |
| Mar 29, 2014 | Let’s look up from the ‘Google Bus’ and focus on solving real problems | In the Bay Area and across the country, Google’s private buses have become the proxy for important conversations about affordable housing, public transportation, and income inequality.
And whether we like it or not, the tech community has b... |
| Feb 10, 2014 | Tech Industry, Activists Talk Past Each Other At The Crunchies | Inside San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall was a packed hall with hundreds of tech’s well-to-do in ties, slacks and cocktail dresses for the so-bad-it’s-good awards show, The Crunchies.
Outside, there were about 50 protesters, beating drum... |
| Aug 20, 2013 | Hacking homelessness: HandUp lets you help out via mobile phone donations | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In San Francisco, entrepreneurs are proving that ... |
| Aug 20, 2013 | Hacking homelessness: HandUp lets you help out via mobile phone donations | In San Francisco, entrepreneurs are proving that technology can be a force for social good. A small but dedicated group has its sights on the homeless community and is building innovative tech to connect people with basic services.
This hel... |
| Aug 8, 2013 | Social media gives the homeless in S.F. a helping hand | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Until recently, Alana was one of hundreds of disa... |
| Jul 5, 2013 | Goodbye Mr Silva — A Brief History Of East London’s ‘Tech City’ | It was December 2009 and I was headed to a Christmas party at Number 10 Downing Street. This wasn’t exactly a regular diary date for me. Two years in to working for TechCrunch out of London and it had proven harder than I’d thought to attra... |
| Nov 26, 2012 | With adMonitor, Unified Aims To Provide A Central Dashboard For Social Ad Campaigns | Social marketing startup Unified is launching the newest version of what it calls its Social Operating Platform, and with it a new application called adMonitor.
Unified President and Chief Strategy Officer Calvin Lui (who joined earlier thi... |
| Nov 8, 2012 | How Much Proposition E Will Save SF Startups #FunWithMath | “Last night was an epic event for San Francisco,” says investor Ron Conway, whose advocacy group, sf.citi, championed the successful passage of Proposition E, which changes the San Francisco payroll tax into a tax on gross receipts for busi... |
| Oct 31, 2012 | If You Love Startups And Live In San Francisco, Vote Yes On Prop E | San Francisco residents will be voting on Proposition E next week, an important measure aimed at eliminating the ridiculous payroll tax companies here pay and replacing it with a (slightly less evil) revenue tax. The net effect – an estimat... |
| Oct 29, 2012 | Why The Technology Industry Must Get Involved In Government | Editor’s note: Ron Conway is an angel investor and chairman of sf.citi.
As the tech industry continues to grow its footprint in San Francisco, its leaders have a responsibility to help improve the city for all of its residents. The tech sec... |
| Oct 9, 2012 | Ron Conway and Jack Dorsey team up to promote job creation in San Francisco (video) | “It would be awesome if we could use technology to fix some of the problems that San Franciscans see everyday,” entrepreneur Jack Dorsey says in the opening seconds of a new viral video produced by storied angel investor Ron Conway.
Conway’... |
| Oct 9, 2012 | Ron Conway and Jack Dorsey team up to promote job creation in San Francisco (video) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
“It would be awesome if we could use technology t... |
| Oct 8, 2012 | While The California PUC Cracks Down On Ride-Sharing, Sidecar And Lyft Commit To Staying On The Road | First Uber, now Sidecar and Lyft.
The California Public Utilities Commission, which sought to shut down Uber two years ago, has been serving cease-and-desist letters to ride-sharing startups like Lyft, Sidecar, and Tickengo. The Commission,... |
| Sep 11, 2012 | Ron Conway And SF Mayor Ed Lee On Crucial Upcoming Tech Policy | Ron Conway and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee sat down with TechCrunch to chat about two crucial upcoming policies for the technology industry. First among them was Proposition E, a ballot initiative to reverse an old payroll tax policy that ch... |
| Jul 3, 2012 | San Francisco’s “bat computer” keeps police on the streets for longer | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The San Francisco police department has announced the development of its very own crime-fighting “bat computer” to help keep officers o... |
| May 25, 2012 | Benchmark In San Francisco | Editor’s Note: Peter Fenton has been a General Partner at Benchmark Capital since 2006 and serves on the boards of DotCloud, EngineYard, HortonWorks, Lithium, Minted, New Relic, Pentaho, Polyvore, Twitter, Yelp (IPO: YELP), Zendesk and Zuor... |
| Feb 25, 2012 | So What’s Next For Heather Harde? (TCTV) | You know who is a straight up, all around class act? Former TechCrunch CEO Heather Harde, who picked up the “Best General Management” award at this year’s TechFellows Awards because, well, she deserved the hell out of it.
Harde could probab... |
| Feb 22, 2012 | San Francisco Launches The 2012 Innovation Portfolio, From Open Taxi Data To Beta Tests In City Hall | San Francisco may not have intended to be become the startup mecca that it is today, but now the city government is working hard to make itself as friendly as possible to tech entrepreneurs. Makes sense, considering that there are 1,539 tec... |
| Empreendedores, tecnologistas e investidores de San Francisco assumem a cidade | Ron Conway já foi chamado de Padrinho do Vale do Silício. Diz-se que ninguém fez tantos investimentos em startups quanto ele nos últimos 15 anos. Conhecido recentemente pelo fundo SV Angel, ele também vem trabalhando pelo bem da cidade com ... |
| Empreendedores, tecnologistas e investidores de San Francisco assumem a cidade | Ron Conway já foi chamado de Padrinho do Vale do Silício. Diz-se que ninguém fez tantos investimentos em startups quanto ele nos últimos 15 anos. Conhecido recentemente pelo fundo SV Angel, ele também vem trabalhando pelo bem da cidade com ... |
