What if you built a new city from the ground up? The idea has tantalized urban planners and utopian dreamers for centuries. In 2017, Jan Sramek joined their crusade.Mr. Sramek, […]
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Back to news homeBay Area Expansion Team Draws Record Price for U.S. Women’s Soccer League
The race for the rights to show live sports has lifted the values of teams and leagues, drawing the attention of the world’s biggest investment firms. And those funds are […]
Happiness or Success? Salesforce’s Marc Benioff Doesn’t Want to Choose.
Many years ago, Thich Nhat Hanh, the Buddhist monk and spiritual leader, posed a question to Marc Benioff, the co-founder and chief executive of Salesforce.“What is more important, being successful […]
‘Recession Resilient’ Climate Start-Ups Shine in Tech Downturn
But the stakes are too high to be cynical, climate entrepreneurs and investors said.“There’s a bigger fight to fight,” said Elisa Jagerson, an investor at Wildcat Venture Partners. “Everything else […]
What Comes Next for the Most Empty Downtown in America
For the optimized office worker looking for the trifecta of fast, healthy and filling, few meals are more efficient than a pile of veggies and some dressing swirled with tofu […]
A Frustrating Hassle Holding Electric Cars Back: Broken Chargers
The federal government is doling out billions of dollars to encourage people to buy electric vehicles. Automakers are building new factories and scouring the world for raw materials. And so […]
Russian-Speakers in Tech Rebuild Their Lives in San Francisco
He soon founded a nonprofit social network for entrepreneurs called Mesto — the Russian word for place — hoping to boost the start-up market in Russia and other parts of […]
Start-Ups Flock to WeWork, Trellis and Other Low-Commitment Spaces
When Melissa Pancoast moved her financial literacy start-up, The Beans, into a WeWork office in San Francisco’s Salesforce Tower last May, most of the offices around her were rented out […]
House Hunters Are Leaving the City, and Builders Can’t Keep Up
River Islands, the development where the Namayans hoped to live, is in Lathrop, Calif., which has a population of 25,000. It sits about a half-hour beyond Altamont Pass, whose rolling […]
Another Unlikely Pandemic Shortage: Boba Tea
A panic erupted on the West Coast this week. Over a drink.It happened when beverage aficionados learned that tapioca, the starch used to make the sweet, round, chewy black bubbles […]