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Carlos Muela feared no one would come. The quick opening he’d anticipated for SoMa StrEat Food Park had dragged into months, then a year. No income but massive bills for rent, architecture, infrastructure, and improvements piling up. “It was a…
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Product design – from the Tesla, to the iPhone, to the Nest thermostat, makes life bubble and shine. It’s thrilling to see and touch something new, different, and aesthetically charming. Remember the last time you bought something just because you…
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He began at the age of eight years old cleaning up in a couple of Spanish restaurants in San Francisco’s Mission district. By fourteen, he was a waiter. By seventeen, he had risen to manager, and might very well have…
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Everyone wants to gain greater confidence in pitching ideas or presenting, but how can you rise above the great gray mediocrity of corporate storytelling? The answer may be Sammy Wegent’s Speechless. Part comedy show, part ingenious corporate training methodology, this…
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