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Oakland A’s swing for homers times 3,000

Posted on February 26, 2021 by markweiss86

The A’s announced a plan with a baseball park, 3,000 homes and some shops. I haven’t swung a bat in about 10 years but have sat through 3,000 hours of development proposals here in Palo Alto. I should bone up … Continue reading →

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325 Lytton, $20m; their tenant you’ve never heard of, $1.3b

Posted on February 23, 2021 by markweiss86

Smart-home technology provider Plume Design Inc. joined the Bay Area’s unicorns Tuesday with a $270 million funding round. The Palo Alto company, which has largely flown under the radar despite its technology being used in some 22 millions homes, saw … Continue reading →

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Unicorn spotted in Palo Alto

Posted on February 13, 2021 by markweiss86

Hippo is a new insurance startup, a unicorn, which means it is valued at $1b. One-point five billion or a billion and a half, according to the business journal, which lists it among the largest venture deals.The photo shows an … Continue reading →

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Three quick takes from the SV Biz Journal

Posted on February 10, 2021 by markweiss86

1) San Jose gets twice as much revenue from business tax than from TOT. They get $70 m per year in business tax. We get zero. It’s possible that we would get more than that, despite the population differences, as … Continue reading →

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Feist ‘1 2 3 4’ VS Dolly Parton / Squarespace ‘5 to 9’

Posted on February 9, 2021 by markweiss86

I would have hired Jenny Lewis rather than Dolly Parton.  

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Minimum wage VS Venture Capitalists

Posted on January 4, 2021 by markweiss86

BLUF: I make a pop culture reference below to a video with 750 million views and apparently a drug reference or organized crime, but when I say “Oaxaca” (wuh-hah-kuh) I am thinking about Palo Alto’s sister city exchange and or … Continue reading →

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Tales of 2.0 Palo Alto Cities

Posted on December 31, 2020 by markweiss86

I greeted activist Herb Burok today, idling on Waverley near Hamilton and he mentioned that the recent election six weeks ago was a mixed bag: he noted that the losers got more votes than the winners. I’ll believe his math … Continue reading →

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Pop Smoke shot by shot

Posted on December 31, 2020 by markweiss86

I counted 140 shots in the three minute video for “Dior” by the late rapper superstar meteoric success story or cautionary tale, Pop Smoke. This song was the first song I added to my Apple stream — I pay $10 … Continue reading →

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Candye Kane, truly gifted

Posted on December 7, 2020 by markweiss86

Live your life, play your part. Let the feelings flow from your heart. You can’t change the tide, you can’t change the sea you just gotta be who you were born to be. I wouldn’t be alive now if it … Continue reading →

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The new burgers of Cali

Posted on November 24, 2020 by markweiss86
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