Well, this is nice. Jessica Guynn and I are name-checked in this interview Marc Benioff did with San Francisco Magazine about his SF Gives idea. Q: Let’s talk about the genesis of SF Gives: Did it come to you in a dream, or was it something you studied and beta tested? A: Benioff: I just felt it. It started in December, when I got a call from Chris O’Brien and Jessica Guynn, two reporters at the L.A. Times. They were working on this story about unrest in S.F.—the buses in our neighborhoods, the Ellis Act, people getting thrown out of their homes, broad gentrification across the city—all because of the tech boom. I talked to them on the phone for quite a long time, and they did a really good job of researching and writing their story, which then inspired a lot of other stories: USA Today wrote about it, the Wall Street Journal wrote about it, Bloomberg picked it up, and on and on. More and more, there was this conversation bubbling up nationally, with people asking, what’s going on with tech in this city? Full Benioff interview is here: modernluxury/san-francisco/story/the-benioff-doctrine Our story he referenced: articles.latimes/2014/jan/24/business/la-fi-tech-image-reboot-20140124
Posted on: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 20:51:00 +0000
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