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Inside The World’s Biggest Tech Meetup
inc.com 3 weeks, 5 days agoNot Silicon Valley or Boston. Not New York or Tel Aviv. A city without much reputation for innovation had 1,100+ people RSVP for a two-hour pitch Meetup. Here's what happened. John F. Kennedy famously called it a city with "southern efficiency and northern charm." Others say it's "Hollywood for ugly people." A century ago, apparently, it was known (oddly) as the City of Magnificent Distances . Yes, I'm talking about our nation's capital: Washington, D.C. D.C. isn't exactly known as a leading hotbed of innov
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Insight: Salesforce's Plan For Opulent Campus A Costly Debacle
yahoo.com 2 weeks, 6 days agoSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In early 2010, Marc Benioff, founder and chief executive of Salesforce.com, summoned several of his top real estate and finance executives to his San Francisco home to float a bold idea. He envisioned a world-class corporate campus to house the high-flying provider of online sales management tools, which employed more than 2,500 people in the city. Soon after, Salesforce bought 14 acres of waterfront property for $278 million. ...










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