5 posts and columns on Union Square

Tech Firms Move to Hip New Home

in News on August 25, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

The media have Midtown. The banks have Wall Street. Now tech companies are laying their foundation near Union Square.

Music Sharing Service SoundCloud Raises $10 Million From Index, Union Square

in Media on January 8, 2011 at 8:52 am PT

Music start-ups have been a money incinerator for a long time, but that doesn’t stop investors from trying again. Here’s the latest example, which I first wrote about back in October.

Boxee Goes Hunting for Big Bucks

in Media on November 8, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

Boxee hits a big milestone this week, when its very own Boxee Box hits the market. But that won’t help the start-up pay its growing staff, which is why Avner Ronen is out raising a big round.

QOTD

“I’m in line to replace the first generation that I ridiculously stood in line for the first time, and am ridiculously standing in line again.”

– Joseph Lobato, the third person in line for the iPhone 4 at Apple’s Union Square store in San Francisco

Kara Visits Offbeat Guides!

in News on May 15, 2009 at 4:12 am PT

This week, I went on a trek to downtown San Francisco–from ATD HQ, located in the wilds of the Castro–to visit David Sifry, the jovial Web entrepreneur who recently launched Offbeat Guides. The San Francisco-based start-up makes “personalized, up-to-date travel guides that cover over 30,000 travel destinations, using a combination of search technology and curation by both amateur and professional travel experts.” In other words, on-demand travel books with a touch of humanity.
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