Not Your Grandmother's Vibrator: SF Designer Shakes Up Adult Toy Industry
Who doesn't want to go to a Build-A-Vibe workshop? That’s right, a workshop where amidst wine, cheese and premium silicon parts you build your own vibrator under the watchful eye of San Francisco...
View ArticleA Chocolatier's Dream: Durian Truffles And No Wi-Fi
Techies like their food. Where you find start-ups in San Francisco you'll also find bakeries selling haute muffins and coffee shops so specialized they should have curators. Among the latest additions...
View ArticleThe Latest In Skin Care: Secrets Of The Geisha, A Cup Of Sake And A Touch Of...
Victoria Tsai has an undergraduate degree from Wellesley, an MBA from Harvard, a resume filled with respected brand names and in 2009 launched Tatcha, a thriving beauty company. Somewhere in there she...
View ArticleOnline Concierge Serves Up Coffee, Cocktails And Taxidermy (Ethically...
Wondering where to take taxidermy classes using ethically obtained rabbits? Rishi Mandal can tell you. Mr. Mandal is the co-founder and CEO of Sosh, an online personal concierge service designed to...
View ArticleNew Efforts To Honor Chinese Railroad Workers - 145 Years Later
On May 10, 1869 a telegraph operator in Promontory Summit, Utah sent the word ‘DONE’ to Washington D.C. The first transcontinental railway was complete. The occasion was marked by the Golden Spike...
View ArticleFarm To Phone To Table: Sprig Delivers Google-Worthy Food In Three Taps
Growing up, Gagan Biyani wanted to be a lawyer. Thank goodness he got over that because the 27-year-old entrepreneur is now CEO and co-founder of Sprig, a San Francisco start-up that in three taps of...
View ArticleShow Highlights A Woman's Touch - In Industrial Design
There’s something different happening this year at San Francisco Design Week – a Women in Industrial Design Show on June 14 will focus on both established talents and new faces in the area of...
View ArticleNot Just Another Selfie: Storehouse Lets You Tell The Whole Story
Mark Kawano has always liked a good story. So when the Apple alum couldn’t find an app that let people quickly and easily combine photos, video and text to tell their own stories he and his co-founder,...
View ArticleSan Francisco Entrepreneur Aims To Make Parking 'A Delight' With On-Demand Valet
Curtis Lee never expected to have a career in parking. But after a stressful night circling the block around his favorite San Francisco restaurant for more than 30 minutes and finally finding a spot...
View Article'Dang' Good Coconut Chips Take On Snack Market
Vincent Kitirattragarn has a passion for coconut chips. It might not be obvious from his resume which includes two engineering degrees from Cornell University and a stint at the GoodGuide which...
View ArticleProblems With Math? Tutoring App Expands The Answers
Trouble with math? Raj Valli wants to be your tutor. Mr. Valli is the founder and CEO of Tabtor, a tablet-based tutoring program delivered via an app that combines technology (there are no pencils or...
View ArticleZhang Weiwei Talks About His New Think Tank, U.S.-China Relations And Why He...
Growing up in Shanghai during the Cultural Revolution, Chinese scholar Zhang Weiwei wanted to be a painter. This led to a vocational school and an apprenticeship as a jade carver. But he was also...
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