Ashley Welch and her cofounder were finally in the room for the big break they d been working towards: a chance to pitch their tech startup to a prominent venture-capital investor. Though she was confident in her vision for the company, Welch was frustrated by her business partner s habit of talking over her.
Suddenly, the investor they were pitching, Jason Calacanis, stopped the conversation. Who s the CEO? he wanted to know. I am, Welch s partner responded without skipping a beat. No, you re not, Calacanis shot back. She s the CEO.
Just like that, Welch was the CEO, and her startup, a dating app called Flutter, had a $25,000 investment and the promise of at least another $25,000 to come. The quick-fire decision was classic Calacanis, in keeping with a blunt, gut-driven style that sets him apart from his peers.
1958 (dated)
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One of only two known surviving examples of Byrel W. Burgess s magnificent 1958 pictorial map of Seoul, Korea. Encompassing the heart of modern-day Seoul, the map humorously captures the ephemeral post-Korean War experience of American soldiers stationed there. Truly one of the great mid-century pictorial maps, following in the spirit of Frank Dorn (with whom Burgess served in the World War II China-Burma Theater), comic vignettes populate the map. These vignettes collectively highlight not only foreign-service military life, but also the exponential rise of American political and military influence between World War II (1939 -1945) and the Vietnam War (1955 - 1975).
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History of the Point Lobos Marine Exchange Building.
The Octagon House at Land s End The old octagonal Marine Exchange building at Lands End, February 1927. -
by John Martini
September 2009
Nearly engulfed by trees above the Land s End parking lot is an overlooked piece of San Francisco s maritime history, the octagonal-shaped Point Lobos Marine Exchange Lookout Station. Completed in early 1927, it was the last of a series of stations that stretched back to the Gold Rush whose function was to watch for approaching ships and announce their arrival. Once a ship was spotted, the lookout relayed the information (especially the ship s name or company insignia) to the Embarcadero where a small army of stevedores, tugs boats, taxis and drayage companies waited to unload the vessel s cargo and transport her passengers.