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"He and Koum worked out of the Red Rock Cafe, a watering hole for startup founders on the corner of California and Bryant in Mountain View." Prediction: The hu
by ojbyrne 13y ago
"He and Koum worked out of the Red Rock Cafe, a watering hole for startup founders on the corner of California and Bryant in Mountain View."
Prediction: The huge movement of startups (or more properly the hype about movement of startups) from the South Bay to San Francisco is now going to be reversed.
And the reporter is kind of geo-challenged. Red Rock is at the corner of Villa & Castro.
- argonaut 13y agoWhatsApp indicates nothing about the migration of startups from the Peninsula to SF. As far as I can observe, that migration started going full steam after 2011. WhatsApp was founded in 2009.
- ojbyrne 13y agoI think its mostly a press thing, but subject to perturbations. Saying the biggest (and smallest in terms of employee count) acquisition in recent memory was right in the heart of MV will transport the press from SOMA to University Ave in PA and Castro Street in MV overnight. Sorry guys, tough commute.