What billionaire investor Penny Pritzker is telling startups to do now bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/n…

Really cool LiPo Ching photo and Mark Calvey q&a with San Francisco International Airport (SFO) ✈️ United Airlines exec Lori Augustine in San Francisco Business Times. She got her start changing oil at Jiffy Lube and now she runs the show at SFO. I want back story on this photo shoot!

Given the massive #Meta #layoffs, my story on whether we’re setting the stage for a 2000 dot-com-style meltdown is getting a lot of interest. bizj.us/1qgy9r

Really enjoyed talking to Mark Calvey at San Francisco Business Times about setting realistic expectations for M&A in 2023. Both founders & investors need to recognize that M&A will be a tougher, not easier, exit strategy this year. bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/n…

Today Kevin Alexis Arango Madrigal, Mark Calvey, Margaret O'Mara & Natasha Mascarenhas discussed what the SVB failure means for the Bay Area, its customers and the tech industry. 🎧 Listen to the podcast: bit.ly/3JgDdeT

First Citizens Bank CEO tells Silicon Valley Bank customers what the two banks have in common. bizj.us/1qi4bp

My colleague Laura Waxmann has a must-read report on San Francisco commercial real estate. One source tells Laura Waxmann: “Unfortunately, many owners own office assets under financial structures that basically anticipate a world that doesn't exist anymore — bizj.us/1qi3rq

Big news, sad news exclusively from my San Francisco Business Times colleaugue @lexbarreira — The San Francicsco Nordstrom store is closing: bizj.us/1qif65 I have wonderful memories of visiting the store soon after it opened in 1988 and being impressed with the circular escalators.

Today Kevin Alexis Arango Madrigal, Mark Calvey, Rachel Louise Ensign & Jeremy C. Owens discuss what First Republic Bank's failure means for our local economy and whether we need brick and mortar banks. 🎧 Listen to the podcast: bit.ly/3LuBCDD

The comments that @firstrepublic founder Jim Herbert shared with me in an interview last fall have a haunting ring to them now that the bank has failed. bizj.us/1qif9o

Sad to see Old Navy set sail from its flagship San Francisco store. I remember when a tired old drugstore transformed into this giant Old Navy store in 1999, bringing new life and energy to an important corner of downtown S.F. My San Francisco Business Times colleague Alex Barreira has the

Citing market conditions, work has halted on San Francisco's Hayes Point, which was not only the largest skyscraper to start construction since the start of the pandemic, but the only one. @Laura_Waxee reports: bizj.us/1qj8lz

Will Snowflake land a big new lease in #SiliconValley? My colleague Laura Waxmann reports: bizj.us/1qj8z0

A luxury #housing tower in #SanFrancisco's mid-Market neighborhood has been struggling to fill vacancies in the wake of pandemic. This month, a $384M loan for NEMA SF facing "imminent default" was sent into special servicing. shorturl.at/egRST

The company is said to have an initial requirement for roughly 200,000 square feet, but is looking to grow its real estate footprint to around 500,000 square feet. Uber

📸 from the U.S. Gymnastics Championships this weekend SAP Center, thanks for letting me tag along Kevin V. Nguyen

See what United Airlines Airlines Chief Financial Officer Mike Leskinen had to say about the carrier's MileagePlus frequent-flier program, and why it's a "crown jewel" of the company. bizj.us/1qkhxn

I miss San Francisco. I miss Crissy Field. The Marina Green. I miss that walk along the water at sunset, with all that green to your left, the water to your right, and the sight of that huge surreal orange bridge up ahead. The Italian sandwich spots in north beach. The insane

⚠️Something big is happening in the labor market ya'll & it’s hidden in a boring laundry earnings call. 🧵 1/10