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‘Green’ deals down, costs up for PG&E

Body work done here Beauty is in the eye of the stockholders

Energy law may smack ratepayers

BY RON LEUTY San Francisco Business Times

BUM DEALS The five largest PG&E renewable contracts that went bust: Size

erry Pope wants to liberate women — and make some money in the process. Pope’s Palo Alto company, Viveve Inc., is launching a product that promises to tighten vaginal tissue stretched by childbirth and return women’s sex lives to pre-child days. The half-hour radiofrequency technology procedure, already used to tighten saggy facial skin, allows women to return home or to work with nary anyone else the wiser for it. “It’s all about her,” Pope said.

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Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has slammed into a green roadblock: The contracts it signs to buy renewable power keep falling through. As a result, the San Franciscobased utility is struggling to meet the state’s mandate to get a third of its power from renewable sources by 2020. Worse, critics say, the dearth of partners could force PG&E to pay ever higher prices for clean energy, the cost of which will ultimately land in the laps of ratepayers.

SEE VANITY, 30 “Incredible amount of R&D that went into these products” says Dr. Vic Narurkar of the Bay Area Laser Institute.

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Coverity feasts on software bugs BY PATRICK HOGE San Francisco Business Times

Automobile companies usually aren’t thought of as being in the software business. But General Motors recalled 47,401

Cadillac SRX models this year because of an airbag software bug, while Nissan Motor Co. had to bring back 5,300 Leafs to fix a software glitch that prevented some cars from starting. Spotting such problems before they expensively emerge has proved to be a rich vein for Coverity Inc. It is helping large companies like Bayer, Boston Scientific, Chicago Trading Co., Lenovo, Level 3 Communications, Lockheed

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Martin, Medtronic, Mitsubishi Electric, NEC, Raytheon, Siemens, Yahoo and unnamed auto manufacturers search early on for errors in the billions of lines of computer code they use as they bring new offerings to market — often code supplied by outside vendors. The San Francisco company, founded in 2002, recently closed out its fiscal SEE COVERITY, 31

PROFILE ■ 14 Fremont Bank CEO Brad Anderson hits homestretch.

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Fast-growing firm puts code to the test

“We should be able to harness this kind of growth,” says CEO Anthony Bettencourt.

SMALL BUSINESS ■ 19 5th Finger turns ‘shoppers into buyers.’ ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE ■ 20 TubeMogul answers video-ad demand. THE LIST ■ 22 Top Bay Area television stations ranked.

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Bullish — to a point Financial firms are growing again at 555 California St., but similar success is not seen elsewhere. 4

30-year fixed Starting in 1980, Brad Anderson worked his way up from branch manager and loan officer to Fremont Bank’s CEO. 14

Real estate casualty Prolonged slump spells end of East Bay’s Morgan Miller Blair law firm. 4 Popping fresh In restaurants, pop-ups aren’t just for startups anymore. Veteran chefs are now getting in on the game. 5 Taking on water San Leandro chooses developer for potential big waterfront project. 6 PAOLO VESCIA

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’Tis the season Retail app maker 5th Finger is on a growth tear, helping retailers put more shopping information in the hands of smartphone users from the moment they enter the store, says CEO Patrick Collins. It’s also chasing growth in the health care industry. Focus: Small Business 19

Small Business Lifting a finger Patrick Collins and Steen Anderson already had quite a track record as entrepreneurs when they launched 5th Finger. 19

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New faces Facebook created two new chief privacy officer jobs, naming Erin Egan to focus on policy and Michael Richter to oversee products. The appointment settle a privacy complaint brought by the Federal Trade Commission. 16

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O Christmas Tree: Another thing to hold against Los Angeles With the arrival of the holiday seafrom previous years. (In fact, Phil TALK OF THE son comes the return of a cherished Tippett of CBRE, who snagged an holiday tradition: Bragging rights for autographed ball thrown by Rice at TOWN the tallest Christmas tree, followed the first lighting ceremony, hauled by celebratory woot-wooting from down a matching one from Gore.) the winners. The LA lighting event, by contrast, Mounting a strong local challenge had a gaggle of entertainment types. for foliage frontrunner is Vornado No football stars. Realty Trust. The New Yorkers arrived in town in 2007 Oh, that’s right, Angelenos: You don’t have a pro footwith the acquisition of 555 California St. and quickly intro- ball team. So there. duced a Rockefeller Center-style tree and lighting ceremony at its new San Francisco landmark. By last year, Yao Ming, the longtime NBA star who hails from not only was their 81-foot pine a critical few inches taller than its 80-foot crosstown counterpart at Union Square, it Shanghai, is using the Napa Valley to take aim at China’s celebrity and prestige-happy wine market. comfortably topped Rock Center’s 74-foot offering. His new wine, Yao Family Wines, isn’t just a “vanity” This year? Fuhgeddaboutit. It’s not even close. Vornado hauled in an 85-foot monster White Fir from Mt. Shasta. wine, insist industry experts like the Wine Spectator. At With both Union Square and Rockefeller merely matching $289 per bottle, it’s viewed as a likely slam dunk in the People’s Republic, where the 7-foot, 6-inch Yao is perhaps last year’s heights, game, set and match to Vornado. Or maybe not. Los Angeles mall developer Rick Caruso the best known international sports star. Yao, 31, who retired from the Houston Rockets last had a behemoth trucked in a few weeks ago and set up in the middle of one of his Southland shopping centers, The season, has released 5,000 cases of a 2009 cabernet Grove — from which, it is claimed, it reaches 105 feet sauvignon blend, and plans to follow up with a 500-case toward the sky. “We own Christmas,” a Caruso exec told limited release reserve cabernet sauvignon. Yao’s not actually out tilling fields himself, of course, the Huff Post Los Angeles website. Now, there’s no independent measuring agency for but relying on winemaker Tom Hinde and the “custom Christmas trees, so all we have to work with are devel- crush” of various vineyards, grapes and juice. Jeff Menashe, CEO and founder of San Francisco’s opers’ claims. (Indeed.) But even if real estate revelers at Vornado’s ceremony Nov. 29 had known they’d wine-focused Demeter Group investment bank, said been outdone by LA, it would have done little to damp- moves like Yao’s could be an opportunity for “iconic en festivities. About 500 turned out to hear the Dick Napa/Sonoma producers” that want to boost profits withBright Orchestra and Pia Toscana, and to catch footballs out buying more land or investing in different grapes. By thrown by 49er running back Frank Gore, all for the ben- going to Asian markets, particularly China, they can sell their wares at a much higher price point. Especially if efit of Autism Speaks. The Niners and the tree have quickly become a 555 tra- they can get a name like Yao Ming on the label. — Contributors: Devan McClaine, Chris Rauber ■ dition, with Gore following Jerry Rice and Vernon Davis

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The financial industry is staging a modest resurgence at its traditional top San Francisco address: 555 California St. Vornado Realty Trust, owners of the financial district icon known as the Bank of America building, say they’ve recorded 325,000 square feet of new leases and renewals over the last 18 months, holding down vacancy at the 52-story, 1.8 million-square-foot project to 4 percent. Many deals are from financial sector tenants slowly emerging from the historic swoon that started in 2008: ■ Investment bank Goldman Sachs beefed up to 90,000 square feet on four floors earlier this year, after it had downsized to 70,000 square feet two years ago. ■ Buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts doubled its space late last year to 50,000 square feet from 25,000 square feet and plans to reconfigure its offices. ■ Symphony Asset Management recently agreed to boost its footprint to 25,000 square feet from having less than 20,000 square feet. ■ Investment bank Morgan Stanley, is close to renewing its lease for 90,000 square feet at 555 California, but is planning to remodel its space to fit more workers in. “We’ve seen our tenant base growing,” said David Greenbaum, president of Vornado’s office division. The company, which also owns major office towers in New York and Washington, D.C., bought the San Francisco landmark in 2007. The San Francisco market as a whole has seen the number of financial services workers steadily decline for most of that time, said Colin Yasukochi, director of research for Jones Lang LaSalle in San Francisco. Still, that hasn’t spelled doom for 555 Cal. “(555 California) is a premier building in the city and even if the pool of financial firms is shrinking, they can just attract top tenants because they are a

Top dollar: Rents at 555 Cal landmark remain above financial district average. top building,” he said. Asking rates in the financial district averaged near $38 per square foot during the third quarter, according to CB Richard Ellis. Meanwhile, rents in 555 Cal range from $50 to $100 per square footdepending on the floor, said Tom Poggi, a broker with CAC Group who represents the building. Tech-driven South of Market rents, in contrast, have been soaring, with vacancy dropping, leading Vornado and other highrise landlords to step up efforts to attract tech tenants. At 555, Vornado is touting high ceilings and open floor plans devoid of structural columns, making it easy for tenants to go from individual offices to cubicles and collective seating. Greenbaum said Vornado has also invested in upgrading the 1969 building’s systems like elevators and is looking at installing its owner power generator to take 555 Cal off the city’s electrical grid. The move could reduce energy costs and ensure the building has a constant source of power. The tower also earned LEED Silver certification this year. “The key to any building is to make sure that technologically it remains state of the art,” Greenbaum said. [email protected] / (415) 288-4960 ■

Morgan Miller Blair firm victim of real estate slump BY ERIC YOUNG San Francisco Business Times

A prolonged downturn in real estate has claimed East Bay law firm Morgan Miller Blair PC, which built most of its business around that industry’s builders and financiers. Attorneys at the 26-year-old firm said they will disband by the end of the year. Most of the firm’s 20 attorneys in Walnut Creek will join other law firms in the region or strike out on their own. Morgan Miller Blair counted clients including home builders like Standard Pacific Homes and Pulte Homes and commercial developers like Blake Hunt Ventures Inc. The firm, which was as large as 34 lawyers five years ago, derived as much as two-thirds of its revenue from its real estate practice, said Chris Hunter, the

firm’s chairman. The firm offered “cradle to grave” services for developers and home builders throughout the region, counseling on site selection, land purchase, entitlements, construction and sales. Attorneys at Morgan Miller Blair considered merging with another law firm but found no suitable pairings. Hunter said firm revenue is expected to be flat in 2011 compared to 2010. While the firm was able to cover expenses, the real estate slump led partners to conclude it could not continue operations. “It’s not as if there was going to be a dramatic turnaround” in real estate that would allow for firm growth, Hunter said. The level of real estate financing and building in the East Bay remains below its 2007 peak. [email protected] / (415) 288-4969 ■


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Pop-up chefs bring taste of new talent to eateries BY SARAH DUXBURY San Francisco Business Times

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Pop-up restaurants are no longer the playground of the not-yet-established. These days, even seasoned chefs and restaurants are joining the mix. Most notably, Chef David Bazirgan of Fifth Floor Restaurant in San Francisco decided to feature a different guest chef for five consecutive nights to kick off the holiday season. Each participating chef already has a well-regarded San Francisco restaurant, and Bazirgan has asked each to interpret his or her own cultural background as a six-course $95 prix-fixe menu. For example, Dominique Crenn will draw in her French roots and Hoss Zare will cook a Persian feast. “I want to keep the Fifth Floor somewhat in the spotlight,” Bazirgan said. “This is about collaboration and making it fun and everyone learning.” There are lots of reasons an executive chef might dabble in the pop-up world. There’s the collaboration Bazirgan cites. It also can be a more creative experience than a typical night in the kitchen, cooking the same old menu. “I really just want to do something different here once in a while to shake it up,” said Jeff Banker of Baker & Banker, who will be a guest chef at Fifth Floor in December and who has hosted several pop-up guest chef nights at his Pacific Heights restaurant. “I’m inviting friends I have known for a while.” Since summer, Baker & Banker has invited in Jake Godby of Humphrey Slocombe,

“This is about collaboration and making it fun and everyone learning,” says Bazirgan. Thomas McNaughton of Flour + Water, Ryan Farr of 4505 Meats and, most recently, Chef Ron Siegel, on hiatus while his Ritz-Carlton restaurant is redesigned. Banker said that every time he has a guest chef, he attracts new customers, which speaks to the effectiveness of guest-chef gigs as a low-cost marketing tool. “The restaurant has been around 11 years. There are so many great restaurants and so much great food in the city, (so) in order for us to try to stand out and bring people up to the Fifth Floor we have to keep coming up with creative ideas to

draw different crowds and different clienteles,” Bazirgan said. Other chefs use pop-up restaurants to build buzz for a new or not-yet-opened venture. Evan Rich cooks during the day at Coi while he and his wife, Sarah, prepare to open a restaurant in Hayes Valley in 2012. To gain exposure and executive experience in the meantime, they have started a monthly pop-up restaurant called Chefs Night Off, they were recently guest chefs at Coi. “Opening up a restaurant takes a long

time and is a lot of work, and in the downtime we wanted to do something to help keep our names out there, to help us create content, menu ideas and a general idea of what we will do when we open up,” said Evan Rich. “Going into different restaurants exposes us to a lot of potential customers.” In addition to the money they make doing pop-up restaurants, they also have the experience, to an extent, of opening a new restaurant each time. They refine multiple menus, try out different staff and staffing structures. “It’s gotten us a little bit more used to and comfortable with what it will feel like when we do open our own restaurant,” said Sarah Rich. Similarly, a recent pop-up dinner at Coffee Bar in Portero Hill allowed Chris and Veronica Laramie, proprietors of eVe in Berkeley, to promote a friend’s new handmade pasta, called Baia, and also to cook for a San Francisco clientele, perhaps to woo some back across the bay. “We always go for any chance that comes our way and that doesn’t really cost us much to get into as far as marketing,” Chris Laramie said. Most restaurants will do fewer covers on a guest-chef night, but chefs say the experience is less about volume than giving regular diners a chance to try, and his staff a chance to prepare, someone else’s food. Regulars gain a new experience and guest-chef evenings may also attract fans of a chef to a new venue. [email protected] / (415) 288-4963 ■

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Reply to nearly double revenue Plans to beef up its staff by 30%

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Local online lead seller Reply Inc. has not been standing still since it declared its intent to go public in early 2010. While waiting for a favorable stock market, the profitable San Ramon company has expanded into new lines of business, acquired two companies and is on track in 2011 to nearly double revenue to between $60 million and $70 million. “We’re much larger than we were a year ago. The company has been able to dramatically expand its offerings into many different categories,” said Reply CEO, president and founder Payam Zamani. In 2009, Reply had $34.3 million in revenue and net income of $2.5 million. Zamani predicts the growth will continue, and he expects to add 30 percent to Reply’s 220-employee headcount, which is already up from 127 in early 2010. While Zamani says he will be evaluating the public markets early next year, he insists there is no pressure to go public, other than that an influx of cash would allow for acquisitions and faster growth. Founded in 2001, Reply has developed web sites and widgets to gather information about consumers looking to buy local goods and services, for example through “request a quote” forms. It then auctions leads to businesses through a real-time bidding process that Reply managed to get patented this year. Reply built its foundation in real estate and automotive sales, but it has moved into other verticals, including home improvement, education and insurance.

als, which have to come from the city and various agencies that oversee the waterfront. The first phase of the project could be built within five years: three more years to secure approvals and two years for construction. The waterfront project is one of several major developments moving forward in San Leandro, said Dave Johnson, president and CEO of the city’s chamber of commerce. Others include a 436,000-square-foot Kaiser Permanente hospital and 275,000square-foot hospital support building under construction and a multi-phase, transit-oriented development scheme in the city’s downtown that includes office, retail and housing. Developer David Irmer is seeking approvals to add 28,000 square feet of retail to his office complex. The city and OSIsoft LLC, one of its largest employers, are working on installing a network of fiber optic cables that could transmit huge amounts of data at high speeds — a major draw for potential employers. “You can see the combination of those things all working together,” Johnson said. “These are opportunities that not many cities have right now and we need to take advantage of them.”

Mechanics Bank is rebuilding its commercial lending team after several bankers defected to Umpqua Bank earlier this year. The Richmond bank is also expanding into agricultural lending with the opening of a loan office in Yuba City, north of Sacramento. Mechanics hired Rob Fuller as the regional manager of its Walnut Creek commercial lending group. Fuller began his career with Bank of America in San Francisco before leaving that bank to become chairman and president of the Commercial Bank of San Francisco. Under his leadership, Commercial Bank grew assets from $37 million to $180 million before the bank was sold. He was mostly recently executive vice president of PTLA Corp., a Walnut Creek commercial real estate investment company. Earlier this year, Mechanics Bank lost its head of commercial banking, Dave Zitterow, when he joined Umpqua Bank in Walnut Creek. Other Mechanics bankers joining Zitterow were Brad Herzog, Joseph Miner and Debra Utz. Cort O’Haver, once considered to be in line to succeed Mechanics Bank CEO Steve Buster, left in March 2010 to join Buster Umpqua as executive vice president in commercial banking at the bank’s headquarters in Portland, Ore. Mechanics Bank also named Ruth Edwards as corporate banking regional manager in the Napa region, succeeding Scott McAdams. She joined Mechanics in 2006 after working for three years at Wells Fargo in Santa Rosa. Mc Ada ms wa s na med he ad of Mechanics corporate banking group last June. He’s spent more than three decades at Mechanics, where he began his career rolling coins in the bank’s vault. Dave Messing, currently manager of “special assets,” is moving from credit administration to corporate banking, and assuming the newly created role of structuring and capital markets manager. The bank’s new Yuba City loan office is run by Kash Gill, who was mayor of that city until late last year. Gill, who also operates a 200-acre farm, joined Mechanics Bank’s Roseville corporate banking office last January. He previously worked at Wells Fargo and two community banks in the area. “This is a natural extension of our Sacramento-area footprint. We already serve a number of customers in the area,” said Tim Kassis, head of corporate lending for Mechanics in Sacramento. As Mechanics expands in agricultural lending, the conservatively managed bank is clear on who its potential borrowers are and those who are not. “Our focus is on longtime farmers and land owners that have a sizable financial cushion. We feel very comfortable with them,” Buster, the CEO, said. “A lot of Wall Street money is syndicating deals to buy ranches. That’s not our market.”

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“The company has been able to dramatically expand its offerings,” says Zamani. In June, Reply completed the $60 million purchase of MerchantCircle, a six-year-old online network of 1.6 million business owners that was based in Mountain View. Zamani said the acquisition will allow Reply to provide leads to any local business regardless of category, location and size. “We have 800 clowns as members, 300,000 contractors, 70,000 lawyers,” Zamani said to illustrate the breadth of categories Reply is now servicing. In February, Reply also bought mobile app publisher adHubs for an undisclosed sum. As part of the deal, adHubs cofounder Reza Hajebi became Reply’s CTO. That deal followed an acquisition in January of a group of websites related to real estate and home improvement. Competitors for local online ad dollars are numerous and cover many verticals. “There are literally thousands of them out there,” said Gordon Borrell, CEO of Borrell Associates Inc. That’s not counting all the offline adver-

tising looking for local ad dollars, and many older media companies are also now offering online advertising as well, said Borrell, whose company estimates the average small business gets 25 pitches from potential vendors every month. Still, Borrell said Reply has a good business model, and he expects the company will grow by 20 to 40 percent in 2012. “These companies need to stay paranoid and sharp,” he said. “It is extremely competitive.” The opportunity Reply is chasing is very large, given that there are millions of U.S. small businesses struggling to manage the increasing demands of online marketing, said Neal Polachek, president of the consulting firm BIA/Kelsey. “It’s a big, wide-open marketplace with a huge amount of merchants going through this transformation, and they’re going to look for somebody to help them,” Polachek said. [email protected] / (415) 288-4949 ■

San Leandro jumpstarts waterfront plan BY BLANCA TORRES San Francisco Business Times

Cal Coast Development has designed a conceptual master plan to redevelop San Leandro’s waterfront into a bustling office, hotel and conference center. The City of San Leandro hired Cal Coast as the master developer for a 52-acre area near the city’s marina that could include up to 290,000 square feet of office, a 200-room hotel with a 15,000-square-foot conference center, 188 units of housing and new space for retail and restaurants. “The city has been trying to develop this area for years, and what they’ve done in the past has always been piecemeal,” said Ed Miller, president and CEO of Cal Coast, based in Los Angeles. “They want a comprehensive master plan.” San Leandro’s waterfront area has a park, marina, nearby golf course, yacht club, the Marina Inn and restaurants Horatio’s and El Torito. Miller developed the proposal over three years along with local leaders and a committee of 33 residents. The idea, Miller said, is to maximize the area’s potential as a waterfront destination and to boost the mix of commercial uses. The conference center would support the hotel and new retail. The office

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Reservation problems costing airline millions SFBT FILE 2008 / SPENCER BROWN

Virgin America Inc. made a name for itself with its in-flight technology offerings. But an ongoing technology glitch will cost the airline at least $7 million and could sully its reputation with some travelers. The Burlingame-based airline has been plagued with tech snags since Oct. 28 amid a switch to a new reservation system — the critical computer backbone controlling ticketing, pricing and scheduling. The main problem involves Virgin America’s website failing to mesh with a new reservation system from Sabre Holdings Corp. Frustrated travelers using VirginAmerica.com have not been able to change flights online. Others can’t check in online or reserve flights. Still others complain of being overcharged. Travelers seeking help have swamped Virgin America’s call center, leading to wait times that have been as long as one hour. Virgin America’s Twitter and Facebook pages have logged numerous complaints. “We have been on hold 30 minutes 2 different times now,” wrote Lauren Nguyen Cohen on Facebook on Nov. 28. “The new reservation system won’t let us do what we need to do online … You shouldn’t have customers on hold this long! It’s ridiculous and poor customer service.” Virgin America said it hopes to have its problems solved by Dec. 8. Virgin America’s recent stumbles contrast with its reputation as a tech-savvy company. The 4-year-old airline has earned numerous kudos from travelers, standing apart from competitors with its use of technology. Virgin America, for example, has seat-back computers for every traveler offering games, music, food service and other entertainment. It offers wi-fi on all flights. The company even uses its social media pages to respond to questions or complaints during flights. “Undoubtedly, there is some destruction of goodwill,” said Robert Mann, an airline consultant. “This is an airline that made its bones on being tech savvy.” The compa ny, which use s Sa n Francisco and Los Angeles as its hub to 14 other cities, has issued a steady stream of apologies on Twitter. It has waived $1.5 million in fees it normally charges for changing or canceling flights and it has given away thousands of flight credits, equaling about $5.5 million in revenue. The airline posted 2010 sales of $724 million, a 32 percent increase over 2009. It had a 2010 net loss of $68.6 million versus a 2009 net loss of $80.7 million. CEO David Cush said Virgin America needed to change its reservation system to keep pace with demand and to offer new services like a mobile site. “After some short-term pain,” Cush said, “the long-term benefits will become apparent.” Cush said the company has not seen an immediate sales impact from the tech troubles. November revenue was trending 16 percent above last year. Some other airlines like WestJet and JetBlue have had trouble in recent years

during major tech upgrades. The complexity involved in the transition — with the reservation system having to hook into sales channels, frequent flyer programs and customer relationship management systems — means many steps are prone to trouble. “It is akin to doing a simultaneous brain and heart transplant,” said Henry Harteveldt, a travel analyst with Atmosphere Research Group.

After some shortterm pain, the longterm benefits will become apparent,” says CEO David Cush.

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Stanford grad Garrett Neiman’s SEE offers SAT prep free to high school students.

Not all college-aged entrepreneurs want to be the next Mark Zuckerberg. Garrett Neiman, who graduated from Stanford in June 2010, hopes to leave his mark on the world through a fast-growing offline nonprofit called SEE College Prep, which he, like Zuckerberg with Facebook, started while an undergraduate. And who better to create such an organization than a man who earned a per-

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fect score on his SAT and worked as a cashier at McDonalds before quitting to become an SAT tutor — earning $30,000 in startup funds in the bargain. Formally founded in June 2010, SEE has grown from an $800,000 budget last year to $1.45 million this year, when it will serve 1,500 high school students at 22 schools in the Bay Area and Los Angeles. The organization, which moves into San Francisco next week, has six full-time employees and three open positions. It relies on 200 professional teachers and paid college students as temporary employees who offer an SAT preparation course with 30 hours of classroom lessons, 30 hours of small-group mentoring and tutoring led by undergraduates and 20 hours of diagnostic testing. The courses take place at 16 schools over five weeks in the summer, and this year it is being offered to almost 800 students as a school-year program in six Los Angeles high schools. Students who completed the SEE summer program saw their SAT scores improve an average of 194 points — helping to bridge the 361-point gap in SAT scores that separates rich from poor students, Neiman said. “Schools are excited because they see the curriculum we offer as a highly targeted way to prepare their students for college and achieve the matriculation outcomes they want,” Neiman said. SEE is free to students, but costs about $900 per student to administer. Similarly full-service curricula from Kaplan or Princeton Review can cost over $1,000. SEE gets a quarter of its budget from school fees and work study subsidies that support the undergraduate tutors. Neiman’s Stanford connections have made SEE possible. While in college, he took a class in writing a business plan, and he won a pilot grant from Upward Bound to test his concept. He found his first major donor through the Stanford alumni network: Neiman contacted OpenLink Financial founder Coleman Fung and won a $510,000 multi-year grant that got SEE rolling. Such philanthropic support, as well as a $100,000 pledge from Gene Sykes, global head of mergers and acquisitions at Goldman Sachs, sustained SEE as it built out its systems and hired a professional staff. Neiman is hoping for two $500,000 grants from large foundations like Packard and Keck by the end of 2011. “What impressed me about (Neiman) was his single-mindedness to do something that frankly, from an experience standpoint, he didn’t have any business doing,” said Tom Friel, a SEE board member and vice chairman at Silicon Valley Community Foundation. “The question still remains: Can we do this on a large scale?” Neiman also is honest about how much he still needs to learn. “The biggest hurdle we needed to overcome initially was simply learning how to raise money. … When I started, I didn’t know anyone who could contribute over $100. Now we’ve raised over $1 million,” Neiman said. “I face a lot of the same challenges a lot of young entrepreneurs face: it’s my first time running an office, my first time managing people on a professional basis.” [email protected] / (415) 288-4963 ■


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Seton gets to work on plan for seismic upgrade rhaging nearly $14 million in fiscal 2010 and $12.8 million in the year that ended June 30. It has cut more Seton Medical Center is finally takthan 180 jobs since mid-2010, in large ing steps — albeit preliminary ones part due to steep declines in patient — to plan and line up financing for a volume. $360 million seismic rebuild. In March, Auerbach told the The Daly City hospital, owned Business Times the hospital had by the Daughters of Charity Health embarked on a reorganization to cut System, needs to open its new 192costs, raise efficiency and improve bed inpatient tower by Jan. 1, 2020, clinical results. The restructuring to meet state seismic requirements. would take about six months, she To do that, it must break ground in said at the time, but further details 2015, said Tina Ahn, newly hired vice about that effort haven’t emerged. president of development for the The hospital needs to have archiCatholic hospital. tectural plans ready by Jan. 1, 2013, On the job for just two months, to meet state deadlines and stay Ahn is charged with raising $120 milon track on the rebuild project, lion to help fund the project, which Auerbach said in March. It qualified so far has been notable for a dearth under a financial hardship standard of information about its timing, to delay its project’s end date to Jan. financing and other details. 1, 2020, rather than 2015. The hospital recently selected Seton opened in 1912 in San HMC Architects to design the Francisco, moving to its current Daly tower, and hopes to have detailed City location in 1965. plans ready for state regulators by “We’re looking at a combination of public and private financing,” says Seton’s Tina Ahn. Next year is the hospital’s 100th June, according to CEO Lorraine anniversary, the Daughters of Auerbach. regulates hospital construction. Charity religious order’s 160th anniversary, and the A host of Bay Area hospital rebuilds are under way “We’re looking at a combination of public and private Daughters of Charity Health System’s 10th anniveror completed, including projects at multiple Kaiser financing,” Ahn said, possibly including federal loan sary as a system since it broke away from Catholic Permanente and Sutter Health sites, and others at UC guarantees. But she added that “it’s a little too soon to Healthcare West in 2002, Ahn noted. That’s a trifecta San Francisco, Stanford, Highland Hospital and San talk about strategy.” she sees as a lucky omen, especially for Catholics. Francisco General, among others. The project will include building the tower and mov“We believe in the Holy Trinity,” she said, “so we think Ahn said the project’s price tag, in 2009 dollars, has ing the 99-year-old hospital’s central utilities plant, she that’s a good sign.” jumped again, this time to $360 million from an esti- said, and turning the current hospital structure into But only if Seton can raise money from donors and mated $300 million to $350 million earlier this year. The outpatient and administrative space. other sources in time to keep its rebuild project on plan is to break ground as soon as funding is arranged The hospital has been on shaky financial ground schedule. and “the permit is awarded” by the Office of Statewide in recent years, although it posted a relatively small Health Planning and Development, the state agency that $180,000 loss in fiscal 2012’s first quarter, after hemor- [email protected] / (415) 288-4946 ■

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EAST BAY Laser startup Soraa raises $88M Soraa Inc., a Fremont startup that uses semiconductors and laser technology to create energy efficient projectors, displays and other devices, has raised $88.6 million of a $90 million round, according to financial documents.

Golfsmith to open in Pleasant Hill A former Borders Books location in Pleasant Hill will become home to a new Golfsmith outlet. The Austin, Texasbased retailer will open a new store in the 25,000-square-foot building in downtown Pleasant Hill.

Solaria raises $30 million Solar company Solaria Corp. helped itself to another serving of funding over the holiday weekend, raising $30 million in equity from undisclosed investors, according to financial filings. The Fremont-based solar panel and technology company makes solar panels that use specialized glass to concentrate the sun onto strips of silicon.

Andronico’s closing on Telegraph Andronico’s said it will close its location on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, one of the chain’s three remaining stores. The 82-year-old company closed its University Avenue store in Berkeley in September, after filing for bankruptcy in August. The chain is restructuring after being bought by Renovo Capital last month.

FDA approves Transcept drug Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s middle-of-the-night sleep drug won approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Now it is up to Purdue Pharmaceuticals, t he pa r t ner of R ich mond - ba se d Transcept, to say if it will commercialize the lozenge, called Intermezzo. Purdue has until Dec. 8 to notify Transcept of its decision.

BrightSource upsells SoCal Oakland-based BrightSource Energy Inc. will deliver one fewer power plant to Southern California Edison than the original seven it had planned, but it will amend its contracts to solar storage so it can deliver the same amount of electricity — 4 million megawatt hours — from six power plants instead of seven.

PENINSULA Facebook valued at half peak Trading of Facebook Inc. stock on the private exchange SharesPost on Nov. 22 implied a company valuation of just under $73 billion, well below the $155 billion peak set Jan. 13, and the lowest level since November of 2010 when it was just $58.8 billion. Is that reason for stockholders who bought high to worry? Numerous reports have suggested that Palo Alto-based Facebook could go public in the first part of 2012 with an offering that values the company in the neighborhood of $100 billion.

Exelixis, NCI strike R&D deal The National Cancer Institute will study Exelixis Inc.’s experimental cancer-fighting drug cabozantinib in a variety of solid tumors, according to an R&D deal announced this week. South San Francisco-based Exelixis and the NCI’s Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program will undertake clinical trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the drug, known as “cabo,” in several cancers.


This Week Online Wells expands lead as largest U.S. bank BY MARK CALVEY San Francisco Business Times

Wells Fargo has quietly expanded its lead as the nation’s most valuable bank based on stock market capitalization. While much of the world was focusing on the financial conflagration sweeping across Europe, San Francisco-based Wells Fargo and other so-called regional banks — “regional” as seen from Manhattan — saw their market caps grow. The San Francisco bank — led by CEO John Stumpf — further secured its top spot on Nov. 28’s New York trading, with Wells Fargo’s market cap at $127 billion, J.P. Morgan Chase at $111 billion, Citigroup at $73 billion

and Bank of America at $53 billion. Bank of America shares fell Nov. 29 to their lowest point since Wall Street hit its recession low in March 2009. California’s largest bank saw its shares dip to $5.03 during New York trading Tuesday, before closing at $5.08, down 17 cents or 3 percent, in heavy trading. Investors are careStumpf fully watching to see whether BofA’s shares dip below the psychologically important $5 level. Brian Moynihan is CEO of BofA. [email protected] / (415) 288-4950 ■

PMI files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy BY MARK CALVEY San Francisco Busines Times

Walnut Creek-based PMI Group Inc., one of the nation’s largest mortgage insurers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Nov. 23, marking the latest casualty of the historic housing bubble. PMI suffered a major setback on its rocky road to recovery last month when the Arizona Department of Insurance seized its mortgage-insur-

ance unit. This week an Arizona Superior Court judge sided with state regulators, saying PMI’s mortgage subsidiary was insolvent. The company’s bankruptcy filing listed assets of $225 million and debts exceeding $736 million. PMI’s losses mounted as lenders turned to the insurer to cover losses on mortgages that went bad. [email protected] / (415) 288-4950 ■

Kasowitz opens in Silicon Valley

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A New York law firm is expanding to Silicon Valley, seeking to grow its intellectual property litigation practice. Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP will open an office in Redwood Shores with eight attorneys. The office will be led by Douglas Lumish, chair of the firm’s intellectual property group. Kasowitz already has a San Francisco office with 18 attorneys.

Officials in East Palo Alto say the city should aggressively seek compensation from Facebook Inc. to soften the impact of increased traffic and other problems as the social networking giant moves to Menlo Park. The city is concerned over the effects that the move will have there.

Blodgett joins Stella & Dot board Leslie Blodgett, the chairman and public face of San Francisco’s Bare Escentuals, has taken a seat on the Stella & Dot board of directors. Stella & Dot ranked 67 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies in 2010. The San Bruno-based company applies the Avon social selling model to jewelry and accessories. It had Blodgett revenue over $100 million in 2010.

IBM tops HP in server sales IBM Corp. surpassed Hewlett-Packard Co. in server sales during the third quarter, according to Gartner Inc. IBM’s server sales reached $3.85 billion in the quarter, giving the company 29.7 percent of the market. HP took 29.3 percent while Dell Inc. held 14.7 percent.

FDA accepts Onyx application Federal regulators accepted Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s application for approval of the South San Francisco company’s multiple myeloma drug. It is an important step in the approval process for carfilzomib, which Onyx obtained in its November 2009 acquisition of Proteolix Inc. Onyx in late September completed its application to the Food and Drug Administration.

SAN FRANCISCO / MARIN Report: Zynga to start IPO show Top executives from social gaming heavyweight Zynga Inc. will pitch its anticipated initial public stock offering to potential investors. San Franciscobased Zynga, which was founded in 2007, filed in July registering its plans to raise $1 billion at a value widely expected at somewhere between $15 billion and $20 billion. For the nine months ended September 30, Zynga reported a profit

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of $30.7 million on $828.9 million in revenue.

Giants extend Sabean, Bochy The San Francisco Gia nt s a re holding onto the management duo that got the team a World Series title in 2010. The club said it has extended contracts for general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy Sabean through the 2013 season with club options for 2014.

Del Monte deal in antitrust probe The Department of Justice has begun an antitrust probe into Del Monte Foods Co.’s planned $5.3 billion sale to private equity firms led by KKR & Co. News of the probe came in a court filing by a lawyer representing Del Monte shareholders that said they were not getting enough for their shares in the buyout.

FDA OKs BioMarin plant expand BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.’s expanded manufacturing plant in Novato won approval from the Food and Drug Administration. BioMarin completed construction of the 21,800-square-foot “clean room” addition in November 2009. It invested $60 million to expand the facility to about 70,000 square feet, including about 40,000 square feet of clean room space.

Autodesk SVP Jay Bhatt quits Jay Bhatt will quit as senior vice president of architecture, engineering and construction at design software maker Autodesk Inc. Bhatt gave just one week of notice -- he told the company on Nov. 25 that his last day will be Dec. 2. The San Rafael company, which makes software used in engineering, construction, design and architecture, didn’t give a reason for Bhatt’s departure in a regulatory filing.

AmCup gets boost from Obama President Barack Obama has handed America’s Cup planners a big win. The president signed into law the America’s Cup Act of 2011, a piece of legislation waiving certain laws that prohibit foreign vessels from operating in American Obama waters.

BAY AREA AND BEYOND State could waste $6B on train California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office has bashed the state’s plans to build a high-speed rail system, saying that starting the line could waste $6 billion in tax funds at the expense of other services. The Legislative Analyst’s Office bashed the system’s planners for relying on “highly speculative” funding sources, noting that it is “highly uncertain” that the full project would ever be built.

Cafe Gratitude quitting 8 sites Beloved vegan restaurant chain Cafe Gratitude will close all of its Northern California locations, including Gracias Madre, a vegan Mexican restaurant. Cafe Gratitude’s owners, Terces and Matthew Engelhart, posted a letter about their closing on Facebook. — Staff reports ■



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United Logistics Solutions Inc. has doubled its footprint in Newark in the East Bay’s largest owner-user industrial deal this year. The firm recently snapped up the 155,000-square-foot Cherry Technology Center at 38083 Cherry St. in Newark. That deal comes a little more than one year after buying a 143,000-square-foot building down the street on Central Avenue, also in Newark. The latest purchase sits on 10.7 acres and has 10,000 square feet of office space. “ULS relocated from Milpitas to Newark last year and outgrew their new facility in less than a year,” said Casey Ricksen, a broker with Colliers International who represented the buyer in the deal. Chip Sutherland, Scott Prosser and Ed Rojas with CB Richard Ellis represented the seller.

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Har vest Properties and partner Principal Real Estate Investors reeled in two new tenants to Bay Center Offices in Emeryville. The landlords signed leases with Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland for 19,500 square feet and Children First Medical Group for 3,554 square feet on the same floor. Bay Center is a 327,750-square-foot Class A complex at 6425, 6455 and 6475 Christie Ave. that is also home to Novartis, MobiTV and Jamba Juice. The new tenants will move in January of next year. Both tenants were represented by Ed Del Beccaro of Grubb & Ellis. The landlords were represented by Aileen Dolby and Ken Meyersieck of Colliers International.

SmithGroup brands merge SmithGroup is now SmithGroupJJR. The name change reflects the creation of a single brand, bringing together SmithGroup and JJR LLC. Formerly a SmithGroup subsidiary, JJR specializes in landscape architecture, planning, urban design, civil engineering and environmental science. “We have always been Roehling one company in culture and ownership,” said SmithGroupJJR CEO Carl Roehling. “By merging our two brands, it’s now loud and clear that we’re together — increasingly multi-disciplined and fully integrated.”

SmithGroup and JJR have been together for more than 40 years. SmithGroup merged with JJR (then known as Johnson, Johnson & Roy) in 1970 to add landscape architecture and planning services. Since then, JJR has been a subsidiary of SmithGroup while continuing to operate as its own brand, retaining the JJR name. Fred Klancnik, who has served as president and CEO of JJR since 1999, will be the leader of the new practice. He believes the name change is good news for clients. “The specialized services that we are well known for nationally and internationally, such as campus and waterfront development, will now become more readily available to SmithGroupJJR clients throughout all offices,” Klancnik stated.

D&J heads to Hayward D&J International Inc., a maker of plastic bags for a variety of industries, is moving its headquarters to Hayward from Oakland. The company leased 61,400 square feet in 2282 Davis Court, a building that was previously occupied by Chicago Sweeteners. D&J took the space about a month after it came on the market — a fast turnaround considering today’s slow market. Jesse Lucas and Brian Barden of Lee & Associates represented the owner, Gryphon Property Investment LLC. Chris Schofield and Drew Fischer of Lee & Associates represented the tenant.

Portfolio comes with BofA A private investor recently bought a portfolio of eight properties fully leased to Bank of America that total 82,000 square feet in Northern California. Three of the sites are in San Francisco and the others are in Berkeley, El Cerrito, Alameda, Milpitas and Roseville. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. B a n k of A me r ic a has long-term leases for each property and some have room for Bogardus development. “Positioned in great locations and fully leased to a high credit tenant such as Bank of America — whose particular branches are strong performing — made this offering ideal,” said Andy Bogardus, a broker with Cassidy Turley BT Commercial. He represented the seller, a San Francisco landlord, along with Doug Longyear and Chris Sheldon, also of Cassidy Turley.

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ON THE MONEY / By Mark Calvey

Investor fund adds to holdings of Facebook, Twitter GSV Capital, a Woodside investment firm that allows the typical investor to participate in the risk, rewards and potential losses of promising venturebacked companies, disclosed this week that it added to its Facebook and Twitter holdings. The firm also picked up stakes since Sept. 30 in some low-profile companies, including ZocDoc, Grockit, The Echo System and Control 4. A s of Sept. 30, GSV’s holdings also included San Francisco-based ZoomSystems as well as Chegg, Bloom Energy and Silver Spring Network. GSV’s shares changed hands this week

at the $13 level, after trading between $9.75 and $19.97 since its own IPO in late April. G r o u p o n ’s p o o r showing since its public debut may not be helping GSV. GSV purchased 80,000 Groupon class B shares in the secondary market in August at $25 Moe per share, or at a company valuation of $16 billion. This week, Groupon’s shares fell to the $15 level. GSV’s Michael Moe told me this week that he finds the company’s network

effect compelling, likening it to Craigslist’s advantage in local advertising. “Groupon could be a $50 stock in six to 12 months,” Moe said, demonstrating the optimism required to invest in private companies. Regardless of Groupon’s fate, GSV’s investment picks will be closely followed. “We’re in the process of making additional investments,” Moe said.

Bloomberg: BofA needed rescue

It’s recommended reading for all with a stake in California’s largest bank. I would only add that Bank of America’s actions this year suggest it isn’t out of the woods yet, given the pace of asset sales, the pricey deal with Warren Buffett to raise $5 billion, and a Wall Street Journal report last week that regulators want CEO Brian Moynihan and his team to step up efforts to strengthen the bank.

Bank of America needed a huge federal rescue during the depths of the financial crisis, Bloomberg Markets magazine reports.

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HEALTH CARE / By Chris Rauber

John Muir med reform effort grows

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John Muir Health started a Concordbased pilot project in May 2010 to begin implementing the Medical Home portion of health reform, focusing primarily on elderly patients with severe chronic conditions. Dr. Mike Kern, senior vice president and medical director of quality at the John Muir Physician Network, said 500 patients are ‘We help now involved, including give them 100 in the initial cohort. That group has seen a back some 38 percent drop in hospital admissions and a 10 control. ’ percent decline in emergency room visits, along Dr. Mike Kern with much improved John Muir participation in routine Physician Network screenings for breast cancer and colorectal cancer, Kern said. Patient satisfaction with the program is also high, he said. “We help give them back some control. Some feel they’ve lost control of their lives.” The Medical Home concept centers on delivering more coordinated, less confusing care and giving patients a central home they can count on. It includes doctors (12 initially), nurses, case managers and others, and reaches out to at-risk patients rather than waiting to hear from them. Muir, which has campuses in Walnut Creek and Concord, is ramping up the effort in coming weeks to include pilots at the Rossmoor senior living facility in Walnut Creek and with the Muir Medical Group IPA, a 560-physician group. The effort helps often-elderly patients “understand their meds better, feel they’re more connected to health care, and do better on quality measures,” Kern said. “They don’t want to go to the hospital (unnecessarily). The worst-case scenario for everyone is that they’re in and out of the hospital.”

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Management philosophy

CEO, FREMONT BANK HQ: Fremont. Background: He joined the $2.5 billion Fremont Bank in 1980, working his way up from branch manager and loan officer to CEO in 2005. He also serves on the bank’s board. First job: Lifeguard. Education: Bachelor’s degree in biology from UCLA and an M.B.A. in marketing and finance from San Jose State University. He also holds an advanced M.B.A. from Golden Gate University. Residence: Alamo.

Business strategy How’s business: Business this year has been very good for us. We expect to generate $4 billion in mortgages this year. We’re starting to see commercial real estate and apartment loans pick up. Biggest challenge for your business: We never had a big credit problem, but some sectors like construction, retail and office are still struggling, especially in certain areas. Livermore, Dublin and Pleasanton are still weak. We work with

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outside of the founding family. I’m not a member of the founding family, but I’ve been here 31 years. How will you know that you’ve achieved it: By passing the baton to Andy.

our struggling borrowers. The worst thing you can do is take a property back or close a business. What will change at your company in the next year: The next leader of Fremont Bank will be an “outsider,” Andy Mastorakis, who joined the bank as president in 2009. Next year, I’m turning over more responsibility to him as I focus on strategic issues and regulation. Goal yet to be achieved: My administrative goal is to turn management over to what I consider the first generation

We live here. We work here. We give back here.

Guiding principles for good management: I always try to imagine myself as a customer. What would the customer want and how would he or she want to be treated? Best way to keep competitive edge: Every week we delve into what the competition is doing. Loan officers come in with competing letters. We attempt to design products and pricing to go after market niches. For example, we tend to stay with smaller apartment owners and brokers. It’s more work, but the market is such that a $5 million financing will have six banks chasing it, while a $500,000 deal will have probably one or two. Why people like working for you: I try to inject humor into the workplace. I also like to give credit to employees for work well done. Mentor: The late Morris Hyman, Fremont Bank’s founder, and Alan Hyman, the bank’s vice chairman.

Judgment calls Best business decision: In the early ’90s, introducing the no-closing-cost loan, which eventually became an industry standard. Hardest lesson learned: We haven’t had a lot of bad loans. But there were two categories of bad loans: ones where we


stretched to approve financing and others that met our standards but still went bad. The market got so bad that even good loans went bad. In some parts of the Bay Area, housing values dropped 60 to 80 percent. If we get in a go-go period again, we won’t be stretching. Toughest business decision: The singlefamily mortgage business goes up and down, so we have to cut staff at times and that’s always difficult for me.

True confessions Like best about job: Working with the people I’ve come to know over 30 years. Like least about job: There’s a lot of regulation coming down the pike. Pet peeve: When I come into the office with plans to get key things done, but have to fight fires instead. Most respected competitor: In the past, World Savings. The Sandlers did a great job. First choice for a new career: Working for a nonprofit to help people.

Predilections Most influential book: I’m a financial geek, so I like to read books on hedging, derivatives and swaps. Favorite cause: Ronald McDonald House. Favorite restaurant: Waterfront Restaurant in San Francisco. Favorite way to spend free time: My 14-year-old son is really into sports, so we spend a lot of time at basketball games. On your iPad: A lot of investing apps. Automobile: Mercedes 550s, 2010, white. — Mark Calvey ■

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Bay Area People CAREER MOVES IN THE REGION’S PROFESSIONAL SECTORS

SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook creates top privacy jobs after FTC settlement BY STEVEN E.F. BROWN San Francisco Business Times

Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg created two new top executive jobs at his Palo Alto company, both of them focused on privacy protection. E r i n E ga n w i l l become chief privacy officer, policy, and Michael Richter, the social network’s chief privacy law- Egan yer right now, will become chief privacy officer, products. Facebook created the two jobs after settling a privacy complaint with the Federal Trade Commission Nov. 29. Zuckerberg characterized the settlement, in which his company agreed to

third-party audits every two years for 20 years, as a move in the direction Facebook was already “proactively” heading. He said the FTC “established agreements” with Google Inc. and Twitter Inc. in the past, and that this deal with Facebook is similar to those. But some industry analysts see Facebook’s move to end the complaint as a way to improve its performance in a possible initial public offering next year. “I’m the first to admit that we’ve made a bunch of mistakes,” wrote Zuckerberg in a company blog. “It is my hope that this agreement makes it clear that Facebook is the leader when it comes to offering people control over the information they share online.” [email protected] ■

ARCHITECTURE

Denise de Ville joins HOK to lead commercial business San Francisco architecture firm HOK named Denise de Ville as vice president and director of corporate commercial business development. De Ville will work to expand HOK’s portfolio, which includes headquarter campuses for Adobe, Apple, Cisco and Microsoft. HOK is also the architect of the $56 million upgrade and renovation of San Francisco’s Moscone Center, scheduled for completion in 2012. “Denise will provide HOK and all our partners with a distinct, strategic advantage in the marketplace,” said Lynn Filar, HOK’s managing principal in San Francisco. Prior to joining HOK, de Ville led business development for AECOM

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Western U.S., Ellerbe Becket and DES A+E. She is a member of CoreNet Global, where she is a former president as well as a member of the executive committee for the Northern California chapter and serves on its board advisory council. De Ville De Ville is also for mer pre sident and CEO at the San Mateo County Economic Development Association (SAMCEDA), where she assisted in major corporate development and expansions. — Staff reports ■

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BANKING & FINANCE

Roselie Enr iquez was promoted to associate principal by Taggart Architects in San Francisco. Previously, Enriquez was a project manager. Eric Robinson was promoted to principal. Previously, Robinson was an associate.

Julie Hammerman was hired as client adv isor by Silver Bridge Advisors in San Francisco.

Melissa Duffy was promoted to principal by STUDIOS Architecture in San Francisco. Previously, Duffy was associate principal.

John Bannon was hired as head agency and treasury trader by Alamo Capital Hammerman i n Wa l nut Cre e k . Previously, Bannon was director head SEE PEOPLE, 17



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agency trader at Stone and Youngberg. KPMG LLP has hired Vijay Jajoo, Cher yl F lick, Robin Ra smus sen, Stephanie Yu-Ting Peng, and Rupen Bavishi as managing directors at its San Francisco office. Paul Baguley, Irene Shen, and Jason Hoerner were hired as partners. A nn Shor te s wa s hired as senior manager by Lindquist LLP in San Ramon. With more than 12 years of experience in public accounting, Shortes has worked with employee benefit Shortes plans, financial institutions, trusts, distributors and not-for-profit organizations

CAREER MOVES IN THE REGION’S PROFESSIONAL SECTORS

G. Grant Raeside was hired as executive director by Tri-Valley California Convention & Visitors Bureau in Pleasanton. Previously, Raeside was executive director at Sonoma Va l l e y V i n t n e r s & Growers Alliance.

REAL ESTATE D a n i e l Wa r r e n was promoted to vice pre side nt by W. L . Butler Construction Inc. in Redwood City. Previously, Warren was director of operations. Raeside

C l i n t S i m p s o n Simpson was hired as regional vice president by Centric General

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Contractors in San Francisco. Previously, Simpson was at Team-Build Project Management.

TRANSPORTATION Marily Mora was hired as director of aviation for Oakland International Air por t by the Port of Oakland. Previously, Mora was executive vice president and COO of the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority.

WINE David Zurowski was hired as director of marketing and consumer experiences by Signorello Estate in Napa. Zurowski will be leading the marketing, communications and sales support. — Staff reports ■

ENERGY Will Sanchez was hired as vice president, corporate controller by Clean Power Finance in San Francisco. Micah Myers was hired as senior vice president of business development and program management.

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ENVIRONMENT James Strandberg was hired as groundwater practice leader by Erler & Kalinowski Inc. in Oakland.

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M a r k G ab el wa s hired as associate by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in San Francisco. Peter Weber wa s promoted to director by Murphy Pearson Br ad ley & Feeney in Sa n Fra ncisco. P r e v i o u sl y, We b e r Gabel was senior associate. Steven Kronenberg was promoted to director. Previously, Kronenberg was senior associate.

MARKETING Lisa Carnochan was hired as vice president of product management by Vertical Response in San Francisco. Most recently, Carnochan was vice president of augmentation services at Augmentum Inc., an international software services company.

OTHER Kevin McClure was hired as vice president, financial development by YMCA of San Francisco. Previously, McClure was executive director at March of Dimes Bay Area Division.

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5th Finger apps are shoppers’ best friends Mobile marketer helps retailers reach customer

SNAPSHOT: 5th Finger

BY AARON CROWE San Francisco Business Times

urning shoppers into buyers is the ultimate goal for mobile app maker 5th Finger. The San Francisco company’s deft touch with consumer-friendly apps for health care and retail businesses has tripled 5th Finger’s revenue over the past three years. Started by Patrick Collins, 5th Finger has hooked such big-name customers as Safeway Inc., Pfizer Inc., Medtronic Inc. and Victoria’s Secret. In doing so, the company has grown from two employees in 2007 to 20 now and it’s hiring for three positions. Its revenue jumped 173 percent since 2008 to $2.6 million in 2010. (5th Finger doesn’t have 2011 projections available to release yet.) 5th Finger’s apps for retailers can help customers in brick-and-mortar stores use their smartphones to search for products, find matching outfits and locate a price if an item is missing a tag. “A lot of consumers want to get the information themselves and not get the commissionhungry sales clerk,” said Collins, the company’s CEO. The point of these retailer apps is to “convert shoppers into buyers,” Collins said. Men’s apparel company JoS. A. Bank had heard from customers that they wanted a mobile app to help find the company’s 550 stores nationwide and then shop in the stores. So earlier this year, 5th Finger launched a JoS. A. Bank app through its proprietary mobile commerce platform called RedShop Mobile. The app has a product catalog, personalized coupons and store locations, maps, hours and directions. It is adding store check-out capabilities to its app in 2012. JoS. A. Bank said the collaboration has been a success so far. “They had a strong retail client base, and at the time, there were only like two or three mobile partners in the industry,” said Pete Zophy, divisional vice president of e-commerce at JoS. A. Bank. 5th Fingers’ mobile app projects for the health care industry include medication reminders and coupons for drug makers. Pfizer, for example, commissioned an app to help parents remember to schedule pediatric vaccinations and to provide them with educational messages about the importance of vaccines. Collins, who is Australian, started a previous company “down under” in December 1999

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5th Finger’s Collins asks prospective clients to commit to promoting the apps they create. called 5th Finger Australia with his current business partner, Steen Andersson. The two sold the company to Microsoft in 2005 and moved to the United States. They launched 5th Finger in 2007 in San Francisco. Andersson, who has founded four startups, is vice president of sales and marketing. Like other Bay Area technology companies, the firm is in a race to hire talented engineers. “Engineers in the Valley are very interested in working on very crunchy problems and sometimes working on problems for our clients doesn’t fall into that bucket,” Collins said. Another big issue is making sure that a prospective client will commit to spending money on marketing the app once it’s created. Collins learned the hard way that this is crucial: in

2008, he was working with DeVry University on an app to help students find the nearest campus, but the university at first didn’t have a budget to promote the new mobile website. Without the promotional budget, which the university ultimately approved, 5th Finger execs felt that its work would be for naught. “What is the point of toiling on a project that you have a strong sense is not going to work in the end?” Collins asked. The company’s main challenge now, Collins said, is to convince companies that are used to spending their marketing budget on social media and search engine optimization to invest a slice of it into mobile apps. [email protected] ■

Location: San Francisco. What it does: Creates mobile apps for businesses. Founders: Patrick Collins, Steen Andersson. 2010 revenue: $2.6 million. 2008 revenue: $951,000 Percentage growth over last thee years: 173 percent. Founded: 2007. Employees: 20. Website: 5thfinger. com Future plans: To provide more in-store shopping platforms, hire more workers and take on more clients. “We can’t hire fast enough to keep up with the amount of work we have coming toward us,” said CEO Patrick Collins. Growth pitfall: A client is happy with its work, but the results were average. “If it didn’t work for them we take it very personally,” said Collins. Key challenge: Develop a company culture where workers are proud of the work they do and take the company’s success personally.

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Entrepreneur Profile BRETT WILSON CEO AND CO-FOUNDER, TUBEMOGUL

What it does: Video advertising platform built for brand advertisers. HQ: Emeryville, with offices in New York, London, Los Angeles, Chicago and Sydney. 2011 projected revenue: $20 million. 2010 revenue: $8.6 million. Employees: 70. Founded: 2007. Source of startup capital: Venture funding from Trinity Ventures and Foundation Capital. Angel investors



including NetService Ventures Group, Dave Toth, Dick Costolo, Paul Martino and Roger Ehrenberg. Background: Started career with Accenture. Founded YouCanSave.com, which was acquired by HIG Capital. Started TubeMogul with cofounder John Hughes while attending UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Age: 37. Residence: Alameda. Website: TubeMogul.com

Big picture How’s business: There is a lot of positive momentum. Revenue doubled this year, and 2012 is looking strong. Biggest challenge for your business: Hiring great engineering talent. Luckily we have incredible people, challenging projects, a variety of technologies to work on and an empowering culture. What’s going to change at your company in the next year: We will offer solutions to target audiences with video. ... We will also be expanding our international presence.

Business moves Reason for starting business: My co-founder John and I wanted to work together and to build something great. Most difficult part of decision: Turning down lucrative job offers .. to work for free in a basement. Biggest misconception: That your initial idea is ultimately going to be your scalable, repeatable business. Biggest business strength: Our team. I’ve never seen a more hardworking, smart and committed group of people. Biggest business weakness: We are so focused on moving fast and hitting milestones that sometimes we forget to celebrate each other and our accomplishments. Biggest risk: We acquired a video analytics company called Illumenix in 2009 while our business model was still pivoting. The founders have since become integral to TubeMogul. Biggest mistake: We make a lot of mistakes and are OK with it as a function of going fast. Smartest move: Building a true service culture where it’s everyone’s job to delight our clients. Biggest worry: Keeping the culture strong as we scale the business. What do you wish you had known from Day 1:

We probably should have raised more money in our initial venture financing.

Work routine Most challenging task: Getting above the noise in a ... crowded market. Favorite task: It’s the variety of tasks that makes my job so exciting. I often get to hire, manage, motivate, build, plan, present, sell and partner all in a single day. Biggest frustration: The time and effort required to be successful is significant — but the opportunity to build something great is incredibly rewarding. Source of support in a business crisis: My cofounder John Hughes (and) ... our board of directors.

Dreams Key goal yet to achieve: We want to make sure that all the investors, employees and partners that have taken a risk on us are well rewarded. First move with capital windfall: I’d like to be able to give some money back to Haas where we started. Five-year plan: We’ve had some acquisition opportunities that we chose not to pursue. We are in this for the long term.

Personals Most-admired entrepreneur: Jeff Bezos. Favorite pastimes: Being with family, sailing. Favorite book: “The Incredible Voyage” by Tristan Jones. Favorite film: “Lord of the Rings.” Favorite restaurant: Guaymas in Tiburon. Favorite destination: Baja. What’s on iPod: Pearl Jam, U2, ’80s music. Automobile: Acura, minivan and scooter. — Emily Fancher ■

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Largest Television Stations in the Greater Bay Area (Ranked by 2010 commercial revenue)

Rank

Prior

Station Address Phone | website

Estimated 2010 commercial station revenue ($000)

Licensed channel/ Licensed DTV channel

Service type*/ Affiliation

$102,500

2 44

$89,400

Owner

Start year

Top Bay Area executive

Main FOX

Cox Media Group Inc.

1958

Tom Raponi Vice president and general manager

5 29

Main CBS

CBS Corp.

1948

Ron Longinotti President and general manager

$84,900

7 24

Main ABC

ABC/Disney

1949

Valari Staab President and general manager

$70,600

11 12

Main NBC

Comcast/NBC

1955

Rich Cerussi President and general manager

$35,900

4 38

Main MyNetworkTV

New Young Broadcasting Holding Co. Inc.

1949

Brian Greif President and general manager

$25,500

44 45

Main CW Television Network

CBS Corp.

1968

Ron Longinotti President and general manager

$25,400

14 51

Main Univision

Univision Communications Inc.

1975

Marcela Medina Vice president and general manager

$13,400

36 36

Main Independent

Cox Media Group Inc.

1967

Tom Raponi General manager

$13,400

26 27

Main Independent

Lincoln Broadcasting Co.

1976

Michael Sherman General manager

$11,800

20 19

Main Independent

Granite Broadcasting Corp.

1968

Craig Coane President and general manager

$11,000

66 34

Main Telefutura

Univision Communications Inc.

1986

Marcela Medina Vice president and general manager

$10,000

49 48

Main Telemundo

Comcast/NBC

1981

Erika Diaz Station manager

$5,400

63 42

Main Estrella

Titan Broadcast Management

1983

Cesar Angulo General manager

$3,000

39 38

Main Independent

NRJ TV LLC

1968

Raymond Kwok Station manager

$1,800

41 41

Main ION

ION Media Networks Inc.

1987

Andrea King Station operations manager

$1,100

68 47

Main Independent

OTA Broadcasting LLC

1998

Debra Fraser General manager

N/A

60 43

Public Independent

San Mateo County Community College District

1964

Marilyn Lawrence General manager

N/A

32 33

Public Independent

Minority TV Project

1991

Booker Wade General manager

N/A

30 9

Public PBS

Northern California Public Broadcasting Inc.

1954

John Boland President

KTVU Channel 2

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Two Jack London Square, Oakland 94607 510-834-1212 | www.ktvu.com

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855 Battery St., San Francisco 94111 415-362-5550 | www.cbs5.com

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900 Front St., San Francisco 94111 415-954-7777 | www.abc7news.com

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2450 N. First St., San Jose 95131 408-432-6221 | www.nbcbayarea.com

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1001 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco 94109 415-441-4444 | www.kron.com

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855 Battery St., San Francisco 94111 415-765-8144 | www.cwbayarea.com

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50 Fremont St., 41st Floor, San Francisco 94105 415-538-8000 | univision14.univision.com

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2102 Commerce Drive, San Jose 95131 408-953-3636 | www.ktvu.com/kicu/index.html

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100 Valley Drive, Brisbane 94005 415-468-2626 | www.ktsf.com

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2500 Marin St., San Francisco 94124 415-821-2020 | www.kofytv.com

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50 Fremont St., 41st Floor, San Francisco 94105 415-538-8000 | www.univision.com

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2450 N. First St., San Jose 95131 408-944-4848 | www.telemundo.com

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1700 Montgomery St., Ste. 400, San Francisco 94111 925-686-4242 | www.ktnc.com

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1550 Bryant St., #740, San Francisco 94103 415-863-3800 | www.mrbi.net

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660 Price Ave., Ste. B, Redwood City 94063 650-261-1370 | www.iontelevision.com

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100 Pelican Way, Ste. E & F, San Rafael 94901 415-485-5856 | www.ktln.tv

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1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd., San Mateo 94402 650-574-6586 | www.kcsm.org

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1010 Corporation Way, Palo Alto 94303 650-254-1233 | www.kmtp.tv

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2601 Mariposa St., San Francisco 94110 415-864-2000 | www.kqed.org

KPIX Channel 5

KGO Channel 7

KNTV Channel 11

KRON Channel 4

KBCW CW Channel 44

KDTV Channel 14

KICU Channel 36

KTSF Channel 26

KOFY TV 20

KFSF Channel 66

KSTS Channel 48

KTNC Channel 42

KCNS Channel 38

KKPX Channel 41

KTLN TV 68

KCSM Channel 43

KMTP Channel 32

KQED Inc.

This List includes television stations located in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. NR = Not reported. NL = Not listed. N/A = Not applicable. This List does not include Low Power, Class A or Cable stations. *Main = the primary commercial station for the owner in the market. Public = noncommercial station that carries educational or public broadcast programming. Public stations do not generate commercial revenue. Information for obtaining commemorative plaques, reprints or web permissions can be obtained from the Business Times’ designated partner company, Scoop ReprintSource at (800) 767-3263 or scoopreprintsource.com. No other companies offering similar services are affiliated in any way with the Business Times. Published December 2, 2011 Ranking based on estimated 2010 commercial station revenues. Source: BIA/Kelsey. Researched by Julia Dickinson


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The deadline for nominating deals is Friday, January 6, 2012.

CATEGORIES:

• Office Lease or Sublease

Every year brokers, developers, contractors, architects and others submit their biggest and best projects and transactions for consideration in this awards

• New Office Development • Office Building/Complex Sale • Retail Deal

program. A panel of real estate industry judges and the San Francisco Business

• New Restaurant

Times’ editorial staff select the Bay Area Real Estate Deals of the Year.

• Industrial Lease or Sale • Land Deal

The winners will be announced at a gala event in March. Winners and finalists will be highlighted in a special pull-out section published March 23, 2012. Don’t forget to submit nominations for Deal Maker of the Year. This award goes to the real estate industry executive, broker, developer or other person responsible for the

• Infrastructure/Public Private Partnership • Hotel Deal (new hotel or hotel sale) • Residential Project, Market-rate • Residential Project, Affordable

most significant real estate deal or deals in 2011.

• Public, Cultural or Health Space • Community Impact Project

TO NOMINATE GO TO:

• Steal of the Year

www.sanfranciscobusinesstimes.com/RealEstateDeals

• Bargain of the Year

To be considered for the 2011 Real Estate Deals of the Year, entries must be

• R&D/Lab Space Deal

received by: Friday, January 6, 2012 . Questions about the nomination process?

• Financial Transaction

Contact Emily Fancher at [email protected] or (415) 288-4948.

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

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East Bay Book of Lists BizMix 5:30pm-7:30pm Walnut Creek Marriott 2355 N Main Street, Walnut Creek Make new business connections at our East Bay Book of Lists BizMix. You’ll meet the publisher and editor of the San Francisco Business Times and connect face to face with top ranking companies included in the brand new East Bay Book of Lists. Don’t miss out on the chance to strengthen your business network, find new clients, identify business opportunities and connect with people who can help you maintain your competitive edge.

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

2012 Book of Lists Party

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Bankruptcies

#11-34177, 11/18/11.

Oakland Division

Chapter 11

Chapter 7

Wysteria LLC, 580 California St. Suite 500, San Francisco 94104; Assets, $10,000,001 to $50,000,000; Debts, $10,000,001 to $50,000,000; Major Creditor, Page & Turnbull, $56,816; Attorney, Joel K. Belway; case #11-34171, 11/18/11.

Foster's Enterprises Inc., 41791 Osgood Road, Fremont 94539; Assets, $0; Debts, $9,645,653; Major Creditor, East-West Bank, $2,549,385; Attorney, James Cai; case #11-72275, 11/21/11. Chapter 11 Vaughn Group LLC, 3160 Castro Valley Blvd., Castro Valley 94546; Assets, $2,402,993; Debts, $4,201,314; Major Creditor, Bayview Financial Loan, $1,576,908; Attorney, Michael H. Luu; case #11-72230, 11/21/11.

San Francisco Division Chapter 7 Gold Coast Orthodontics, 1828 El Camino Real No. 408, Burlingame 94010; Assets, $8,100; Debts, $451,435; Major Creditor, Peninsula Professional Building, $200,000; Attorney, James G. Beck; case

Federal Tax Liens Alameda County Apex Fence Contractor Inc., 3921 California Way, Livermore 94550, $24,732, (941), document #2011-326243, 11/15/11. CJC Trucking Inc., P.O. Box 2864, Oakland 94609, $12,884, (1120), document #2011-326244, 11/15/11. Omac Services Co., 452 Hester St., San Leandro 94577, $66,512, (941), document #2011-326277, 11/15/11. TS Electric Inc., 1332 Safreno Way,

Pleasanton 94566, $26,416, (941), document #2011-326281, 11/15/11. 3R Care Services Inc., 27568 Gainesville Ave., Hayward 94545, $13,465, (940/941), document #2011329101, 11/17/11.

Contra Costa County Steamatic of Contra Costa and Solana Counties, 4868 Sunrise Drive, Martinez 94553, $36,082, (941), document #2011-242519, 11/08/11. SD SVC Inc., 840 Hollowbrook Drive, Brentwood 94513, $12,949, (941), document #2011-242535, 11/08/11.

Marin County Drakes Bay Oyster Co., 17171 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Inverness 94937, $49,814, (943), document #2011-58823, 11/16/11.

San Francisco County Rhodes Painting & Decorating Inc., 230 Granada Ave., San Francisco 94112, $16,745, (940/941),

document #J287727, 10/21/11. Michael Heavey Construction Inc., 3232 Mission St., San Francisco 94110, $10,781, (941), document #J287734, 10/21/11. Saeed Esmailtalai/ Lavenida, 511 Irving St., San Francisco 94122, $14,644, (941), document #J287747, 10/21/11. Pots LLC, 2652 Judah St., San Francisco 94122, $15,032, (940/944), document #J287749, 10/21/11. Chakra Salonspa Inc., 256 Sutter St. Floors 2-4, San Francisco 94108, $34,078, (941), document #J287763, 10/21/11.

San Mateo County Paul Kenneth Gardner/Paul Gardner Construction, 1955 Pulgas Ave., East Palo Alto 94303, $12,954, (941), document #2011-136491, 11/14/11. Turk Street Books Inc./ Turk St. News, 2301 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo 94403, $13,962, (941), document #2011-136502, 11/14/11.

Eddies Bookstores/ Golden Gate Books, 2301 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo 94403, $20,206, (941), document #2011-136503, 11/14/11. Blue Cove Properties Ltd./Aaxtion News & Amusement, 2301 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo 94403, $17,529, (941), document #2011-136506, 11/14/11. San Benito Inn Restaurant and Bar Inc./San Benito House, 448 Main St., Half Moon Bay 94019, $19,671, (941), document #2011-136507, 11/14/11. Michelle GaggeroChamorro/J&B Delivery Service, 250 Industrial Way, Brisbane 94005, $46,211, (941), document #2011-136519, 11/14/11. Heritage Residential Care Inc., 2844 Hillside Drive, Burlingame 94010, $48,084, (940/941), document #2011-136520, 11/14/11. Calbridge Trading Corp., 1353 Lowrie Ave., South San Francisco 94080, $32,930, (941), docu-

ment #2011-136522, 11/14/11. JMark Inc., 120 Wilson St., Redwood City 94063, $29,864, (941), document #2011-136523, 11/14/11.

Releases of Federal Tax Liens Contra Costa County Allen Herman, 1606 Dawnview Drive, Brentwood 94513, $136,657, (6672), document #2011-242537, 11/08/11.

Marin County Thomas C. Parenteau, 214 Prospect St., Petaluma 94956, $46,326, (940/941), document #2011-58827, 11/16/11. D Angelo Inc., 22 Miller Ave., Mill Valley 94941, $61,563, (941), document #2011-58828, 11/16/11.

State Tax Liens Alameda County Drunken Fish Inc./ Koryo Sushi, 3314 Piedmont Ave, Oakland 94611, $14,204, Employment Development Department, document #2011-311156, 11/01/11. West Oak Venture Corp., 1260 Park St., Alameda 94501, $46,698, State Board of Equalization, document #2011-311269, 11/01/11. Cal-Door Enterprises of Northern California, 23669 Eichler St. Suite A, Hayward 94545, $114,526, State Board of Equalization, document #2011-311270, 11/01/11. Oliver-Winston Inc./ Winston Tire Co., 690 Knox St. Suite 200, Torrance 90502, $77,808, State Board of Equalization, document #2011-311277, 11/01/11. Khamosh Inc., 600 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur 94939, $162,608, State Board of Equalization, document #2011311280, 11/01/11.

International Advanced Business Computing/ Market 84, 51 Wright Brothers Ave. Suite B, Livermore 94551, $42,060, State Board of Equalization, document #2011-311283, 11/01/11. Mimosa Group Inc., 2355 Broadway Suite 2, Oakland 94612, $13,714, State Board of Equalization, document #2011-311284, 11/01/11.

Contra Costa County Reef Science Aquarium LLC, 439 Railroad Ave., Danville 94526, $25,836, State Board of Equalization, document #2011244242, 11/09/11.

Marin County Bay Area BuiltIns Inc., 1345 Francisco Blvd. No. E, San Rafael 94901, $42,495, State Board of Equalization, document #2011-58449, 11/15/11. Kambiz A. Kafai et al. dba Northgate Gas, 720 S. Main St., Sebastopol 95472, $316,908, State Board of Equalization, document #2011-

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San Francisco County Gourmet Catering LLC dba Pasta Paradiso, 180 Spear St., San Francisco 94105, $15,862, State Board of Equalization, document #J287540, 10/21/11. Eagle Window Coverings Inc., 550 Alabama St., San Francisco 94110, $34,008, State Board of Equalization, document #J287981, 10/24/11. The French Tulip Inc., 3903 24th St., San Francisco 94114, $10,430, State Board of Equalization, document #J287983, 10/24/11. Leon Toppin individually and/or as President of Chadwick Management Group Inc., 763 Clayton St. No. A, San Francisco 94117, $17,765, Employment Development Department, document #J288025, 10/24/11.

San Mateo County Vida & Santshell LLC dba Haagen-Dazs Stanford/Quiznos King St., 1117 Yates Way, San Mateo 94403, $16,383, Franchise Tax Board, document #2011-136712, 11/14/11.

Releases of State Tax Liens Alameda County Pleasanton Operating Co. LLC, $12,930, Employment Development Department, document #2011-326550, 11/15/11.

Contra Costa County Diablo Valley Masonry Inc., $11,933, Employment Development Department, document #2011-241761, 11/07/11. Agriwise Inc., Franchise Tax Board, document #2011-241914, 11/07/11. Ross Residential Funding Inc., Franchise Tax Board, document #2011-241915, 11/07/11. Drew Kerr Smutny dba Marley & Co., 550 Hartz Ave., Danville 94526, $18,454, State Board of Equalization, document #2011242465, 11/08/11.

San Francisco County Farina Focaccia Cucina Italiana LLC, $17,017, Employment Development Department, document #J287809, 10/21/11. Farina Focaccia Cucing Italiana LLC, $12,311, Employment Development Department, document

BIZLEADS

sanfranciscobusinesstimes.com #J287810, 10/21/11. R.N.J. Inc./Grace Body Shop, $31,248, Employment Development Department, document #J287815, 10/21/11. Graffeo Coffee Roasting Co. Inc., $65,434, Employment Development Department, document #J288257, 10/24/11. Graffeo Coffee Roasting Co. Inc., $39,260, Employment Development Department, document #J288258, 10/24/11. Continuum HIV Day Services, $11,607, Employment Development Department, document #J288259, 10/24/11.

San Mateo County Dynamic Tire and Repair Shop, Franchise Tax Board, document #2011-137982, 11/16/11.

Mechanics' Liens Alameda County Claimant: RK Electric Inc., Contractor: Solyndra Fab 2 LLC, $26,010, Owner: OMP Page LLC, on property at 901 Page Ave., Fremont 94538, document #2011-326078, 11/15/11.

Contra Costa County

LLP, on property at 150 California St. Floor 18, San Francisco, document #J286740, 10/19/11. Claimant: East County Glass & Window Inc., Contractor: Draeger Construction, $17,039, Owner: 500 Bryant Street HOA, on property at 500 Bryant St., San Francisco, document #J288218, 10/24/11.

Claimant: B.R. Funsten & Co., Contractor: Koslo Corp., $29,918, Owner: Buy Buy Baby Inc., on property at 3260 Buskirk Ave., Pleasant Hill 94523, document #2011241904, 11/07/11. Claimant: Wright Process Systems, Contractor: Barry-Wehmiller Design Group, $14,284, Owner: Safeway Beverage, on property at 1921 San Joaquin St., Richmond 94084, document #2011-242980, 11/08/11. Claimant: USA Allglass Inc., Contractor: JR Lennen Construction Inc., $130,314, Owner: Forever 21 Inc., on property at 1 Sun Valley Mall, Concord 94520, document #2011-243002, 11/08/11. Claimant: Innovative Concrete Designs Inc., Contractor: Innovative Concrete Designs Inc., $21,088, Owner: Atria Senior Living Group Inc., on property at 1228 Rossmoor Parkway, Walnut Creek 94595, document #2011-243914, 11/09/11.

China Export Finance Ltd. vs. Xtraplus Corp., 300 S. Hope St. 24th Floor, Los Angeles 90071, $461,823, plaintiff, case #FG09478976, 11/14/11.

San Francisco County

San Francisco County

Claimant: Columbia Mechanical Contractors Inc., Contractor: Mayta & Jensen, $80,380, Owner: Vista Equity Partners

Louis Neff vs. James D. Pope/Pope & Pope Properties LLC, 540 Fillmore St., San Francisco 94117, $113,908, plain-

San Mateo County Claimant: All Weather Architectural Aluminum, Contractor: Progress Glass, $10,313, Owner: EQR-Hillside, on property at 6601-6605 Mission St., Daly City, document #2011-137419, 11/15/11.

Abstracts of Judgment Alameda County

tiff, case #CGC-10500344, 10/20/11. Louie Family Revocable Trust vs. New West Cardlocks Inc., 2121 Third St., San Francisco 94107, $64,149, plaintiff, case #10 UD 03301, 10/20/11. (Foreign Sacramento)

San Mateo County Guglielmelli Brothers Inc. vs. Carlos Alberto Garcia Manzanares dba C&E Electric, 2 W. Fifth Ave. Suite 400, San Mateo 94403, $59,815, plaintiff, case #1-11-CV-204957, 11/16/11. (Foreign Santa Clara)

Real Estate Transactions Alameda County Charles M.C. and Lily C. Lee to Robert P. Bartlett III, 6006 Acacia Ave., Oakland 94618, APN: 048A-7108-021, $1,600,000. Rosalie K. Bacal to Jaideep and Nandana Das, 3517 Villero Court, Pleasanton 94566, APN: 950-0021-024, $1,464,545, Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA: $1,098,750. KB Home South Bay Inc. to Angelina C. Plenos, 261 Sullivan Way, Hayward 94541, APN: 431-0112-029,

$1,345,454. KB Home South Bay Inc. to Jessie Caldo and Charito Solis, 259 Sullivan Way, Hayward 94541, APN: 431-0112-029, $1,345,454. Samuel Bing Lee and Linda Lain Lee Trustees to Belfort Investment Inc., 22842 Princeton Place, Castro Valley 94552, APN: 070-0181-008, $1,280,000. Eugene K. and Laura C. Tan Trustees to Rahul Gupta and Sudha Mahajan, 997 Scorpion Place, Fremont 94539, APN: 519-1670-021, $1,274,545, Lender: Citibank NA: $1,020,000. Yilin Cai and Minh V. Ly to Saroj K. Mishra and Sanjeeta Sarangi, 43156 Palm Place, Fremont 94539, APN: 513-0745-014, $1,250,000, Lender: Avex Funding Corp.: $1,000,000. Raul D. and Mellie I. Galang to Pete B. Cannon and Julia M. Alsberg, 1332 Montrose Place, Pleasanton 94566, APN: 946-4598-018, $1,240,000. Jean P. Longwill and Judy C. Hager and Sara Clover Trustees to Laurie DaltonWhite and Jeffrey D. White, 23 Monte Ave., Piedmont 94611, APN: 050-4576-007, $1,200,000, Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA:

$960,000. Bank of America NA to Prabhakar Aeruva and Pallavi Chada, 310 Anza St., Fremont 94539, APN: 513-608-156, $1,154,545, Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA: $866,250. Han Chen and Lana Wu Chen to Albert TC Loh and Ruella A. Nawangsih, 41966 Corte Santa Barbara, Fremont 94539, APN: 513-0476-060, $1,147,272. Larry D. and Lynda S. Russell to David W. Gibson, 2454 Normandy Circle, Livermore 94550, APN: 099-0700-129, $1,088,181. Thomas and Theresa M. Chytrowski to David Zipser, 1408 Milvia St., Berkeley 94709, APN: 059-2266-004, $999,999. Harold E. Helson to Corwin Hammond Booth and Margaret Coffey Booth, 1079 Creston Road, Berkeley 94708, APN: 063-3140-020-02, $994,545. Schaefer Dublin Holdings LLC to Timothy and Nancy Prendergast, 10109 Marshall Canyon Court, Dublin 94568, APN: 941-2834-019, $940,000. Wendy E. Scheid and Sally Starring Arnold to Tej Paul and Amrita B. Ghumman, 1075 Rosemont Ave., Los Altos 94024, APN: 4140076-076, $932,727.

20 th Hand to Hand Luncheon TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2011 11 AM~NOON: COCKTAIL RECEPTION & SILENT AUCTION • NOON~1:30 PM: LUNCH THE FAIRMONT SAN FRANCISCO • 950 MASON STREET, SAN FRANCISCO

EVENT CHAIR: LISA STEVENS, PRESIDENT OF THE WEST COAST REGION FOR WELLS FARGO GRAND SPONSORS $25,000 AND ABOVE John and Marcia Goldman Philanthropic Fund Ambassador James C. Hormel and Michael P. Nguyen The Fairmont San Francisco Wells Fargo BENEFACTORS $10,000 Mac Phail Family and Friends The Safeway Foundation San Francisco Business Times San Francisco Magazine SPONSORS $5,000 AAA Insurance Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Napa Cellars Winery Monica DuClaud Graphic Design W. & J. Graham’s Port James Mercer/Waterloo Plantation Union Bank Foundation Scott Willoughby/The Clorox Foundation MEDIA SPONSORS

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Extraordinary cuisine prepared by these renowned Bay Area chefs: David Lawrence 1300 ON FILLMORE Christopher Grant ANA MANDARA Jude Wilmoth COOK ST. HELENA Lisa Lu JARDINIÈRE James Irby and Jennara Santurio KULETO’S Ismael Macias LARK CREEK STEAK Sasha Rose MASA’S RESTAURANT Josh Thomsen MERITAGE AT THE CLAREMONT Mark Dommen ONE MARKET RESTAURANT Adrienne Harper PROJECT OPEN HAND jW Foster THE FAIRMONT SAN FRANCISCO Cynthia Falatic and Nathan Beriau THE RITZ- CARLTON SAN FRANCISCO

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BIZLEADS



David Tsuei Trustee to Filomena Paoli, 6114 Ocean View Drive, Oakland 94618, APN: 048A-7095-044, $926,363. Steven and Janett Edrington to Jeffrey D. Clark, 467 Hudson St., Oakland 94618, APN: 014-1255-002, $924,545. Julius Andrew Cohen to Thomas Urbania and Shannon Huffaker, 1008 Peralta Ave., Albany 94706, APN: 065-2417-004, $910,000. Patrick Edmond Sheehan and Marianna Sophia Sheehan to Patricia M. Dugan and Craig Bagdasar, 6100 Estate Drive, Oakland 94611, APN: 048C-7189-00103, $900,000. Wayne Takakuwa Trustee to Ryan and Meredith Tecco, 1509 Holly St., Berkeley 94703, APN: 0592284-042, $900,000.

$1,312,500. Michael L. and Marian M. Harshfield to Paul S. and Davina M. Kwon, 3349 Deer Hollow Drive, Danville 94506, APN: 220-511-006, $1,494,545, Lender: Wells Fargo Bank: $1,160,000. Lee and Shirley W. Griffey Trustees to Sandra Myers and Robert W. Laversin, P.O. Box 347, Diablo 94528, APN: 195240-030, $1,200,000. Gregory R. and Kathleen Tachiera to Gerald S. Accardo Jr. and Elissa J. Accardo, 241 Bolla Ave., Alamo 94507, APN: 193410-013, $1,050,000, Lender: Wells Fargo Bank: $310,000. Robert E. and Susan A. Donohue Trustees to Jeffrey and Lisa Oki, 25 Glenhill Court, Danville 94526, APN: 207540-007, $992,727.

Contra Costa County

Rocky J. Stich to C. Jason Payne Trustee and Cherity Morrison Payne Trustee, 20 Sandy Lane, Mill Valley 94941, APN: 029350-05, $3,200,000. Christopher S. Coulter and Carol A. Stevenson Trustees to Gerald E. Hanks and Barbara L. Fowble Trustees, 33 Old Landing Road, Tiburon 94920, APN: 059241-08, $2,200,000. William E. Smith Jr. and Mandana Jahangani

Marin County

Korb Capital Group LLC to Albert G. White III and Kristine L. White, 153 Smith Road, Alamo 94507, APN: 196-050-014, $2,600,000, Lender: Union Bank NA: $2,000,000. NEI Global Relocation Co. to Richard and Erica Kain, 10 Las Palomas, Orinda 94563, APN: 262-281-013, $1,824,545, Lender: First Republic Bank:

Trustees to David Chernoff and Valerie Shore, 219 West St., Sausalito 94965, APN: 065-231-42, $2,110,000. Joanne Fox Trustee to Hubert F. Bromma Trustee, 3001 Bridgeway No. 323, Sausalito 94965, APN: 064276-09, $1,949,999. John M. Pierce and Pamela Tooth-Pierce to Lee L. Kuhn and Matthew C. RyderSmith, 307 H St., San Rafael 94901, APN: 010-181-29, $1,864,838. Andrew and Leigh Budlong to Joel S. Rudick, 91 Santa Rosa Ave., Sausalito 94965, APN: 065-121-04, $1,456,363. Thomas M. and Shirley Hennessy Trustees to Deborah A. Daniloff and Scott M. Mickelson, 210 Chapman Road, Mill Valley 94941, APN: 048032-21, $1,300,000. Jimmy Goh and Sharon Jen Trustees to Sebastian and Bettina Ferrando, 26 Crecienta Drive, Sausalito 94965, APN: 064252-03, $1,284,545.

San Francisco County Leslie P. Barta and Ivan A. Barta to Sahar Masud aka Ethel Chase Trustee, 38 Miller Ave. PMB 515, Mill Valley 94941; 2400 Vallejo St., San Francisco 94123, Lot 010 Block 0559 (por-

tion) Western Addition Block 395, $3,550,000. Gregory Germano and Georgina Germano to Christopher J. and Carrie J. Peoples Trustees, P.O. Box 2871, Aptos 95001; 95 Grandview Ave., San Francisco 94114, Lot 012 Block 2748 Romain St./Grand View Ave., $2,694,933. Pearl Eng Trustee and John Wing Lum Trustee et al. to John and Beth Lukrich et al., 171 Sunkist Lane, Los Altos 94022; 2960/2964 Webster St./2075 Filbert St., San Francisco 94123, Lot 024 Block 0532 (portion) Western Addition Block 262, $2,102,933. Jonathan H. Feldman and Elizabeth Lougee to Neema and Sarah M. Jalali, 155 Belgrave Ave., San Francisco 94117, Lot 42 Block 2688 Clarendon Heights, $1,894,933. Lisa A. Conte to Andrew Gass and Jennifer G. Wilson, 357 Mississippi St., San Francisco 94107, Lot 024 Block 4039 (portion) Potrero Nuevo Block 304, $1,816,933. Srikar Srinath and Palak Joshi CoTrustees to Evans Hankey, 65 Zircon Place, San Francisco 94131, Lot 076 Block 7537 Diamond Heights, $1,800,000. John T. Reed to

5th Annual Regional Economic Forecast Conference Presented by

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East Bay/San Francisco Economic Forecast Conference Thursday, December 15, 2011 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter Auditorium 101 Eighth Street, Oakland, CA 94607 Two of the state’s best known economists and a panel of experts will answer questions such as:

Ronald P. and Lorie I. Hirson, 225-227 10th Ave., San Francisco 94118, Lot 007 Block 1423 (portion) Outside Land Block 172, $1,784,000. Chris W. Olsen and C.S. Denyse Pyo Olsen Trustees to Jesse Hull and Regina O'ConnorHannon, 533 Noe St., San Francisco 94114, Lot 072 Block 3584 (portion) Mission Block 106, $1,760,000. Thelma Medaglia Trustee and John J. Dito Trustee et al. to Richard Scott and Christine Pollak, 1321 Mt. Pisgah Road, Walnut Creek 94596; 3719-3721 Fillmore St., San Francisco 94123, Lot 14 Block 438-A, $1,700,000. Jason D. Spero and Andrea McEvoy Spero to David M. Potter and Meghan Moore Potter, 109-111 Valley St., San Francisco 94131, Lot 37 Block 6618 (portion) Horner’s Addition Block 54, $1,650,000. Sandeep A. Hingorani and Ursula J. Hingorani et al. to Kimberly Ellis Trustee, P.O. Box 1134, Zephyr Cove, Nev. 89448; 446/448 Vallejo St., San Francisco 94133, Lot 017 Block 0133 (portion) 50 Vara Lot 217, $1,624,933. Michael G. Dauchot and Susan Richardson to Colin D. Rudolph and Harriet S. Iwamoto, 156 Park-

er Ave., San Francisco 94118, Lot 34-B Block 1065 (portion) Western Addition Block 643, $1,484,000. Mark Theis and Sugiarto Suwandi to Matthew Quann and Eliza Nemser, 707 Cole St., San Francisco 94117, Lot 2 Block 1251 (portion) Western Addition Block 694, $1,444,933. Joanne F. Tumminia to Alvan R. Teragawachi and Robert L. Rockwell, 98 Santa Clara Ave., San Francisco 94127; 32-34 Cervantes Blvd., San Francisco 94123, Lot 002 Block 0443-A (portion) Marina Gardens, $1,406,933. Annie Jacob Trustee to Brian Schlesinger, 1670 Wedgewood Drive, Hillsborough 94010; 3179 23rd St., San Francisco 94410, Lot 063 Block 3641 (portion) Mission Block 153, $1,380,000. Steven A. Volpe to Benjamin Chelf and Kimberly Whittaker, 355 Bryant St. No. 101, San Francisco 94107, Lot 075 Block 3774 The Lofts 355 Bryant St., $1,374,933. Nigel W. Bunnett and Hearan Choo-Bunnett Trustees to James T. Adams Trustee, 146 23rd Ave., San Francisco 94121, Lot 33 Block 1382 (portion) Outside Land Block 93, $1,358,000. Chow M. Foo Trustee and Richard K. Larson

Trustee to Mark Tozer Trustee, 228 Elsie St., San Francisco 94110, Lot 008 Block 5670 Cobb Tract, $1,350,000. Geoffrey M. and Jennifer S. Hamm to Scott and Jodi O. Maroney, 4831 17th St., San Francisco 94117, Lot 28 Block 1290 (portion) Western Addition Block 884, $1,342,400. Geneva E. Morgan Trustee to 510 Steiner Street LLC, 2443 Fillmore St. No. 546, San Francisco 94115; 510 Steiner St., San Francisco 94117, Lot 17 Block 827 (portion) Western Addition Block 369, $1,260,000.

San Mateo County R. Patrick and Nancy S. Forster Trustees to Jeffrey M. Brady and Liana M. Goh, 160 Robin Road, Hillsborough 94010, APN: 030-074-130, $7,634,545. Jimmy R. and Bengta B. Aboud to Anand Babu Periasamy, 30 Fox Hill Road, Woodside 94062, APN: 075-051-040, $3,949,999. Javad Zolfaghari to Bay Area Management LLC, 20398 Blauer Drive, Saratoga 95070, APN: 024-390-190, $3,200,000. Rodney KB Young and Kristin McAlisterYoung to Robert K.

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New Fictitious Names Registered Alameda County Sean Munding, Advanced Control Mechanical, 2101 Shoreline No. 475, Alameda 94501. Alfonso Delgadillo, AlFi Construction, 3136 Coolidge Ave. No. 1, Oakland 94602. Norman Gundersheim, On The Level Builders, 695 27th St., Oakland 94612. Leonardo Dacanay, Bellevue Eye Medical Center, 947 Jackson St., Albany 94706. David Lee, California Light and Salt Church, 354 B St., Hayward 94541. Philip Scicluna, Waza Club, 2440 Bess Ave., Livermore 94550.

Edder Barcenas, Centro De Apoyo Latinos Unidos, 15339 Elvina Drive, San Leandro 94579. Peter Wright, Center for Somatic Dialogues, 971 46th St., Oakland 94608. Armando Valverde, A&V Global Solution, 1335 El Camino Real, Burlingame 94010. Saba Khalid, Swag City, 2045 Pacific Ave. Apt. C, Alameda 94501. Michael Wiesner, Acapulco Nuevo, 2100 Lincoln Ave., Alameda 94501. Michael Wiesner, New Acapulco, 2100 Lincoln Ave., Alameda 94501. Ahmed Sarfaraz, Sobeez, 38730 Lexington St. No. 272, Fremont 94536. Lawrence Rossi, Bloated Government, 39505 Gallaudet Drive No. 161, Fremont 94538. Irene Leung, Bae & Buckle, 2693 Grapevine Terrace, Fremont 94539. Ravindar Roopreddy, Sharedtop, 206 W. Hunter Lane, Fremont 94539. Ivan Sanchez, S.I.N., 1806 Incline Road, Hayward 94541. Kevin Ho, Duralink, 3867 Rancho Palomares Drive, Castro Valley 94552. Helen Hope, Newpark Dreyers, 2087 Newpark Mall, Newark 94560.

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sanfranciscobusinesstimes.com Cynthia Chabre, Tutte Al Forno, 11793 Bloomingtom Way, Dublin 94568. Joanna Chang, Neos, 1444 Factor Ave., San Leandro 94577. Joann Irons, 7Irons, 15087 Costela St., San Leandro 94579. Joann Irons, My Hometowne, 15087 Costela St., San Leandro 94579. Laura Dunwood, A Rusty Needle Inc., 1650 94th Ave., Oakland 94603. Alexander Chuong, Al and Pals, 2347 14th Ave., Oakland 94606. Leroy Slaughter, Leisure World Enterprises, 350 Vernon St. No. 406, Oakland 94610. Adesoji Odukogbe, The Alkebulans, 2931 Pine Ave., Berkeley 94705. Irene Sieu, Irene O Sieu, 1772 Clear Lake Ave., Milpitas 95035. Kayleen Feeney, Hotsy Totsie, 2270 Donahue Ave., Santa Rosa 95401. Elizabeth Lipson, TNA Consulting, 1828 Balboa St., San Francisco 94121. Toni Hage, TLH Consulting, 1130 Huff Ave., San Leandro 94577. Joanna Chang, Dynamis Marketing, 1444 Factor Ave., San Leandro 94577. Kristen Scobie, Intention Marketing, 7517 Flagstone Drive, Pleasanton 94588. East Bay Green Lab Cooperative Inc., 435

Eighth Suite 304, Oakland 94607. Jennie Siat, Omni Terra Realty, 3566 Rutledge Common, Fremont 94538. Kevin Ebrahimi, Axis Modern Real Estate, 5007 Crystal Ridge Court, Oakland 94605. Rey Sy, Moana BBQ + Grill, 1559-B Sloat Blvd. Suite 474, San Francisco 94132. Audrey Kramer, Sweet Treat Stop, 1229 Ballena Blvd., Alameda 94501. Barrett Gomes, Sauced Southern BBQ & Spirits, 2300 First St. Suite 120-B, Livermore 94550. Steven Leung, Elite Designers Outlet, 2756 Alvarado St. Unit F, San Leandro 94577. Rachel Li, Tux Studio, 3034 Slyvan Ave., Oakland 94602. Deron Kassabian, IPawn Cars Co., 2948 Gibbons Drive, Alameda 94501. Agustin Juarez, Chuchofoods SA, 1140 D St., Hayward 94541. Ximena Rodriguez, Maple Market, 1115 Amberstone Lane, San Ramon 94582. Violet Truong, Bitty Bakeshop, 2916 21st Ave., Oakland 94606. Jami Fordyee, Big Wheel Cookie Co. LLC, 3139 Herriott Ave., Oakland 94619. Annika Mongan, Ostara Foods, 2703 Seventh St., Berkeley 94710. Marc Taub, Palm Bay

Spirits, 45 Seaview Blvd. Suite A, Port Washington, N.Y. 11050. Joseph Jaber, Empire Smoke Shop, 1076 Mangrove Lane, Alameda 94502. Dena Acolatse, Pastiche Planet, 4061 Randy Common, Fremont 94538. YanQiang Ye, UC Display, 43349 Columbia Ave., Fremont 94538. Jamie Lajoie, Favor Central, 91 Geneva Ave., Hayward 94544. Hans Cho, Mama Cho’s Marketplace, 225 MacArthur Blvd., San Leandro 94577. Sharon Kyle, Nature’s Essence, 6457 1/2 San Pablo Ave., Oakland 94609. Brian Tice, Psycho City Cycles, 2566 West St., Oakland 94612. Bill Martin, Affordable Cleaning Services, 1420 Manuel Drive, Hayward 94544. Judith GraumannJacobs, T&J Services, 1881 Staghorn Way, Livermore 94550. Ronald Streitz, Comprehensive Advancement Services, 2619 10th Ave., Oakland 94606. Culture Connection Escort Service, 484 Lake Park Ave. No. 658, Oakland 94610. Shams Zereh, Street Beat Car Audio, 406 W. Harder Road, Hayward 94544. Sopheas Nok, Hummingbird Autoglass, 2014 Fifth Ave. No.

221, Oakland 94606. John Carter, Carter’s Automotive LLC, 744 San Pablo Ave., Albany 94706. Crystallee Crain, Digme Ventures, 2828 Filbert St. Unit 15, Oakland 94608. Maurice Unglik, One Call Technology Solutions, 1210 Killarney St., Livermore 94550. Alex Williams, Stop Think Play, 440 Fulton St. Apt. A, San Francisco 94102. Brazill Griffin, Bouji Events and Catering, 29536 Dixon St. No. 8, Hayward 94544. Kenneth Blackwell, XL Sports Performance, 11844 Dublin Blvd., Dublin 94568. Zheng Li, Legend Kung Fu Academy, 39650 Cedar Blvd., Newark 94587. Robert Sangco, Precision Athletics, 4314 Coventy Court, Union City 94587. Leslie Marpuri, Joe and Leslie’s Rolling Video Games, 1936 Abreu Way, Union City 94587. Robertino Reyes, Bungee Laundromat, 58 Valley Road, Colonia, N.J. 07067. Jane Cullen-Smith, Glory Grafix, 35 Excelsior Court, Oakland 94610. Ranulfo Aguilar, Rescue Blinds Repair, 5 Willet Court, Alameda 94501. Randolph Rosso, Bologna Accountancy Corp., 78 Greenfield

Drive, Moraga 94556. Mimi Najati, Revive Salon & Spa, 3900 Newpark Mall Road Suite 107, Newark 94560. Tiffani Kowalski, Beauty By Tiffani, 6902 Village Parkway, Pleasanton 94568. Diljit Brar, Allpro Bookkeeping & Taxes, 4310 Redlands St., Union City 94587. Maximino Garcia, MEuropean Body Work, 1220 47th Ave., Oakland 94601. Sonialena Massoud, Radiant Salon, 5050 Woodminster Lane, Oakland 94602. Joann Irons, JOI Photography, 15087 Costela St., San Leandro 94579. Michael Selby, Michael Selby Photography, 2350 Sherman Drive, Union City 94587. Angela Southall, Aikane Care, 830 W. Sunset Blvd., Hayward 94541. Teresita Marshall, Divine Mercy In Home Care, 2466 Hibiscus Drive, Hayward 94545. Ansar Muhammad, Ebony Ruby Trucking, 21429 Ocean View Drive No. 4, Hayward 94541. Adran Flores-Silva, AF Trucking, 570 Van Court, Hayward 94544.

Contra Costa County American Fire Protection Inc., 156 Moss Hollow Court, Brentwood 94513.

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Crow Canyon Court Suite 100, San Ramon 94583. Corporate Lending Center, 3260 Blume Drive Suite 425, Richmond 94806. Artisian Fine Home Builders, 1480 Moraga Road No. 386, Moraga 94556. Michael Makedonsky OD, Vision Care Optometry, 2975 Treat Blvd., Concord 94518. Dental CT Van, 565 Contra Costa Blvd. Suite B, Pleasant Hill 94523. Camelot Apartments, 2320 Westcliffe Lane, Walnut Creek 94597. Argo Benefits Insurance Brokers, 2300 Contra Costa Blvd. No. 375, Pleasant Hill 94523. Jose Velazquez, Out of this World Jose Landscaping, 195 W. Ninth St., Pittsburg 94565. Donald Rose, Harlequin Gardens and Nursery, 2071 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek 94595. William Balladares, Spearhead Siloe Ministries, 12867 San Pablo Ave., Richmond 94805. Damon Robinson, All and All Charitys Etc., 1540 Walnut Ave., Antioch 94509. Jeffrey Summers, Built 2 Rock Designs, 836 Boone Drive, Brentwood 94513. Munkhorgil Gerelchuluon, Ujin, 1382 Contra Costa Blvd. No. 58, Pleasant


sanfranciscobusinesstimes.com Hill 94523. Christopher Cuevas, CC Design, 7 Lincolnshire Court, Lafayette 94549. Ebrahim Leri, Lost Boys, 6842 Waverly Road, Martinez 94553. Michael Cresci, Cresci Specialized, 2314 Center Ave., Martinez 94553. Jeffrey Hunt, Flashpoint Associates, 455 Fernwood Drive, Moraga 94556. Candice BrooksWilliams, Lutan Design, 207 Rheem Blvd., Orinda 94563. Ryan Tacchi, Rycat Ink, 4281 St. Paul Circle, Pittsburg 94565. Merit USA, 620 Clark Ave., Pittsburg 94565. MepCoOrd, 23 Cree Court, San Ramon 94583. Jennifer Stahl, Excel Find Homes, 3250 De Anza Place, San Ramon 94583. Nadeema Aziz, Velvet Harlow, 43 Quail Court, Walnut Creek 94596. Tropical Solutions, 2064 Treat Blvd. Suite E, Walnut Creek 94598. Veteran Stone Inc., 96 N. Rancho Place, El Sobrante 94803. Teresa Hendrickson, Terri Landey, 44 Bayside Court, Richmond 94804. Katisha Adams, Smada, 3400 Richmond Parkway No. 1201, Richmond 94806. Peggy Bradley, Peggy’s Pet Palace, 380

Del Amigo Road, Danville 94526. Kathleen Manso, Katie’s Cat Sitting, 74 Jamaica Drive, San Ramon 94582. The Editors Inc., 172 Via Serena, Alamo 94507. Miwon Darland, All Star Mobile Marketing, 4717 Springwood Way, Concord 94521. Lisa Santos, Dolce Vita Treats, 3101 Balfour Road Suite F, Brentwood 94513. Ferdinand Eres, Fiona’s Pantry, 3732 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Suite 170, Lafayette 94549. Maria Larios, Fat Niki’s Grill, 3400 Main St., Oakley 94561. Country Waffles 993, 2921-C Harbor St., Pittsburg 94565. Lateefah Camacho, Divas Dessert Bar, 640 Bailey Road No. 218, Bay Point 94565. California Hummus Bar, 1273 S. California Blvd., Walnut Creek 94596. Jessica Souza, Compassion Fashion, 14850 Highway 4 Suite A-133, Discovery Bay 94505. Lyman Willadsen, I Cover Windows, 649 Claire Place, San Ramon 94583. Robert Pack, Shop O’Lot, 424 Antelope Ridge Way, Danville 94506. Steven Strom, Strom Gem & Mineral, 2317 Meredith Way, Antioch 94509. Lola Browne, Buyer’s

Place, 2974 Delta Fair Blvd. No. 288, Antioch 94531. Sheena Grewal, 7 Eleven #2369-35062A, 5329 San Pablo Dam Road, El Sobrante 94803. Hassan Tabatabaei, Ameri Imports, 12764 San Pablo Ave. No. A, Richmond 94805. Chinkaji Shrestha, Himalay’s Gift and Trader, 2200 Rivers St. Apt. 6, San Pablo 94806. Kyong Bang, Grillz Jewelry, 14461 San Pablo Ave., San Pablo 94906. Stephen Lacy, Relocate Real Estate Services, 3333 Deer Hollow Drive, Danville 94506. Joe Lopez, JL Tree Service, 2921 N. Francisco Way, Antioch 94509. Loren Smith, Builders Computer Service, 3430 Camino Diablo, Byron 94514. Raul Valderrama, AVR Heating & Cooling Service, 1567 Ayers Road, Concord 94521. Janie Daniels, Multicultural Senior Services, 225 Coggins Drive No. G-162, Pleasant Hill 94523. Jeffrey Martens, JDM Income Tax Service, 500 La Gonda Way Suite 280, Danville 94526. Tenekia Hill, T.S.H. Financial Services, 5109 Ebbetts Way, Antioch 94531. Larry Caldwell, Caldwell Enterprise En-

vironmental Junk Removal Service, 187 Fawcett St., Hercules 94547. Michael Mason, East Bay Judgment Recovery, 6680 Alhambra Ave. No. 116, Martinez 94553. Beverly Muller, BA Protective Services, 2930 Wright Ave., Pinole 94564. Heritage Home Care Services Inc., 2603 Camino Ramon Suite 407, San Ramon 94583. Renae Flynn, RJ’s Maid Services, 470 Civic Drive No. 202, Walnut Creek 94596. Silver Arrow Asset Recovery, 3190 Oak Road Apt. 321, Walnut Creek 94597. Gonzalo Ventura, G&O Tires and Service, 550 23rd St., Richmond 94804. Julio Chabrier, Solution Handyman Services, 25 Villa Drive, San Pablo 94806. Altain Da Silva, JJ Hauling and Demolition, 2705 Shamrock Drive, San Pablo 94806. Michael Zachry, Motowest Motorcycle Towing, 1071 Fox Meadow Way, Concord 94518. Jose Renteria, R&R Auto Care, 991 13th St., Richmond 94801. Denise Yarmlak, Medtech Bizdev, 1547 Palos Verdes Mall No. 230, Walnut Creek 94597. Kimberly Dixon, SF Bay Virtual Assistants,

1105 Carey Drive No. 206, Concord 94520. Rod Williams, Digital Online, 641 First St., Rodeo 94572. Sheldon Bryan, Sheldonbryan.com, 712 Bancroft Road, Walnut Creek 94598. Belinda Van Tonder, Raptor Rugby Football Club, 20 Emshee Lane, Martinez 94553. Margarita AguilarLopez, Magos House Cleaning, 1271 Monument Blvd. Apt. 8, Concord 94520. Jessica Arce, Jessi’s Cleaning, 123 20th St., Richmond 94801. Pinole Vista Cleaners, 1576 Fitzgerald Drive, Pinole 94564. Kathryn Schoolay, Healthy Help, 4031 Joyce Drive, Concord 94521. Erika Lee, Dermal Essentials, 242 Evelyn Drive, Pleasant Hill 94523. Sheila Anderson, Denni Rose Salon, 290 Rose St., Danville 94526. Can Care Wellness Center, 5081 Lone Tree Way Suite B, Antioch 94531. Wellness Weight Loss Center, 5081 Lone Tree Way Suite B, Antioch 94531. Karen Jimenez, Carousel Cuts, 739 Ferry St., Martinez 94553. Melanie Sakoda, Snap Bay Area, 163 Paseo Del Rio, Moraga 94556. Debra Mason, Planting Seeds of Health, 36

Sandview Drive, Bay Point 94565. Carolyn Ulitsky, Somawise Muscle Therapy, 12811 Alcosta Blvd. Suite A, San Ramon 94583. Lara Manuel, Love I’s Barber and Beauty Shop, 232-B 23rd St., Richmond 94804. Sarah Molnar, Five Freckles Photography, 4231 Cuneo Drive Apt. A, Concord 94518. Laszlo Rekasi, LGR Photography, 118 Beth Drive, Pleasant Hill 94523. Ryan Stoney, Ryan Stoney Photography, 3205 Ortega Ave., Lafayette 94549. Marie Mahlman, Sunflower Care Packages, 802 Eberhardt Court, Clayton 94517. Abe Angelic Home Care & Placement LLC, 2443 Floyd Lane, Concord 94520. Henry Giovannetti, Contra Costa Ltd. Function Referrals Network, 1430 Willow Pass Road Suite 250, Concord 94520. Victoria Viduya, The Covenant Senior Care, 2646 Appian Way Suite 26, Pinole 94564. Ruby Matthews, Serenity Home Health Care, 2600 Jones Road Unit 21, Walnut Creek 94597. Jason Hemmes, Drivers for Seniors, 85 A St., Concord 94520. Gercharanjit Kaur, 680 Limosine, 4936 Lefebvre Way, Antioch

94531. Mode Transportation, 41 Los Altos Road, Orinda 94563. Ravinder Singh, Buland Transport, 752 Seacliff Court, Rodeo 94572. Joe Zablocki, Zablocki Storage, 2352 Sweetwater Drive, Martinez 94553.

Marin County Mollie Jensen, The Bright Lights Academy, 800 De Long Ave. Suite 100, Novato 94945. Divina Coffin, Children’s Eyeworks, 490 Pinewood Drive, San Rafael 94902. Seager Gray Gallery, 23 Sunnyside Ave., Mill Valley 94941. Jose Gonzalez, CorsoSynergica Group, 36 Bonnie Banks, San Rafael 94901. Lorraine Voskanian, Voskanian Enterprises, 875 Butternut Drive, San Rafael 94903. Lynnette Shaw, The Queen of Green, 6 School St. Plaza No. 200, Fairfax 94930. Diego Dominguez, The Pack Leader, 63 Ashford Ave., Mill Valley 94941. Neptune Society of Northern California, 1780 Grant Ave., Novato 94945. Caryl Brandes, Caryl B, 210 Pelican Lane, Novato 94949. Jennifer Youngdahl, Phoenix Rose, 204 Railroad Ave., Wooda-

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Catherine Pajak, CP Consulting, 2566 14th Ave., San Francisco 94127. Real Property Management San Francisco, 405 Primrose Road No. 208, Burlingame 94010. San Francisco Real Property Management, 405 Primrose Road No. 208, San Mateo 94010. San Francisco RPM, 405 Primrose Road No. 208, San Mateo 94010. Angelica Lebron, Wallace & Lebron Ent. Properties, 1218 Hollister Ave., San Francisco 94124. Reve Restaurant, 133 Stewart St., San Francisco 94105. Charles McCreight, Fete Catering, 3487 21st St. No. 3, San Francisco 94110. Doctor's Lounge, 4826 Mission St., San Francisco 94112. Chasing Lions Cafe, 50 Phelan Ave., San Francisco 94112. Burger Urge, 1599 Haight St., San Francisco 94117. Cuong Lam, Hush Silk Screening, 151-B Wallace St., San Francisco 94124. Guowei Qi, Hong Wei Windows & Glass, 2254 Taraval St., San Francisco 94116. Jung Park, K&S Produce Market, 905 Larkin St., San Francisco 94109. Carla Hernandez, Wise Roots Nutrition, 632 Commercial St., San Francisco 94111. Christopher Miniello, C. Miniello Interiors, 390 Liberty St. Suite 10, San Francisco 94114. Mark Etheredge, Vipaka Records, 487 Noe St., San Francisco 94114. Anna Ritchie, Your Nest Inspired, 626 33rd Ave. No. 11, San Francisco 94121. Lien Chung, Prodesign and Staging, 44 Keystone Way, San Fran-

cisco 94127. Justine Topfer, Out of The Box Projects, 134 Page St., San Francisco 94102. Adir Paz, San Francisco Christmas Ornaments, 865 Market St., San Francisco 94103. Brenda Newton, First Street Gifts, 450 Mission St., San Francisco 94105. William Hammond, The Media Center, 3750 18th St. Room 400-B, San Francisco 94114. A2C Community Service, 899 Washington St. Suite 2, San Francisco 94108. Frederick Schulz, Unlimited Livery Service, 3283 25th St. No. 2, San Francisco 94110. Tony Chai, Best of The Bay Limo Service, 28 Admiral Ave., San Francisco 94112. Jose Davila, JD’s General Maintenance Services, 555 John Muir Drive No. 102, San Francisco 94132. Grace Ruiz, S.F. Auto Dismantlers, 707 Huron Ave., San Francisco 94112. Emily Nolan, Nolan Investigations, 2660 Third St. No. 206, San Francisco 94107. Mike Ramelot, Stem Partners, 281 32nd Ave., San Francisco 94121. Chang-Yoo Koo, Ekkeko Technologies, 35 Grove St. No. 102, San Francisco 94102. Milan Truong, Hire Me 101, 1386 45th Ave. No. 2, San Francisco 94122. Stephen Rapport, Hwa Rang Kwan Martial Arts Center, 371 Fifth St., San Francisco 94107. Cassie Griggs, Studio Tucson, 735 Montgomery St. No. 250, San Francisco 94111. MV Soccer Academy Inc., 455 Arlington St. No. 12, San Francisco 94131. Sara Albers, Alice and Lois Design Studios, 796 Green St., San Francisco 94133.

Wuilman Moran, Marta’s House Cleaning, 2901 Hawes St., San Francisco 94124. Thang Nguyen, Living It Digital, 419 Ivy St. No. 0, San Francisco 94102. Angelo Caduto, Brucius Tattoos, 219 Guerrero St., San Francisco 94103. Roxanne Mistry, 2Spirit Tattoo, 11 Pearl St., San Francisco 94103. Takiyah Smith, Beautiful You, 275 Fifth St. Suite 306, San Francisco 94103. Mah & Co. an Accountancy Corp., 90 New Montgomery St. No. 401, San Francisco 94105. Jeffrey Van Houten, Partner Analytics, 408 Utah St., San Francisco 94110. Rachel Rychlock, RR Health & Bodywork, 2517 Mission St. Suite 4, San Francisco 94110. James Joseph, Ryan Joseph Health and Fitness, 610 Clipper St. Suite A, San Francisco 94114. Cheryl Rouch, Pucker Punch Cosmetics, 696 27th Ave. No. 4, San Francisco 94121. Head Spa, 2106 Chestnut St., San Francisco 94123. Chau Le, Minami Beauty Salon, 1791 Church St., San Francisco 94131. Michelle Do, Michelle’s Hair Studio, 2772 San Bruno Ave., San Francisco 94134. Daryl Eremin, Eremin Photo & Imaging, 1360 Taylor St. Apt. 1, San Francisco 94108. Richard Camargo, Rick Camargo Photography, 4111 24th St., San Francisco 94114. Nicole Duran, NJD Design + Photography, 2332 Market St., San Francisco 94114. Susanne Floyd, SF Quest Kids, 351 Fifth Ave. No. 3, San Francisco 94118. Noah Stroe, Animal Farm Pet Hospital,

5601 Mission St., San Francisco 94112. Magdalena Szyrmer, Harmony Veterinary Housecalls, 108 Marietta Drive, San Francisco 94127.

San Mateo County Christina Christensen, Core Equestrian Center, 3639 Alpine Road, Portola Valley 94028. Digital Media Mart Co. Ltd., 533 Airport Blvd. No. 527, Burlingame 94010. Lesson Plus, 1111 Bayhill Drive Suite 400, San Bruno 94066. Otology Surgery Center, 1900 University Ave. Suite 101-B, East Palo Alto 94303. Evergreen Residence, 599 Evergreen Ave., Daly City 94014. Gravitocity, 1400 Marsten Road Suite C, Burlingame 94010. Turn Key Custom. Inc, 618 Palma St., El Granada 94018. Yong-Shing Chen, Bay Menlo Group, 445 Santa Monica Ave., Menlo Park 94025. Tom Wing & Sons, 888 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park 94025. Whitesong LLC, 3000 Sand Hill Road Bldg. 4 Suite 250, Menlo Park 94025. Zimmsphere LLC, 3000 Sand Hill Road Bldg. 4 Suite 250, Menlo Park 94025. Paolo Monesi, Zukero, 897 Barron Ave. No. 3, Redwood City 94063. C.G.R. Insurance Production Agency, 1111 Bayhill Drive Suite 400, San Bruno 94066. Luv, 1144 Holly St., San Carlos 94070. Jeanette Karthaus, JK Designworks, 10 Pyrola Lane, San Carlos 94070. Mohamed Mastafa, Appcydious, 130 W. 25th Ave., San Mateo 94403. Brian Healy, Defining Time, 809 Vespucci Lane, Foster City

94404. Michelle Dragony, The Wandering Author, 328 Myrtle St., Half Moon Bay 94019. James Kerwin, Kerwin Benchaar Consulting, 231 Nevada Ave., Moss Beach 94038. Lucky Chan, CA Property Managements, 333 Gellert Blvd. No. 100, Daly City 94015. Glenn Basina, Relogic Realty Group/ReLogic Realty Group, 455 Hickey Blvd. Suite 510, Daly City 94015. Carolyn Mitchell, Carey Mitchell Realty, 3463 Page St., Redwood City 94063. Lourdes Meza, Melissa’s Taqueria, 160 Visitacion Ave., Brisbane 94005. Crab Landing Restaurant, 260 Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay 94019. Richard Sheak, Mindseed Cafe, 76 Cape Hatteras Court, Redwood City 94065. Hyun Lee, SF Coffee Trading, 1051 National Ave. No. 320, San Bruno 94066. Samir Halim, Sub Stop Sandwiches, 1423 San Mateo Ave., South San Francisco 94080. Cruz Fabiola, La Diva Shoe Place, 401 Second Ave., Redwood City 94063. Toyota 101, 525 E. Bayshore Road, Redwood City 94063. All Star Glass, 1845 Morena Blvd., San Diego 92110. Star Lite Glass, 1845 Morena Blvd., San Diego 92110. A B&W Market, 3115 Jefferson Ave., Redwood City 94062. Anita Wadera, NutritionaLaCarte, 1342 Bel Aire Road, San Mateo 94402. Tyler Butler, Butler Sea Products, 800 Alsace Lorraine Ave., Half Moon Bay 94019. Juan Garcia, Pintos Natural Tree Service, 2665 Illinois, East Palo Alto 94303.

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Elaine Rivera, E&W Ventures, 826 Jefferson Court, San Mateo 94401. Nuxo Technologies, 559 Pilgrim Drive Suite A, Foster City 94404. John Kiefer, PartyHelpers, 305 Lacour Way, Redwood City 94061. Sean Stapleton, We Care Pest and Termite Control, 4062 Farm Hill Blvd. No. 3, Redwood City 94061. Randy Lee, California Cleanin, 1919 Alameda De Pulgas No. 160, San Mateo 94403. Corey Wong, Face + Body Wellness, 720 El Camino Real No. 300, Belmont 94002. Linda Jimenez, Lynn’s Advanced Aesthetics, 295 89th St. Suite 101, Daly City 94015. Donnalynn Polito, Donnalynn Ecolivingdesign, 459 El Granada Blvd., El Granada 94018. Patrick Barron, Avid Health, 40 Trace Lane, Half Moon Bay 94019. Lynn Krohn, Salon 224, 224 Reina Del Mar Ave., Pacifica 94044. Mireya Cabello, Artistic Nails, 508 San Mateo Ave., San Bruno 94066. Philip Pedrin II, Corporate Edge Transportation, 609 Bayswater Ave., Burlingame 94010. Robert Ambroz, Ambroz Tows - Motorcycle Transport, 464 Clinton St. No. 402, Redwood City 94062. Mary Corcoran, Half Moon Bay Coastside Tours, 225 Cabrillo Highway S., Half Moon Bay 94019.

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VANITY: Bay Area scientists primp for the $10 billion-a-year vanity market CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

YOU’RE SO VAIN

It also is about opportunity. Vain baby boomers looking to suck, heat, squeeze or freeze their way toward the fountain of youth are pumping up a $10 billion-a-year market. Lower regulatory risk for companies and investors, a new wave of technologies and consumers willing to pay out of pocket are fattening up the industry as well. Call it the aesthetics, personal care or vanity market, but one thing is sure: Even in a tough economy, a cadre of companies with science-backed, minimally invasive methods for smoothing wrinkles, removing love handles or even restoring couples’ sex lives are tapping consumer lust for younger days. Take Viveve, a venture-backed company that recently started selling doctors the hardware and tips needed for the procedure in Japan and China. Last year it won European certification, which will help it be cleared in Canada, Hong Kong and Australia by early 2012, and it continues to pursue the more rigorous Food and Drug Administration process in the United States. “We’re not aesthetic,” Pope said, “other than the smile on her face.”

Several Bay Area companies are emerging with aesthetic and/or vanity products, particularly in the area of weight loss and skin care. MyoScience Inc.: Redwood City Facial wrinkles | Clinical trials Revance Therapeutics Inc.: Newark Facial wrinkles; excessive sweating; acne; inflamed mucous membrane | Clinical trials Solta Medical Inc.: Hayward Thermage for skin tightening and contouring; Fraxel for skin discoloration, acne scars, etc.; Clear + Simple for younger patients to enhance skin tone and texture; Claro for at-home acne treatment; Isolaz for acne; LipoSonix for belly fat | All on the market, except 2nd-genertion LipoSonix device Viveve Inc.: Palo Alto Vaginal tightening | On the market in Japan and China; soon available in Hong Kong, Canada and Australia, Still in the FDA clearance process Vivus Inc.: Mountain View Avanafil for erectile dysfunction; Qnexa for obesity | FDA set to decide April 29 on approving Avanafil, April 17 for Qnexa Zeltiq Inc.: Pleasanton Cool sculpting | On the market

Pumping up Zeltiq Inc., a 6-year-old Pleasanton company selling a cooling procedure in 46 countries to trim waist fat, grossed about $89 million when it went public in October. Publicly held Solta Medical Inc. of Hayward has a handful of skin tightening and blemish-removing products already on the market, and Revance Therapeutics Inc. in Newark this summer raised $45 million to help it develop a Botox-like topical gel and other products now in clinical trials. In the meantime, the companies are hiring, acquiring and growing. With its September acquisition of LipoSonix from Medicis Technologies Corp. for up to $20 million, Solta has 340 employees. Zeltiq, which first hit the market in Hong Kong in March 2009, has about 150 employees and is “growing really fast,” said President Samuels and CEO Gordie Nye. The companies’ beauty is in the eye of the stockholder: Clinical trials and the approval process require less time and less money than it takes drugs to prove themselves and land FDA approval, so vanity products can ramp up to profitability faster. “It’s hard to ignore what has happened with Botox,” said Camille Samuels, a partner at Menlo Park-based Versant Ventures, which has invested in MyoScience Inc., a Redwood City company developing a cooling device that relaxes facial muscles to reduce wrinkles, and Zeltiq.

PG&E: Renewable energy coming at a high price CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 PG&E gets clean energy from 2.8 gigawatts of solar, wind, geothermal and biogas plants that are operational today — enough to power close to 1 million homes. Twenty-two contracts that would have brought online an additional 2.2 gigawatts of renewable power have dissolved for myriad reasons, including permitting problems, environmental concerns and companies going out of business, said Aaron Johnson, PG&E’s director of renewable energy policy and strategy. PG&E has missed its targets each year for renewable energy since California passed the nation’s strictest clean energy rules in 2008. Meanwhile, the cost of viable projects is rising. T he C a lifor nia P ublic Ut ilit ie s Commission, the body charged with

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Botox was originally designed to treat “lazy eye” until an ophthalmologist noticed patients losing wrinkles around the eye. Erectile dysfunction drug Viagra was supposed to be a heart drug. “What is the power of this space that could be unlocked if we actually tried?” Samuels said. But are aesthetic products solutions in search of a problem? Andy Schwab, a managing partner at Menlo Park’s 5AM Ventures, which is one of Viveve’s backers, said people thought the same thing about erectile dysfunction drugs, too. The introduction of Pfizer Inc.’s Viagra, Schwab said, erased the stigma of the problem and brought it into the doctor’s office. “There’s an incredible amount of R&D that went into these products,” said Dr. Vic Narurkar of the Bay Area Laser Institute and head of dermatology at California Pacific Medical Center. Narurkar participated in clinical trials for Solta’s Fraxel, a method for clearing up skin blemishes like freckles and acne scars. He also offers Solta’s skin-tightening application Thermage, which uses the same basic technology as Viveve, and other procedures.

approving or rejecting renewable energy deals, in November considered a contract between PG&E and Abengoa Solar. The Spanish company’s solar project topped the cost of power from other technologies. Nevertheless, the commission OK’d the deal. “The challenge has been finding good counter-parties to do projects with, and then even with good parties the projects have failed,” said Johnson. “Until we meet our goals, we need every project.” Abengoa is building a large-scale solar plant in the desert called Mojave Solar. The CPUC won’t say how much the project costs; however, it confirmed the price of energy is higher than power produced by Peevey solar panel technologies, which runs about 10 to 15 cents per kilowatthour. By comparison, power produced by natural gas costs around 7 or 8 cents per kilowatthour. Commission President Michael Peevey defended the project. “Mojave Solar is a highly viable project,” he said at a CPUC hearing Nov.

Yet science is one thing, preconceived notions and taboos are another — even for sophisticated investors. “You can see it on their faces,” Viveve’s Pope said. “‘Oh, my God — we’re talking about vaginas!’”

Beyond price Such hang-ups apparently aren’t holding back consumers. Health insurance plans typically don’t cover aesthetic procedures, yet patients are forking over $500 for a Thermage treatment, about $800 for Fraxel, $1,200 to $1,400 for Zeltiq’s “cool sculpting” or $1,500 to $4,000 for Viveve. “It’s not like a bank breaker,” said Narurkar, whose practice sees 20-30 patients a day. But Zeltiq’s Nye said the appeal of aesthetics products is more than skin deep. “If you can keep things noninvasive so people don’t have to think about missing work, that’s huge these days,” he said. “Missing work is expensive.” The Zeltiq-developed procedure, which takes about 2 ½ hours, is aimed mainly at fit men with love handles that won’t go away with diet and exercise. It is working on new tips that would reach other parts of the body as well. Fanning At the same time, more products are emerging as competitors or adjuncts. Solta, for example, worked with global electronics giant Philips to develop an at-home laser device for reducing fine skin lines and wrinkles. It also launched Claro for minor acne breakouts, which retails for about $250 at Nordstrom. “If you stand outside Nordstrom, you’ll see these are women, 35-65, who are college educated, have an income of $100,000 or more and are professional,” Solta Chairman, President and CEO Stephen Fanning said. “Those people are doing very well.” Even so, when the economy tumbled in 2008-09, Solta saw a year-over-year decline in sales. But Fanning said sales have returned “and, quite frankly, at a nice clip.” Solta lost $2.4 million on revenue of $82.8 million through the first nine months of this year, compared to a $1.8 million loss in $80.9 million in revenue in the same period last year. What’s more, Solta, which has been one of the most active acquirers of aesthetic treatment companies over the past five years, will enter the fat-loss business next year as it develops a second-generation product from its LipoSonix buyout. “The good news is that consumers, even in this economy and particularly the baby boomers, are going to continue to want to look good,” Fanning said. [email protected] / (415) 288-4939 ■

10. “The project is fully permitted, it has received a $1.2 billion DOE (U.S. Department of Energy) loan guarantee, it has secured the necessary financing, and it has transmission interconnection. Environmental groups and unions both support the project. CPUC approval is the only hurdle remaining before construction can start.” Solar thermal projects, like the Mojave Solar project, use acres of mirrors to direct sunlight to heat liquid into steam to turn turbines and produce power. Peevey said the technology isn’t as variable as wind power or solar Spatt panels — it doesn’t stop producing power on a calm day or when clouds appear. Plus, the project, which has already cost $70 million in preconstruction costs, is ready to go — a major factor in gaining approval. PG&E solicited project bids in 2009, when more than 300 bids — many for less expensive energy — were submitted, Peevey said. Yet, only two bids — one was the Mojave project — resulted in contracts

submitted to the CPUC for approval. A second call for bids in 2011 produced another rush of proposals, “but it is unknown how many of those projects will actually make it to the finish line,” Peevey said. PG&E will eventually face fines if it falls short of reaching the state’s renewable energy demands, but if the utility is forced to pay exorbitant prices for clean power — which will require far more energy to meet the 33 percent standard in 2020 — those costs will be reflected in monthly electric bills. The state’s other investor-owned utilities face the same challenges. One commissioner and ratepayer advocates weren’t thrilled with the CPUC’s approval on the Mojave project. They say the price of power should receive greater weight when considering contracts. “The promise of renewable energy is that it be clean, green and affordable,” said Mindy Spatt of The Utility Reform Network, a San Francisco-based ratepayer advocacy group. “Both the commission and PG&E should strive for all three.” [email protected] / (415) 288-4968 ■


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COVERITY: Customers call testing company to exterminate software bugs CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 year with nearly $50 million in revenue, up 27 percent over the prior year. It claims 1,100 customers from industries as diverse as financial services, automotive and transportation, aerospace and defense, telecommunications, software, electronics, and medical devices. “Our outlook is over the next several years we should be able to harness this kind of growth — 25 to 35 percent,” said Coverity CEO Anthony Bettencourt, who took the job a year ago after holding multiple positions at Autonomy Inc., including CEO. WHO’S Coverity beca me HIRING: cash flow positive last COVERITY year and, after cutting 14 percent of staff durJobs: 30 over ing the economic downthe next 11 turn of 2009, has been months. expanding headcount Location: San significantly, adding 57 Francisco. people over the last 13 Type: Various. months to hit a total of 210 employees. Bettencourt expects to add another 30 people over the coming 11 months, and as a result, Coverity just nearly doubled the space it leases at 185 Berry St. to 53,000 square feet, although a good chunk of that will be sublet for the near future until Coverity needs it. Outside analysts agree that the prospects are bright for the software development testing market Coverity inhabits. VDC Research early this year named Coverity as the leader for static analysis and embedded systems and software testing, with a 30 percent market

Grasping an opportunity: CEO Anthony Bettencourt is nearly doubling Coverity’s office space and hiring 30 people over the next 11 months.

share, more than double its leading rival. Competitors include Klocwork and GrammaTech, although Coverity has a broader offering than “many of its competitors,” said VDC Vice President Chris Rommel. “More and more, embedded and mobile devices are having their value defined not by hardware components, but by software functionality,” Rommel said. “We believe that the embedded market will continue to present Coverity

and other static analysis tool vendors with significant opportunities for growth going forward.” Changes in computer code can have unanticipated negative consequences leading to product delays, recalls, brand damage and lawsuits. The implications of such failures increasingly lead directly to the C-suite, said Lanowitz, citing shareholder pressure last summer on Sony Corp. CEO Howard Stringer to resign following a

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costly software security failure on the PlayStation gaming network, said Theresa Lanowitz, founder of the analyst firm Voke Inc. Sony subsequently named a new chairman and president, Kaz Hirai. “These executives really have to take responsibility and accountability for the software that’s running their companies,” Lanowitz said. [email protected] / (415) 288-4949 ■

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Gateway ‘friends’ are no friend to San Franciscans ith “Friends” like this, San Francisco hardly needs enemies. That would be the “Friends of Golden Gateway,” a most unfriendly marriage of convenience between Telegraph Hill NIMBYs, narrowly selfinterested members of a private tennis club and perpetually befuddled members of San Francisco’s progressive wing. They’ve banded together in an attempt to derail a proposed condominium project at 8 Washington St., across the street from the San Francisco Ferry Building. In doing so, they’ve ordained that their private recreational facility and a large, decrepit parking lot surrounded by a chain-link fence should be preserved as the highest public good that should come from this property. And they stand a darn good chance of winning, with backing from a roster of San Francisco’s most successful anti-development campaigners (like Aaron Peskin, Brad Paul, Sue Hestor). That would represent a huge lost opportunity. Not for would-be buyers of the eye-poppingly expensive condos that San Francisco Waterfront Partners hopes to build at 8 Washington. Rest assured: If you can drop $2 million and up on a condo, you have options. They’ll be fine. It’s the rest of us who should be concerned. Jettisoning this project on the basis that the owners would be too rich — the frankly acknowledged position of many San Francisco progressives — would jettison a huge number of public benefits that are part and parcel. Start with the biggest: millions of dollars in revenue that would flow to the city and Port of San Francisco. The port estimates that the payments for the land, transfer fees on sales and resales of condos, leases and rent payments would bring it more than $50 million. And an innovative tax structure could generate $1.3 million per year. The city, which owns part of the site, would reap $15 million — $10 million of it as payment toward the 33 affordable units the developers will be obligated to fund. San Francisco development opponents persistently fail to grasp that market-rate housing typically doesn’t “squeeze out” affordable housing. More frequently, it pays for it. In other words, those who believe San Francisco needs to build more affordable housing (that includes us) should be advocating for this project. There are other benefits, too: completion of the last big piece of urban renewal surrounding the Ferry Building, a process in progress since the Embarcadero Freeway came down two decades ago. New public parks and recreation areas. Expanded parking, but all hidden underground. This site reconnected to the waterfront. None of this, we realize, will be persuasive to the tennis players, who resent moving a few blocks to a new facility. Nor to the privileged Telegraph Hill people aligned behind former Board of Supervisors President Peskin; they simply want their pristine water views, damn the cost to the rest of us, and are used to getting their way. Fortunately, this is not a one-sided fight. Groups from SPUR to the Housing Action Coalition to Livable City to the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition have registered their support for 8 Washington. Almost inevitably, a process that has now begun with the Planning Commission will end at the Board of Supervisors. And there, eyes will turn to current board president and recent mayoral candidate David Chiu, shaping up as potentially the deciding vote. To his credit, Chiu has supported other controversial housing measures and taken the flak — but he also represents Peskin’s querulous old district. This will be a test: Stand up for good policy, even if it’s unpopular? Or take the usual San Francisco politician’s easy way out, and cave in to the NIMBYs? ■

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Joe Lacob

Mark Zuckerberg

Gavin Newsom

Just when all seemed lost, NBA owners and players came to their senses and settled, saving threefourths of season — to the joy of no-longer-rookie Warriors owners, whose remaking of the franchise can continue apace.

Declaring that email’s dead got just an echo of the notice of Facebook CEO’s year-ago proclamation that privacy was. Still, funny how his futuristic glimpses invariably fit snugly with Facebook’s strategy of the moment.

When protesters shouted down a UC regents’ meeting, regents walked out — and the regent, lieutenant governor and former S.F. mayor turned the tables by joining the shouters. Wait a minute: Does that mean he ended up protesting himself?

Beware of ‘Smartphone Neck’ lot has changed since This is not as bad as it EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK sounds. the last time I signed a two-year cell phone New studies show that most contract. of the radiation goes in one ear Actor Bradley Cooper, for and out the other. Still, scieninstance, has been named the tists warn never to carry your Sexiest Man Alive. Actress cell phone in your mouth. Katrina Bowden has been A more pressing concern named the Sexiest Woman Alive. And the large monis the postural malady commonly known as key Mandrillus sphinx — mandrill, to the layman Smartphone Neck. — has been named the Sexiest Animal This is of particular concern to me. I Alive. have worked hard to improve my posBrand-spanking- ture. For a long time, I thought I was 3 There have been technological changes, as well. Brand-spanking-new cell feet 7 inches tall. Recently, I discovered new cell phones phones have pushed older cell phones, I’m 6 foot 1. once considered cutting-edge, to the Smartphone Neck describes the conhave pushed non-cutting-edge, and, in some cases, as dition where one’s neck gets stuck in a far back as the handle. older cell phones, position perpendicular to one’s body. It What was once considered futuristic afflicts people who habitually hold their once considered has become past-uristic, just like that. smartphones waist-high and stare at “That’s great!” you say. them for hours or sometimes days at a cutting-edge, to You bet it is. We’re Americans. We love time. our technology. But sometimes we must Their necks lock at a right angle. Their the non-cutting- smartphones step back from our devices and ask, “Do become the center of their these gadgets pose any dangers?” universe, to the exclusion of the rest of edge, and, in Let’s take a look at one of our most the universe. popular technological helpmates, that These unfortunate souls can often be some cases, as wunderkind of cellular achievement, the seen wandering into the street, head to far back as the smartphone. the ground, eyes fixed on their electron“How’d that phone get so damn ic devices, while motor vehicles screech handle. smart?” you might ask. and swerve to avoid them. On sidewalks Well, as is common with periodic they bump into buildings and pedestriadvancements, it took time. The smartans. On elevators they ride up and down, phone replaced the average-intelligence up and down, unaware that they’ve phone, which, earlier, replaced the missed their floor. At restaurants, they slightly dim phone. sit at packed tables, yet believe they’ve Someday, smartphones will be dined alone. replaced by smarterphones, which will As I said, I’m at the end of a two-year be replaced by smartestphones. It won’t cell phone contract. I’m looking at new stop there. These Mensa-membershipsmartphones. I’m tempted. worthy devices of tomorrowland will be Then I see the twisted shadow of a replaced by Totally Freaking Brilliant fellow human being with Smartphone Phones, which, in turn, may replace you. Neck, head hanging, lost in technology, But we’re not there yet. unaware of the beautiful world all around us. Much of the health concern surrounding today’s They could be standing next to Bradley Cooper or smartphone has to do with so-called radiofrequency Katrina Bowden and they’d never know it. energy. When you make a cell phone call, radiofreAnd what if mandrills bite? quency energy zaps your brain with electromagnetic [email protected] / (415) 288-4947 ■ radiation.

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Readers vote to curb tax on free parking Q: ■ The moron who advocates this is irresponsible beyond belief. Obviously, city expenses must be reduced. The giveaways by the city in union negotiations has finally returned to haunt the supervisors. Nobody represented the taxpayers.

■ This is just another attempt by our nanny-state supervisors to penalize cars and drivers. The ultimate result will be to drive families out of the city. These nuts do not realize that you really can’t tax businesses, since they treat these taxes and fees as a cost of doing business. As costs go up, so

Should San Francisco tax property owners $1,000 per year for each free parking space they provide? Yes. 11%

do the prices that the consumer pays.

■ This is such a great way to get more cars off the street!

■ Next they will want to tax people who ride BART and use the sidewalks.

Vote in next week’s poll No. 89%

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Stanford M. Horn nies as speaker of the House or as a member of Congress up against anyone.” San Francisco’s main industries are tourism and retailing. Probably the single most-important company in getting convention-goers and tourists here and in enabling their spending is Visa. If throwing San Francisco’s union-

ized tourism and retail workers under the bus weren’t enough, Pelosi also reached San Francisco’s next-ranked employers, the finance and tech industries. Visa has long had a big role in keeping the city’s finance industry well oiled. It’s also a leader in researching and using San Francisco-centered high-tech. These are big job generators. Perhaps Pelosi feels that there are oppressed credit card holders across America. But she wasn’t elected to represent them. She’s supposed to represent the best interests of San Franciscans. Stanford M. Horn writes on urban issues. ■

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he French are not like you and me. As Tolstoy aptly observed in “War and Peace,” a Frenchman believes “he is mentally and physically irresistibly fascinating to both men and women.” They’re proud, and rightly so, of their contributions to history and democracy. After all, they gave us liberté, égalité, fraternité, the Rights of Man, all that stuff. If you’ve ever been to France, you can’t help but know this. Every French person is a philosopher, and they tend to smoke while thinking about philosophy, usually those nasty Gauloises or Gitanes. And they tend to do all these things while on vacation (or on strike). France has lovely beaches, and the French smoke their nasty dark cigarettes while putting their irresistibly fascinating mental and physical selves on display on the beach for more than a month a year. The average French worker gets 30 paid vacation days, says travel company Expedia, and — surprise! — they use every one of those days. The company sums up the French mindset aptly — “vacation is a right rather than a privilege.” And yet, somehow, the French remain the “world champion of mis-

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ery” as the Gallic press put it after a World Health Organization report earlier this year ranked France as the most depressed nation. Meanwhile, Americans, who get an average of 14 paid vacation days, are overworked and concerned about money, so they are giving up an average of two vacation days each this year, which works out to about 226 million wasted days — about two days per worker — some $34 billion in unused time. Americans eat lunch at their desks, where they arrived early and will stay late. Maybe they have no time to be depressed. In California, which also has pretty nice beaches, that vacation sacrifice works out to about 36 million unused vacation days, worth about $5.4 billion, and in the Bay Area, where beaches are sometimes chilly and windy, that is about 6.3 million vacation days not taken, worth some $951 million, based on Bureau of Labor employment and wage statistics. “Americans treat vacation as a luxury rather than a fact of life,” Expedia said in its report, with the gloomy title of “Vacation Deprivation Study.” Why do Americans forfeit so many vacation days of the paltry few they

receive? Perhaps its that damn Puritan work ethic. Or money fears in these dark economic times. “Money and planning are the most commonly-cited reasons for not taking vacation,” Expedia said. “The U.S. leads the world in money worries.” And it ain’t grouchy bosses keeping American workers in the office, either — 73 percent of Americans said their bosses are supportive of vacation. Overall, Expedia said, Americans are most like Asians, who work hard and take few vacation days. Japanese take just five out of 11 available. At the other extreme are the French and the Brazilians, who also get 30 days, also take every one, and also have excellent beaches. Why do I keep talking about beaches? Because, according to Expedia’s report, that’s where the French go when they take a vacation and the Americans go if they take one. “Globally, beach vacations are king.” [email protected] / (415) 288-4952. Read Steven Brown’s “Bay Area BizTalk” blog postings at sanfranciscobusinesstimes.com/blog ■

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Mon Dieu! 226M vacation days wasted

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Speaker slights S.F. economic values magine the congressman who represents Detroit saying before a nationwide TV audience, “I will hold my record in terms of fighting the automobile industry up against anyone.” That will never happen. Hometown industries employ tens of thousands of people who are constituents of their congressperson. Now comes Nancy Pelosi, whose main “San Francisco value” recently is to “fight” hometown-headquartered (for now, at least) Visa, which has 6,500 employees. She proudly declared on “60 Minutes” that “I will hold my record in terms of fighting the credit card compa-

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THE PEOPLE AND COMPANIES FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE People A-K Ahn, Tina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Anderson, Brad . . . . . . . . .14 Andersson, Steen. . . . . . . .19 Angulo, Cesar. . . . . . . . . . .22 Auerbach, Lorraine . . . . . . .9 Banker, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Barden, Brian. . . . . . . . . . .12 Bazirgan, David . . . . . . . . . .5 Beccaro, Ed Del . . . . . . . . .12 Bettencourt, Anthony . . . . .1 Bogardus, Andy . . . . . . . . .12 Boland, John . . . . . . . . . . .22 Borrell, Gordon . . . . . . . . . .6 Buffett, Warren . . . . . . . . .13 Cerussi, Rich . . . . . . . . . . .22 Coane, Craig . . . . . . . . . . .22 Collins, Patrick. . . . . . . . . .19 Cush , David. . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Diaz, Erika . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Dolby, Aileen . . . . . . . . . . .12 Edwards, Ruth . . . . . . . . . . .6 Egan, Erin . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Fanning, Stephen. . . . . . . . .1 Farr, Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Fischer, Drew. . . . . . . . . . .12 Fraser, Debra . . . . . . . . . . .22 Friel, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Fuller, Rob . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Gill, Kash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Godby, Jake . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Greenbaum, David . . . . . . . .4 Greif, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Hajebi, Reza . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Harteveldt, Henry . . . . . . . .7 Herzog, Brad . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Hunter, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Hyman, Alan . . . . . . . . . . .14 Hyman, Morris . . . . . . . . . .14 Johnson, Aaron . . . . . . . . . .1 Johnson, Dave . . . . . . . . . . .6 Kassis, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Kern, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 King, Andrea . . . . . . . . . . .22 Klancnik, Fred . . . . . . . . . .12 Kwok, Raymond. . . . . . . . .22

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Bazirgan, 5

People L-Z Lanowitz, Theresa . . . . . . . .1 Laramie, Chris . . . . . . . . . . .5 Laramie, Veronica . . . . . . . .5 Lawrence, Marilyn . . . . . . .22 Longinotti, Ron . . . . . . . . .22 Longyear, Doug . . . . . . . . .12 Lucas, Jesse . . . . . . . . . . .12 Mann, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . .7 McAdams, Scott . . . . . . . . .6 McNaughton, Thomas . . . . .5 Medina, Marcela . . . . . . . .22 Messing, Dave . . . . . . . . . . .6 Meyersieck, Ken . . . . . . . .12 Miller, Ed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Miner, Joseph . . . . . . . . . . .6 Moe, Michael . . . . . . . . . . .13 Moynihan, Brian. . . . . . . . .13 Narurkar, Vic . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Neiman, Garret . . . . . . . . . .8 Nye, Gordie . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 O’Haver, Cort . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Peevey, Michael . . . . . . . . . .1 Poggi, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Polachek, Neal . . . . . . . . . . .6 Pope, Kerry . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Prosser, Scott . . . . . . . . . .12 Raponi, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Rich, Evan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Rich, Sarah . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Richter, Michael . . . . . . . . .16 Ricksen, Casey . . . . . . . . .12 Roehling, Carl . . . . . . . . . .12 Rojas, Ed . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Rommel, Chris . . . . . . . . . . .1 Samuels, Camille . . . . . . . . .1 Schwab, Andy . . . . . . . . . . .1 Sheldon, Chris . . . . . . . . . .12 Sherman, Michael . . . . . . .22 Siegel, Ron. . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Slocombe, Humphrey. . . . . .5

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Spatt, Mindy . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Sutherland , Chip . . . . . . . .12 Utz, Debra . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Ville, Denise de . . . . . . . . .16 Wade, Booker . . . . . . . . . .22 Wilson, Brett . . . . . . . . . . .20 Yamin, Joe . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Yasukochi, Colin. . . . . . . . . .4 Zamani, Payam . . . . . . . . . .6 Zitterow, Dave . . . . . . . . . . .6 Zuckerberg, Mark . . . . . . .16

Organizations A-G 5AM Ventures . . . . . . . . . . .1 5th Finger . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Atmosphere Research Group . . . . . . . . .7 Baia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Baker & Banker . . . . . . . . . .5 Bank of America . . . . .12, 13 Bay Area Laser Institute . . .1 BIA/Kelsey. . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Bloom Energy . . . . . . . . . .13 Borrell Associates Inc. . . . . .6 CAC Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Cal Coast Development . . . .6 California Pacific Medical Center . . . . . . . . . .1 Cassidy Turley T Commercial . . . . . . . . . .12 Catholic Healthcare West . . . . . .9, 13 CB Richard Ellis . . . . . . . . .12 CEP America . . . . . . . . . . .13 Chegg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Children First Medical Group . . . . . . . . .12 Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Coffee Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Coi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Colliers International . . . . .12

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Control 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Coverity Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . .1 D&J International Inc. . . .12 Daughters of Charity Health System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Dominican Hospital . . . . . .13 Echo System . . . . . . . . . . .13 eVe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Facebook Inc.. . . . . . . .13, 16 Fifth Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Fremont Bank . . . . . . . . . .14 Goldman Sachs . . . . . . . . . .4 Grockit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Groupon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Grubb & Ellis . . . . . . . . . . .12 Gryphon Property Investment LLC . . . . . . . . .12 GSV Capital . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Organziations H-K Harvest Properties . . . . . .12 HMC Architects . . . . . . . . . .9 HOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Jamba Juice . . . . . . . . . . .12 John Muir Health . . . . . . . .13 John Muir Physician Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Jones Lang LaSalle . . . . . . .4 Kaiser Permanente . . . . . . .6 KBCW CW Channel 44 . . .22 KCNS Channel 38. . . . . . . .22 KCSM Channel 43 . . . . . . .22 KDTV Channel 14 . . . . . . . .22 KFSF Channel 66 . . . . . . . .22 KGO Channel 7. . . . . . . . . .22 KICU Channel 36 . . . . . . . .22 KKPX Channel 41. . . . . . . .22 KMTP Channel 32 . . . . . . .22 KNTV Channel 11 . . . . . . . .22 KOFY TV 20 . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

KPIX Channel 5 . . . . . . . . .22 KQED Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 KRON Channel 4 . . . . . . . .22 KSTS Channel 48 . . . . . . . .22 KTLN TV 68 . . . . . . . . . . . .22 KTNC Channel 42. . . . . . . .22 KTSF Channel 26. . . . . . . .22 KTVU Channel 2 . . . . . . . .22

Organizations M-Z Matheson Fast Freight . . .12 Mechanics Bank . . . . . . . . .6 MobiTV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Morgan Miller Blair PC . . . .4 Morgan Stanley . . . . . . . . . .4 Muir Medical Group IPA . . .13 MyoScience Inc.. . . . . . . . . .1 Novartis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 OSIsoft LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. . .1 Principal Real Estate Investors. . . . . . . . .12 Reply Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Revance Therapeutics Inc. . . . . . . . . .1 Sabre Holdings Corp. . . . . . .7 Santa Cruz Emergency Physicians . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 SEE College Prep . . . . . . . . .8 Seton Medical Center . . . . .9 Silver Spring Network . . . .13 SmithGroupJJR . . . . . . . . .12 Solta Medical Inc. . . . . . . . .1 Stericyle Inc. . . . . . . . . . . .12 Symphony Asset Management . . . . . . . . . . . .4 TubeMogul . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Twitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Umpqua Bank . . . . . . . . . . .6 United Logistics Solutions Inc. . . . . . . . . . . .12 VDC Research . . . . . . . . . . .1 Versant Ventures . . . . . . . . .1 Virgin America Inc. . . . . . . .7 Viveve Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Voke Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Vornado Realty Trust . . . . . .4 Wells Fargo . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Zeltiq Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 ZocDoc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 ZoomSystems . . . . . . . . . .13

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