Posts Tagged ‘san antonio’
Around SA 02/16: What’s the slowdown?
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Amidst all the complaints about the mindset of San Antonio (i.e. it’s not progressive enough), it’s easy to complain especially when you don’t know why. I’ve taken some time, met with some people, and I’m getting closer to that answer.
Tags: around sa, developers, gentrification, political progressiveness, san antonio, texas
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How Pear Analytics restored my faith (in startups)
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Recently, I read a Twitter post by @pearanalytics highlighting a blog post they wrote with a full-length thesis article from a Princeton grad on Pear Analytics. This was of particular interest to me because I temporarily worked on some Pear Analytics applications and would’ve been there full-time. Now, to clear the air on why I didn’t go, it was for a few reasons, neither of which had to do with the company, because they were very willing to negotiate with me to make an enjoyable work environment for me. So why didn’t I take it? I was called back to complete another project, which I always see as a divine message to make me realize my true desire to be an entrepreneur. At the time, I was called back to a place which was also offering me a position, which, when comparing, would’ve been overall a better fit. Nevertheless, Pear Analytics was a great learning experience, especially for an entrepreneur.
Tags: company culture, idream, pear analytics, ryan kelly, san antonio, startups, work-life balance
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The new view: stop the sprawl
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
For a transplant to San Antonio, seeing a city go from a medium-sized “hidden” city that only people from Texas knew about in 1992 to over a million people by the time I left in 2004 to the continually growing city I returned to in 2009.
Tags: inner city, san antonio, sprawl, suburban development, urban area, urban sprawl
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