How Toast, founded in Boston with a $500K investment from Endeca's Steve Papa after VCs shunned it, became a $30B business, in part by avoiding the Bay Area
- Toast's first backer, Steve Papa, invested in the company because no venture capital firm would write the initial check. Tweets: @jordannovet , @strngwys , @luoshengpeng , @arbuge , @jamespchuck , @...
Dropbox says it's cutting some employee perks including SF shuttle bus, gym laundry service, and unlimited dinner guests in leaked memo
When Dropbox employees walked into their new office on Brannan Street last month, they were dazzled by something they hadn't seen before — a gleaming, 5-foot-tall panda statue made of chrome. Tweets: ...
Square's head of communications describes the cyclical nature of media coverage of tech companies
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