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Froomz Joins AirBnb, TaskRabbit, Getaround and Vayable in sf.citi’s Initiatives

18 Monday Jun 2012

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In January of this year, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee joined forces with Heather Harde, former TechCrunch CEO, and Ron Conway, #15 in Forbes Magazine’s Midas List of top investors and considered the Godfather of Silicon Valley (with 220 startups under his belt), in launching San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology & Innovation (sf.citi).

The organization is “dedicated to developing and promoting key policy programs aimed at making San Francisco a better and more productive place to live and do business” and is taking part in several initiatives, from creating jobs to educating young San Franciscans and improving access to technology.

Froomz is proud to count itself among sf.citi member companies that are part of the Collaborative Consumption Working Group. Dubbed the “Sharing Economy,” collaborative consumption is an emerging economic model in which access trumps ownership. By enabling owners and managers of galleries, yoga, martial arts studios, cooking and art schools as well as in-house corporate meeting and conference facilities to rent out their spaces during their downtime, Froomz is helping venues find additional sources of revenue.

In addition to the online venue marketplace, Froomz also provides a free alternative to expensive venue management systems that help facility managers automate, organize, and track booking inquiries, room scheduling, and transaction history.

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sf.citi members include AirBnb, Dropbox, BranchOut, StumbleUpon, EventBrite, Yammer and Zynga. To learn more about sf.citi’s initiatives or to become a member, visit sf.citi.

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Froomz Part of California’s Growing Collaborative Consumption Economy

12 Tuesday Jun 2012

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Froomz was recently featured in a Fox and Hound article on the growing “Collaborative Consumption” economy in California. Below is an excerpt. Read the rest of the article here.

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Women & Girls 2012 Leadership Summit

04 Monday Jun 2012

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“Your job is to be prepared and ready. People will take notice,” advised Supervisor Maila Cohen to the 200 plus attendees at the 2012 Women & Girls Leadership Summit.

First staged in 2010, the summit’s purpose is to empower young girls from underserved schools by exposing them to private and public sector women role models and to energize them about their own education.

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Carl Guardino, President/CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group

Carl Guardino, President/CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, spearheaded the initiative soon after adopting a Latina baby girl given from Ogden, Utah. Upon learning about the lack of educational achievement of many Latino youth, including the fact that three out of four Hispanic girls do not pass the minimum requirements to be eligible for college, Carl decided things needed to change.

Since its inception, the summit has focused on ethnically diverse but economically poor middle and high schools in the Bay Area, including Peter Burnett Academy in San Jose (with a 96% non-white population) and Cesar Chavez Academy in San Francisco. Past speakers and panelists have included Carly Fiorina (former CEO of HP), Laura Garcia-Cannon (NBC Bay Area News Anchor), Jackie Speier (US House of Representatives), Kamala Harris (Attorney General for the State of California), Jessica Aguirre (NBC Bay Area News Evening Anchor), and Mona Pasquil (Appointment Secretary for the State of California).

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Heather Harde, Vice Chair of sf.citi and former CEO, TechCrunch

This year, the event was co-hosted by sf.citi and held at Metro Arts & Technology High School, high atop a hill in the Bayview/Hunter’s Point Neighborhood. Featured speakers included sf.citi Vice Chair and former TechCrunch CEO Heather Harde, SF City Supervisor Malia Cohen, Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White, AT&T Executive Loretta Walker, and Amgen Executive Dineli Wickramasinghe.

Froomz CEO and Co-Founder Yan Heim was among the tech sector panelists, which also included Heather Champ, VP of Community & Content at Pinwheel; Hadiyah Mujhid, Co-Founder of Picture.ly, Ellen Barker, VP of Comcast, and Shelley Doran, Senior VP at Webcor Builders. With the help of student representatives, Mary Huss, SF Business Times Publisher, served as moderator for the first session, while Vauhini Vara, Wall Street Journal Reporter, facilitated the second session.

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