General & Administrative
Welcome to G&A, a newsletter produced by the people who lovingly bring you first-person accounts of entrepreneurship, investment and insights from the startup ecosystem in The Mattermark Daily. With the introduction of General & Administrative, our human curation effort continues and we’ll be digging deeper into the challenges and lessons learned in facilities, finance, and human resources.
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Seeking & Offering Space
Hanako Tonozuka of Galvanize is offering a 10-person office for $8,000/ mo. If interested, contact hanako@galvanize.com.
Available June 1st – Month to month – 24/7 Access – Work alongside 550+ entrepreneurs and startups – Weekly Tech Events – 15 Conference rooms – 11 Phone booths
Jon Dishotsky of Custom Spaces is offering a sublease opportunity on the 3rd floor of 944 Market Street in San Francisco. ContactJon@customspacesre.com.
The cost is $10,000 a month and comes with everything – shared kitchen, restrooms, exclusive conference room and phone booth. There are already desks in place for up to 30 people. Utilities and operating expenses will be shared and the subtenant will get their own key.
Sam Parr of Hustle Con Media is offering an office space in Contactsam@hustlecon.com.
It’s the office where Craigslist and Zappos started at 1381 9th Ave, San Francisco. The room for rent is furnished and can fit up to 10 people. There’s also a kitchen, conference room, and living room. It’s really an amazing, amazing place. The space is $2,000/ month.
Alex Lassar of JLL is seeking space for multiple (two) clients who are looking for space for ~30 people on a short-term basis in Jackson square, San Francisco, and if anyone has leads on spaces that could accommodate that, reach out to Alex Lassa.
Office Insights
Michael Mitrakos and Mike Flores of Remotive looks to help remote teams get up-and-running with four specific tools in “The Startups Guide To Remote Teams”
Brett Bernstein of Honk outlines why he says, ‘Silicon Beach is bursting with energy and big visions’ in “Reasons To Move From Silicon Valley To LA”
Camille Ricketts of First Round Review features Chris Boshuizen of Planet Labs who shares tips for finding, training and retaining great interns, and the one key lesson that has made the biggest difference in “Planet Labs Turned Its Interns Into Company Leaders With This Program”
Claire McGregor of AppbotX details her lessons learned about finding the right people, from more than 80 hires in startups in “Talent Hunt”
Wyatt Cavalier of The Honest Office covers ‘8 habits of curious people’, strategies to work less, and how one agency ‘disappears so employees can’t work late’ in “Get More Done (or Go Home Earlier)”
Welcome Wagon Perks!
Starting up is hard, and we’re looking for vendors who would like to offer “welcome wagon” perks to companies who announce they’ve moved into new office space in future issues of G&A. Contribute what you can — discounts, freebies, etc. are all appreciated!
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