Airbnb Headquarters Recreate Their Listed Apartments Inside The Office [Pics]

Airbnb worked with global planning and design firm Gensler to build the company’s new headquarters at 888 Brannan in San Francisco. The Airbnb founders, Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, gave the Gensler project team the task of creating an office that reflected the company’s values, culture, and brand. To fully understand the brand ethos, the Gensler team immersed themselves in the Airbnb offices for four months. The resulting design of the new office featured an open Read more [...]

New Northern Quarter bar: ‘Allotment’ coming soon as Grade II listed building …

By Edward Roberts Manchester’s Northern Quarter is set for further development in the new year after a Grade II listed building was given the green light to be turned into a bar and restaurant. The Dale Street location has been empty for 12 months but will re-open under the name Allotment in January 2014. The quick conversion coincides with other ongoing refurbishments that are furthering the area’s reputation as a thriving cultural hotspot. The strategy Read more [...]

Malawi-based entrepreneur has big plans for property listing site Pakwathu

  Follow @MadeItInAfrica Gonjetso Chinyama is a young entrepreneur based in Malawi. His advice to other budding entrepreneurs is to not be afraid of failure.Gonjetso Chinyama “We need to get over the fear of failure. The risk of failure is there but then you should not let that hold you back to do something, because without taking that risk you’re always going to stay at a certain level, you’re never Read more [...]

West Hempstead Subway Listed for Sale at $125K

Listed for sale in West Hempstead is a Subway franchise, located at 492 Hempstead Ave. The fast food restaurant is located on the corner of very busy street and features 600 lot square footage, the listing says.Total income for the business is $249,000, with total expenses of $121,452 including $19,200 in rent, according to the MLSLI listing.Interested parties can contact Andron Realty Group at mr.samarora@gmail.com or by calling 718-343-2010.  Read more [...]

DIARY – Switzerland – Corporate events From Dec 04, 2013

ZURICH, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Date GMT Event Title RIC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4-Dec Bobst SA Analyst Meeting4-Dec Holcim Ltd at Société Générale Premium Review Conf4-Dec Holcim Ltd at Berenberg European Conf4-Dec 19:30 Cytos Biotechnology at Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conf5-Dec 8:45 Zurich Insurance Group Ltd Investor Day5-Dec Read more [...]