Ryan Jones

Although San Francisco has one of the strongest local economies in the nation, it too is feeling the pain of the terrible economic season we are experiencing. News broke yesterday about layoffs at Current Media, Wired.com and Six Apart. Current Media laid off 30 people (but its not clear if they were all in the San Francisco office - which seems doubtful). For more information, see: http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com

Google has this relatively new internet website / application which is essentially their own version of Wikipedia but with some other twists. They call this site "Knol." While it has not apparently taken off as fast some thought it would, I have found it to be a pretty helpful / interesting site. I have posted a couple of "Knol's" myself now which are links below. Please take a look at the links and give me a good rating if you like what you read. (Thanks!)

Retail Space In San Francisco

How to Find Office Space in San Francisco

Every once in a while I discover a jewel in our community that I feel the need to highlight. Today it is an organization that I stumbled across a few months back called, "The World Affairs Council of Northern California." This organization brings in fantastic speakers (200 times a year) for lectures and Q&A sessions. I have heard the ambassador from Afghanistan, the lead Iranian investigative journalist (a dissident who now lives in NY), and many other fantastic speakers in the last couple of months since I joined. The subject matter they cover is extremely broad, from politics to world events to philanthropy to economic development to religion and culture. The people who attend these events come from a broad cross section of society. The orgnanization offers a year long membership that costs $95 which if you make it to even 5 or 6 of their 200 lectures offered each year you have made it worth your money. Their website is www.itsyourworld.org

Nimbleness (the ability to respond quickly)

This ought to be standard business practice for all real estate professionals. It is not. I have gotten calls back from brokers weeks after I left a message. I am still waiting for dozens of unanswered emails. The least a person can do is email to say, "I won't be able to get back to you with the answer you are looking for for a couple of weeks." I will rarely use an information form online when I want a question answered because I don't want to wait for 3 business days to get an answer. I will usually pick up the phone and try to get the answer immediately. I'm assuming you are similar. My promise to my clients is that if you email me, I will be back in touch with you within one business day (usually only a couple of hours). If you leave me a phone message, the same goes for that as well. I want to operate my business with nimbleness because I think that being responsive with communication is central and basic to good business relationships.

Contact me with any questions at 415.268.2206 or email: rsjones@tricommercial.com or visit my website: www.officespacesf.com