Business Chief USA June 2019

CITY FOCUS | SAN FRANCISCO
Del Monte and Diamond, businesses
flock to the city to make their mark.
While the giants of the social media
world, including WhatsApp, Twitter,
Facebook, Craigslist, and of course
Google, call San Francisco home, its
major role in the high-tech world does
not mean that it is reserved for the elite.
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A STARTUP CITY
Notably, 66% of San Francisco’s
population is employed by the city’s
many independent businesses, giving
way to numerous coalitions and
networks aimed exclusively at supporting
and nurturing the city’s SMEs.
A thriving community of small and family
businesses provides the cultural
backbone of the city, with independent
clothing and furnishing boutiques,
cafes and restaurants, bookstores
and handmade gift shops attracting
both locals and visitors on a daily basis.
The torrential commercial
success that has come to
define San Francisco is far from
coincidental, thanks to its unique
combination of people and
places. Boasting upwards of
300 schools, and more than
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