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Adventures with
and a stealthy startup
by:
Jessica Valenzuela, photography byErin Loscocco
 Starring:
Jared Friedman, Richard Price, Matt Brezina, Immad Akhund, FatemaYasmine, Anusha Su, Gabor Cselle, Erin Loscocco, Jessica Valenzuelaand friends from Peru, Poland, HongKong and Texas.
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FleetWeek 2010, San Francisco, CA
 
Fleetweek in San Francisco, is uber Americana. Every patriot andtheir pet is out. To navigate your way around from point A to pointB, one hasto wake early (8AM on a weekend!) to ensure two things:1) you make it to your destination without being stuck in traffic and2) an ideal parking spot that will not cost an arm and a leg.I was sure we’d be able to wiggle our way through the day, but younever know. Thanks toErin Loscocco, he made sure we took the“backroads” to get to Pier 39 from Treasure Island.At 1:38AM on 10/09/10 I received instructions from my friend ,host and Chief sailing mate, Jared Friedman aka co-Founder andChief-Technology-Officer atScribd, the world’s largest book club andself-publishing social destination. The note contained a list of whatto bring, including:
•Sunblock•Sun glasses•Camera•Warm clothing in layers (leg warmers, face mask, sweatshirt and jacket)•Flare gun (JOKE!)
Check, check and check. Woops, I need to grab strawberries andchocolate! I promised to bake my famous flourless chocolate cakefor this session, but no time for that now!After our chocolate strawberry hunting...yes we found some lusciousstrawberries dipped in dark chocolate along the touristic corridor ofFisherman’s Wharf. Note to self, next time check out the TraderJoe’s or Safeway on Bay Street. I discovered that these twoestablishments existed nearby five hours too late. I should have usedmyWhereiPhone App! Argh!
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At exactly 12:45PM, all aboard! Shouts Captain Friedman. After theritual hi, hellos, cheerios with beerios with the rest of the crewincluding fellow co-Captains Richard Price, aka Founder ofAcademia.eduand Matt Brenznin, fellowMaiTaier, Founder ofXobni  and the new stealthy startup.HeyZap’sco-Founder Immad Akhund and his lovely wife, FatemaYasmine and Scottish/German born, Gabor Cselle of Google werepresent. Lionheart’s Fleetweek crew had international representationfrom Peru, Poland, Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan, HongKong, NewYork, San Francisco and Texas. Diversity in one sail boat onFleetWeek. This is how it should be.
What Startup People In Silicon Valley Talk About?
The conversation ranged from startup histories, user numbers,kiteboarding, sailing, startups, Social Network the movie, go karting,startup holiday parties, planning a wedding, diamond ring sizes andmore.Excited screams, laughter and clap clap clap could be heard inbetween the chatter as the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels madenose dives, flips and repeat. Simply riveting!
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