Matt Haber

3 weeks ago | sfstandard.com | Matt Haber

Here are 10 names from our list you should get to know better. Not everyone on The Standard’s SF100 is a household name. For every Steph Curry, Mark Zuckerberg, or Nancy Pelosi, there are other powerful and influential figures who rarely (if ever) appear in the news. Here are 10 names from our list you should get to know better. Feel free to set up a Google Alert now. Who is he? Anderson is the force behind Rize Up Bakery, which produces the city’s most adventurous carbs.

3 weeks ago | sfstandard.com | Matt Haber

A rundown of the city's most influential partnerships, as chosen by the writers and editors of The Standard. One thing (well, two actually) that popped up again and again on the SF100 was dynamic duos: successful people who enhance each other’s power and influence through collaboration and mutual support. Some of these duos are married, like Mayor Daniel Lurie and Becca Prowda or developers Dan and Jackie Safier. Some are strictly business partners, like Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov of Waymo.

3 weeks ago | sfstandard.com | Matt Haber

These are the most divisive names on the SF100, according to the people who assembled it. When the staff of The Standard started compiling the names that would make up the SF100, our inaugural list of San Francisco’s most powerful and influential people, the debates were fierce. Is this a list of people we admire? (Not necessarily.) Should we include only people using their power for good? (By whose criteria?) Do we have to include Elon Musk?

Nov 21, 2024 | thereportedessay.substack.com | Erika Hayasaki |Courtney Maum |Blaise Zerega |Matt Haber

Last week, in a post on story structures, I mentioned “the reported essay.” Here is how I described the form:A first-person story grounded in reflection and reporting. These pieces weave facts, scenes, interviews and research with personal observations and narrative storytelling.

Jul 11, 2024 | altaonline.com | Matt Haber

By the time you read this, Mike Rogge will be unreachable. In June, Rogge proclaimed on LinkedIn that he’d be offline until August, since “it’s too nice outside to be on the internet all of the time.” This followed Rogge’s automatic out-of-office email reply in the spring that read, “My hope this year is to ski more. I intend to do that.