Table of Contents
Introduction xv
Overture
Joe Massey, tour guide 3
Part I The New Gold Rush
Regis McKenna, public relations guru 12
Hendrik Dahlkamp, engineer 18
Coco Conn, technologist and teacher 22
Tim Draper, venture capitalist 24
Colin Rule, startup founder 27
Lisa Chu, college student 32
Charles Carter, landscape architect 35
Caille Millner, journalist 37
Part II The Soul of the City
Sami Rahul, cable salesman 47
Paul Gillespie, cabdriver 48
Elaine Katzenberqer, publisher 55
Carol Queen, sexologist 58
Do D.A.T., emcee 61
Edwin Lindo, native son 64
Margaret Zhao, corporate lawyer 69
Idexa, tattoo artist 71
Bill Fisher, pawnbroker 74
Lyman Hollins, former longshoreman 76
Part III The Balkanization of the Bay
Richard Walker, geographer 84
Alex Kauffmann, designer 87
Leslie Dreyer, artist/activist 92
Matt Gonzalez, former president of the Board of Supervisors 98
Ron Conway, angel investor 100
Saad Khan, entrepreneur 103
Leon Fikiri, Uber driver 107
James Williams, farmer 116
Saul Griffith, environmentalist/inventor 119
Tim Draper, venture capitalist (cont'd) 123
Regis McKenna, public relations guru (cont'd) 125
Part IV The Breakdown
Titus Bell, former drug dealer 132
Amanda Machado, teacher 135
Tony Sagrado, juvenile advocate 139
Christian Calinsky, once homeless 145
Maya Williams, ER doctor 149
Joyce and Eddie, wildfire survivors 152
Rob Gitin, youth counselor 156
Sammy Nunez, community organizer 163
Titus Bell, former drug dealer (cont'd) 166
Part V If We Can Merge the Two Worlds
Nicole Sanchez, diversity expert 172
Charles Carter, landscape architect (cont'd) 176
Coco Conn, technologist and teacher (cont'd) 178
Saul Griffith, environmentalist/inventor (cont'd) 181
Ron Conway, angel investor (cont'd) 185
Navida Butler, "Momma" 188
Maria Guerrero, cafeteria worker and organizer 192
Andrew Fremier, civil servant 200
Part VI A Sixth Sense of Right and Wrong
Karen Cusolito, artist 210
Pamela Weiss, Zen Buddhist 213
Michael Santos, reformer 216
Oliver and Allen, parents 220
Saad Khan, entrepreneur (cont'd) 226
Edwin Lindo, native son (cont'd) 230
Coda
Dan Zelinsky, antique arcade owner 237
Acknowledgments 241