starbucks

I started working on GigaOM mostly at my neighborhood Starbucks store. I would sit there after work, and plan how I would turn GigaOM from “one man and a blog” to a media company. It goes without saying that I have a special fondness for the location and for Starbucks. Of course, I am not as fond of the chain as as Rafael Antonio Lozano Jr. aka Winter who is on a mission to visit almost all Starbucks stores, chronicling his journey on Starbuckseverywhere.net.

Just like me, Starbucks has been home to many wanna-prenuers and web workers. Easy access to the Internet, ample sitting space and coffee (while expensive). When we started the company, I used Starbucks as a place to meet companies. Often I would spend somewhere between $15-and-$25 a day at the Starbucks, so much so they made me “customer of the week” once. However, lately something about