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Adam Neumann is reportedly in command of a billion-dollar real estate firm, close to three years after he left WeWork as CEO after the company’s unsuccessful IPO attempt.

According to The New York Times, which cited unnamed sources briefed on the transaction, Andreessen Horowitz, a renowned venture capital firm best known for its early investments in Twitter and Airbnb, has invested around $350 million in Neumann’s newest endeavor, dubbed Flow. The article claims that the startup was valued at more than $1 billion by the investment.

Flow or Andreessen Horowitz representatives did not immediately answer inquiries for comment.

The investment was disclosed in a blog post on Monday by Marc Andreessen, general partner and co-founder of the venture capital firm. In addition, he stated why he decided to support Neumann and Flow, a residential real estate firm, despite the founder’s well-publicized fall from grace at WeWork.

Andreessen described Adam as a visionary leader who brought community and brand to a sector where neither had existed, revolutionizing commercial real estate, the second-largest asset class in the world. In addition, he noted that the histories of Adam and WeWork had been well documented, examined, and fictionalized—occasionally with correct results. The fact that only one person, Adam Neumann, dramatically altered the office experience and oversaw the creation of a paradigm-shifting international corporation is sometimes overlooked despite the effort expended in covering the tale.

Flow’s intended revolutionization of the residential housing sector is not immediately apparent. However, live life in flow is the motto of Flow’s current sparse website, which also contains the phrases “2023 Launch” and “Live life in flow.”

Andreessen promoted the new company as the long-awaited answer to the “housing catastrophe” facing the country. To describe how the new firm would “build a system where renters obtain the benefits of owners,” he used a variety of jargon-filled words, including “community-driven, experience-centric service.”

How Neumann took WeWork to new heights

WeWork experimented with gyms, a school, and housing under Neumann’s direction as it grew from elaborately perks-shared coworking spaces. The most recent of these initiatives, WeLive, allowed users to rent a bed or a private room in a coliving setting with common rooms open for yoga, ping-pong, and other activities.

At its peak, WeWork was valued at $47 billion on the private market. WeWork then made a disastrous attempt to go public, which was largely thwarted by IPO paperwork that exposed Neumann’s unrestrained power, several possible conflicts of interest, and WeWork’s huge losses. The WeWork board ultimately decided to remove Neumann as CEO, but he left with an exit deal reportedly worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

A television program that featured Neumann in part as the epitome of startup culture’s excesses was inspired by WeWork’s stunning initial attempt to go public and meteoric ascent.

The special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, under which WeWork ultimately went public, was founded in 2021. Right now, WeWork is worth around $4 billion on the market.

Yemen Café & Restaurant is a restaurant that offers patrons sustenance, exotic dishes, and Yemenite hospitality. Established in 1975, the restaurant has been operating as a staple of the local community for decades. Exotic flavors have been drawing in patrons since its opening and continues to do so to this day.

Yemen Café & Restaurant Location

Yemen Cafe & Restaurant was founded in 1975 by Sana and Naim Salah. The restaurant’s name is derived from its location on the corner of 69th Street and San Vicente Blvd in Los Angeles. When Sana and Naim first opened their doors, they had a basic cafe serving coffee, tea, and sandwiches. As time passed by, the owners would add bakery items to the menu such as baklava. This addition helped increase sales in their business. Yemen Café is known for its exotic and well-season flavors. Sana and Naim have been operating their business as a staple of the local community, serving patrons regardless of their religious affiliation or race. The Salah family has been operating Yemen Café ever since its establishment, continuing to provide patrons with the same Yemenite hospitality that they have been providing from the start.

Yemen Cafe’s exotic flavors are season by keeping it a family-owned and operated business. Sana and Naim are two of the four members of the Salah family who started their business together. Sana’s parents opened Yemen Café after Sana married Naim right after high school graduation. When Sana and Naim first opened the doors, they only served traditional foods such as falafel, hummus, and baklava. The two were traine by local Arab chefs in preparing these items to give patrons exactly what they were looking for.

Sana and Naim’s business has expanded in recent years to include the addition of a full-scale buffet. This addition helped to increase menu sales because customers can now enjoy a wider variety of exotic, Yemeni treats. The restaurant has seen steady growth over the years and is still doing so to this day. In 2005, Sana and her sisters opened a second location in Burbank as Yemen Café & Bakery. In 2012, another sister married into the business, further expanding their business operations outside of Los Angeles.

Yemen Café & Bakery has become a staple of the local community, reaching past the borders of Los Angeles and into other states. The restaurant is love by patrons, regardless of their religious affiliation or race. The Salah family has continued to provide that same Yemenite hospitality they first started with when they opened their doors over 38 years ago. There have also been many big time celebrities who have visited Yemen Café & Bakery as guests of Sana and Naim. Sana Salah has also been feature in many ethnic newspapers such as Al-Awst and Al-Sabaah. The media has praised Sana for her delicious food, Yemenite hospitality, and her contribution to the local community.

Yemen Café & Restaurant is a featured restaurant of the month in the food section of the LA Weekly on February 27, 2015. Yemen Cafe is an “as authentic as it gets” Middle Eastern eatery featuring traditional cuisine from all corners of the Arabian Peninsula. Featured are Sana Salah’s favorite recipes including meat and dairy dishes, appetizers, desserts and sweetmeats, local curiosities, and drinks.

Yemen Café & Restaurant Menu

Yemenite food is on the menu of the Los Angeles Times in their edition of Pacific on February 21, 2015. Article is titled “Yemeni Cuisine Offers Variety For Lenten Menu” by Deborah Vankin. “More than a thousand miles from home in Los Angeles, Sana Salah has built a Yemeni community around her restaurant empire.”

Yemeni cuisine for the month of August is feature in the Los Angeles Times on June 25, 2014. “Sana Salah has a passion for cooking that’s evident in the dishes she creates at her Los Angeles-area restaurants.”

Serving Patrons and Exotic Home is the title of the article by Deborah Vankin from the Los Angeles Times on February 25, 2014. Yemen Café is feature in an article about local restaurants for October 2013.

Arab and Middle Eastern culture in Los Angeles is feature in an article titled “The Lure of Los Angeles” by Deborah Vankin for the Los Angeles Times on June 20, 2012. The article reveals that other than Yemeni cuisine there are a lot of different types of food from different cultures around the world.

Sana Salah was born in Beirut, Lebanon. Sana’s parents have been running Yemen Café since 1975. Her father is Naim and her mother is Najlaa. Sana’s father is from the city of Taiz and her mother is from the city of Sana’a in Yemen. Grandfather move to Beirut before she was born but remarriage after she was born in order to stay close to his family, who he considered an important part of a child’s upbringing. Sana’s parents’ restaurant is located in Los Angeles, California. Sana is one of four siblings, three sisters and one brother. Sana has three sisters: Liza, Muna, and Randa. She also has a brother named Samer. Sana is the oldest out of her siblings and the only daughter among them.

Sana married Naim Salah in 1973 after meeting him in high school. Sana’s husband Naim was born two years before Sana in Taiz, Yemen. Naim has been working as her business partner ever since they started the business in 1975. Sana’s husband is a very kind and generous man who lets her take full control of their restaurant business. Sana’s family life is quiet and she prefers it that way. She would rather spend time cooking than socializing with others. Sana’s husband and her three sisters are very close to one another. Naim and Sana have been marriage for over 38 years. In which the two have been living together for almost all of those years. Naim’s education is business administration. Sana has also been a supporter of his career.

Yemen Café, established in 1975, is a popular restaurant in the Los Angeles community which serves not only authentic, traditional Yemenite food but also other cuisines from around the world, notably Middle Eastern and Central Asian.

 

 

San Antonio, Texas, was originally founded as the state’s first civil settlement and Spanish outpost. To this day, the city is heavily influenced by Mexican American culture, which is evident in the traditions and foods you find in the city. 

One such place is La Panaderia, and we recently had the pleasure of sitting down with the founders, brothers David and Jose Caceres, to learn more about them and their culinary offerings. 

For those of you who have never heard of pan dulce, it’s a type of “sweet bread” from Mexico that comes in hundreds of flavor variations, from cinnamon and strawberry to vanilla and La Panaderia’s own Tequila Almond Croissant. 

We asked the brothers what pan dulce is to them, and Jose explained, “Pan dulce is our biggest culinary, cultural, and bakery contribution to the world. It is to us what panettone is to Italy or Venusaur is to France. So, to us, pan dulce is a blend of cultures.” 

And thanks in large part to social media, the popularity of these pastries is once again on the rise. 

Yet, David also believes the increased interest is also due to, “The creativity of the Mexican bakery. When people think of pan dulce, they think of conchas, but actually, there is more than a thousand types of pan dulce over all of Mexico.”

In fact, there are somewhere between 500 and 1,000 variations made in Mexico today. Though La Panaderia doesn’t serve every variety, they have some of the most popular, including David’s own creation, the Tequila Almond Croissant. 

The good news for the Caceres brothers is that the bakery’s name pops up everywhere when you conduct a simple internet search for pan dulce. We wanted to know what they do that’s different from all the other panaderias in the United States, and the answer may surprise you!

“First of all, we have been working for several decades with bakers from all over the world: French bakers, German, Italian, and pretty much all over. And what we have created is that outcome, the blend of cultures that reflects all that influence. Also, we work with innovation. We push everything to the limits.”

Of course, one example of this is the tequila almond croissant, which was even a big hit with Guy Fieri when he visited the bakery during season 27 of his show. 

“It is really luxurious,” Fieri said after trying one. “There’s not too much almonds. There’s not too much sugar. It’s the right balance.”

Yet, this specialty is only one small part of their offerings. La Panadería also serves conchas, mini conchas, bear claws, sweet empanadas, oreja, many flavors of croissants, and much more.

It’s apparent that the culture of pan dulce takes a great deal of passion because so much goes into it.

“Our family, from our background,” David shared when asked where he draws his passion. “We have been baking since we were children. We were around a bakery all our lives, so that’s definitely a passion that comes from inside.”

He continued on to explain that creativity is not something that you can just wake up from bed and achieve. At times you’ll have all the inspiration needed to create things, but other times, it’s harder to attain. 

And for the Caceres brothers, travel is another place where inspiration and creativity are drawn upon. Having access to different people, books, and ideas is vital for them and really helps new ideas be born. 

Their admiration and passion for sharing their culture have gained them commercial success and social media attention. But perhaps the most impressive part is that David’s vision has helped him attain the status of Chef Ambassador to the city of San Antonio. This is one title he’s thrilled to have, as it allows him to continue his journey with the culinary traditions of his family and city. 

For now, Jose and David will continue doing what they love, which is providing their city with pan dulce and adding new creations to their menu. Next time you’re in the city, stop by and grab one of La Pandaderia’s delicious snacks, and you may just get to meet one of the brothers behind the perfection.

And one thing is for sure, what these brothers are doing is making them the go-to resource for the next evolution of pan dulce!

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Amazon is the latest Western company to be compelled by a non-European government to censor its content. The UAE government forced Amazon to start suppressing search results for more than 150 LGBTQ-related keywords in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to The New York Times, which cited company records on Wednesday.

According to The Times, the UAE government gave the e-commerce behemoth until Friday to abide by its request to suppress LGBTQ-related search results and threatened to sanction Amazon if it did not. However, the reason the Emirati government requested that LGBTQ-related search results be removed from Amazon was not stated in the report.

On Thursday, several searches were made on Amazon.ae, the UAE’s version of the retailer, using various LGBTQ-related keywords. Several of the searches produced no results or mentions. “LGBTQ,” “pride,” and “queer” were a few that didn’t turn up anything. On Thursday, Insider discovered that some books that were accessible through Amazon’s US store—including Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer: A Memoir” and Jacob Tobia’s “Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story”—were not accessible through Amazon’s UAE site.

The exclusion of search results for some LGBTQ-related search phrases on Amazon appears to have been circumvented. For example, a writing notebook called “Pride Story Paper Book” with a rainbow flag on the cover was listed when Insider searched for “rainbow flag.” When the term “same-sex” was searched, paper plates and napkins with the words “Mr & Mr” printed on them were listed.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker, André Aciman’s “Call Me By Your Name,” and the children’s book “Same but Different Too: The Colourful Life” by Naomi y Kissiedu-Green and Chris Laxton were among the LGBTQ-themed books that UAE-based users could still search for.

According to a US State Department report published in April, same-sex sexual activity is illegal in the UAE, and LGBTQ representation is severely restricted.

A representative for Amazon acknowledged that the business had limited some search results on its Amazon.ae site. Efforts for a response from the UAE embassy in Singapore were not immediately answered.

After purchasing the Dubai-based e-commerce platform Souq.com, Amazon entered the UAE in 2017. This allowed the Seattle-based company to bypass regulatory approvals and begin doing business there. According to a press statement from the firm from May 2021, Amazon’s cloud computing division intended to open three data centers in the nation this year.

Many Silicon Valley behemoths have yielded to government pressure in exchange for the freedom to operate in certain markets. According to a May 2016 Times investigation, Apple purportedly kept consumer data on Chinese servers and restricted apps there. According to Apple, which assured the Times that customer data was secure, it complied with Chinese regulatory standards. According to the Financial Times, Netflix also pulled a Saudi Arabian comedy program episode that made fun of the country in 2019.

A new Colombian-Mexican Fusion Cafe, Creative Ideas Cafe, is making its premiere launch this June 2022. This new launch both celebrates the old while welcoming in the new as the business looks to spark a new era for businesses across the local food industry.

The celebration of this new opening will happen in two exciting parts— the ribbon-cutting ceremony and the grand opening celebration. Soft opening happening until 29th of June, starting from eight until two in the afternoon. Following that occasion, the grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony will transpire on the 30th of June from seven until two in the afternoon and one to two afternoon to present the ribbon-cutting . 

The woman behind Creative Ideas Cafe is Lina Mills, a Latin caterer and businesswoman who has become an icon in the local business scene. She is best known as the owner of the famous twenty-five-year-experience and nine year old catering business, Creative Ideas Catering, a business that has already reached significant success. With the launch of her cafe, she and her team have earned high praise and honor. All this Lina has been able to accomplish despite having to unexpectedly deal with a newly bought building during the height of COVID-19 closures. Since then, the resilient CEO has meant to finally open and launch her cafe and catering business. 

The newly launched cafe will present something exciting for all foodies, including the introduction of Cafe de La Olla and their great empanadas. As a special treat, the cafe will be giving twenty walk-ins at the ribbon cutting a generous freebie of two ounces of whole coffee beans. This gift comes in courtesy of Proyecto Diaz and freshly made Paletas by Pepitos Paletas.

“With this opening, we are showcasing a brand-new catering concept that integrates sustainable practices and customer-driven staff to deliver global fusions of Latin flavors,” says the CEO of the Colombian & Mexican cafe. “I also want to ensure a steady supply of fresh, seasonable, local produce and meats, choosing organic whenever possible.” 

Lina Millis is the CEO and Founder of Creative Ideas Catering. SBA has recently awarded her as the Person of the Year despite the various overwhelming challenges brought by the pandemic. In the past, Lina has also been awarded Entrepreneur of the Year by Small Business Big Impact in 2021 and was honored as Northern California’s 2022 Small Business Person of the Year.

Lina Mill’s secret weapon is someone tucked away in the kitchen of the business, but never from the limelight. The business owner’s better half and head chef, Alvaro Luna, leads the kitchen team. Together the tandem have built Creative Ideas Catering from the ground up and is taking the business to new heights of taste experience and stellar customer service. This extraordinary collaboration gave birth to some of the most unique and one-of-a-kind dishes they offer and stand out from the typical San Francisco Latin cuisine.

Another factor that makes Creative Ideas Catering stand out from competitors is a woman and an immigrant-owned business owns it. For three decades now, Lina has braved all bias and learned to thrive even in unfavorable circumstances. As a result, her business has soared to new heights. The opening of Creative Ideas Cafe hopes to take that success further.

Lina’s expert catering team has extensive experience, a deep commitment and the innovative spirit to create extraordinary results beyond the expected culinary industry standards. They view every event with a client as an exciting collaboration. 

The location of Creative Ideas Cafe is at 58 Leland Ave, San Francisco, CA. 

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