2012-05-18 Bitcoin's Hogwarts: San Francisco Tech Space "20Mission" to Open

[PawShaker]

Bitcoin's Hogwarts: San Francisco Tech Space "20Mission" to Open in August
May 18, 2012

Jared Kenna, formerly of TradeHill, and Jonathan Ryan Owens of RingCoin have teamed up to launch 20Mission, a huge 41-room tech space project in the heart of San Francisco.

The goal is to open 20Mission to tenants on the 1st of August. Finding tenants will apparently not be a problem, as the reservation list has grown quite long, with prospective tenants even stopping Jared on the street to get in on the action.
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http://www.thebitcointrader.com/2012/05/bitcoins-hogwarts-san-francisco-tech.html

[cbeast]

Whatever happened to this?

[memvola]

Jonathan seems to have ran with people's money, and he's not likely to show his face any time soon.

[iCEBREAKER]

What happened?

Dwolla stole TradeHill's money and tried to justify it by retroactively changing their TOS to allow chargebacks.

It's been rehashed around here several times.

[cbeast]

I heard bits and pieces of these events, but did not tie them together. I find it a shame that the project folded and nobody rescued it. Bitcoin needs a second wind with some new blood and ideas. A think tank like 20Mission would be a powerful opportunity for Bitcoin minded people.

[sunnankar]

Whatever happened to this?

20Mission is alive and thriving. I was in SF about a month ago with a commercial real estate appraiser and we actually stayed and 20 Mission and took Jered to lunch to discuss it. I think he has a pretty good shot at making some good money with it. And it is a lot of fun with a lot of entrepreneurial activity.