by Ronny | Sep 6, 2012 | photo, San Francisco
The walls of our office got a major upgrade in mural form from one of our own. Kris Jun, UX and Visual Designer, lent his artistic talents to make our office feel more like a home, with all-star appearances from the GoPago family. JPMorgan Chase, Verizon Wireless, Bread and Cocoa, Sellers Markets, Freshii, Lou’s Cafe, Tropisueno, After Osha and many others can be spotted in our mural version of “I Spy.” Kris provided some great personality to our white walls. He is an office favorite because of his animated expressions, wacky sound effects and the fact that if you say his first and last name together, it sounds a lot like a major religion. We set off to learn more about the man behind the mural, and wanted to share our findings with you. GoPago: What was your inspiration? Kris: Since our company is located in the city it seemed like the natural backdrop. If we were located in a desert, I’d draw that… with a cactus. We understand you have a graphic novel in South Korea, care to tell us more? One’s Mind would be the English translation. What’s in One’s Mind? The main character feels everything is a visual metaphor. He thinks of a sand watch and then thinks of the remnants left behind when time passes. He also thinks of a sandwich. How did you feel at the unveiling of your masterpiece? It was fantastic and I got the “GoPago Superman” award. The Superman shirt I received made it extra special and makes me feel proud of myself. Half of the illustration already appeared on the...
by Ronny | Aug 23, 2012 | event, San Francisco
At GoPago we get our livelihood from local small businesses, good food and the entrepreneurial spirit. Those three things were alive and well this past Saturday between the 20th and 26th blocks of Folsom Street at the 4th Annual San Francisco Street Food Festival. The event was presented by La Cocina, “a non-profit incubator kitchen providing affordable commercial kitchen space and industry-specific technical assistance to low-income and immigrant entrepreneurs who are launching, growing and formalizing food businesses.” We heard amazing stories and tasted some delcious food from across the city. One of our favorites was from Maria of Estrellita’s Snacks. She was an immigrant from El Salvador, who was lucky enough to live right across the street from La Cocina, she wandered in and started a business with $20. She now has packaged yucca and plantain chips, sells tamales and pupusas at the Alemany farmers market and is opening up a restaurant that has already been home to Woody Allen, A-list actors and the rest of the production crew. She told us in Spanish to wait till the movie gets released because her and her restaurant will be making a cameo. The dream was so tangible and actuated that we could taste it! We actually started the food festival a bit early on Friday with the first ever Night Market, it was a bit chilly out but we found comfort in our office neighbor Soup Junkies’ Crab & Tomato Noodle Soup. It’s always surprising how sometimes you wait a while to try great food that is so close by. The next day at the event we had some terrific...
by Ronny | Aug 17, 2012 | San Francisco
Our community has grown so rapidly in the last month that we now have over 75,000 users in San Francisco! We are thrilled to have you all as fellow line skippers, but we want to get to know you better. We want to know what you look like and which one of the venues in our network is your favorite. If you share all this awesomeness with us you will be automatically entered to win a $50 credit, which will be awarded to one lucky user. Here is what you have to do: 1. Add your photo to your GoPago account. It’s as easy as opening the app, clicking profile and then clicking the camera icon where you can snap a new shot, upload from your gallery or use your Facebook profile picture. 2. Leave a review for your favorite venue. Go to your receipts, if you haven’t yet clicked “I received my order” do so and then you will be directed to “Write a review.” No need to write a novel, we just want to know what you liked about the location and maybe even what you ordered. We love your suggestions. If you want to up your chances of winning the credit, leave multiple reviews! Bonus Points: show us your face and let us hear your voice at the same time! Make us a short, 30 seconds to 1 minute long, video on why you use GoPago and email it to media@GoPago.com. Alright folks, don’t remain faceless and wordless! You have until Monday August 20th, 2012 at 5pm to get your profile all jazzed up. The...
by Ronny | Jul 31, 2012 | event, news, San Francisco
If American economist Milton Friedman were still alive today it would be his 100th birthday and GoPago would have proved him wrong. Milton Friedman is credited for spreading the adage, “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch” and today we know that is just not the case. We didn’t set out to make an economist turn in his grave when he should be blowing out ghost birthday candles, but something magical happens when you pair a star pitcher with an app that’s a hit. In case you missed it, and weren’t one of Tim Lincecum’s 445,000 Facebook fans, we successfully teamed up with the Giants’ pitcher to give away over 30,000 free lunches on his behalf. Tim Lincecum reinforced how he truly cares about his fans, as we fed all those who are living in San Francisco and gave their thumbs to like him on Facebook. What does 30,000 free lunches spreading like wildfire over the city of San Francisco look like? Picture this: Enough hummus to fill a swimming pool. So many burritos that the pinto bean is now on the endangered species list. So many french fries that we are seriously concerned about another potato famine and so many pigs in a blanket that we are running out of blankets. We are sure that you are left with many questions, but first and foremost, how do you get yours? ‘Like’ Tim Lincecum’s page and see our special promo code that is effective till Aug 9th. Also, like us on Facebook and Twitter for all the latest promotions and partnerships. At GoPago we are aiming to...
