1. For anyone used to sleeping in late, working in San Francisco (or the US west coast) is not ideal.
Being located at (nearly) the last time zone in the business world (i.e. everyone ends the day before you) - means your days start early. Very early.
Today I started off with a 7:30am meeting… and Thursday I have a 6am (!!!) call. (Anyone who knows me, will understand this is not trivial, and much closer to the hours I am used to falling asleep at)
I was anticipating this could happen, so tried to not overcome the jetlag arriving from Israel (i.e. going to sleep early and waking up early). But that plan failed, having woken up Sunday at 1pm…
2. In San Francisco, breakfast meetings are the means of doing business 
This is in contrast to the Israel business lunch or diner. This morning I had breakfast with the Founder of a company in the solar industry, who's about to get acquired. (great timing in terms of market hype)
The location was really amazing - A small cafe / restaurant called Boulettes Ladder located in the Ferry Building marketplace. Basically, great food, located on the waterfront, with seating at a large table situated right next to the cooking ovens and chefs.
(Its quite clear why some of the key Private Equity firms have relocated thier offices to this area...)
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