Anton D. Batalla

San Francisco Bay Area United States

Head of IT @ City of San Leandro

Technology / Software / Internet

I once heard a story about a kid in the sixth grade who figured out that he could make money selling snacks at school. He’d buy chips, soda, chocolate bars and candy at the corner store and then sell them to other students at lunch time for a profit. He would even make menus in the morning with “dynamic” pricing. However, when the principal found out, he was suspended for exhibiting “problem behavior.” Well, a lot has changed since then. Today, we’d hopefully recognize and encourage that as “entrepreneurial behavior." That kid, by the way, was me. And, I’ve never stopped being entrepreneurial. In 2002 I built an eBay sports memorabilia Power Seller that grossed >$1mm over four years and...