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Yo Yoshida

Yo Yoshida is the CEO and co-founder of the San Francisco civic start-up, Appallicious.
He is a seasoned innovator, entrepreneur, writer and start-up adviser with a passion for government and technology, bringing over 15 years of experience in technology, marketing, finance, non-profits, and sustainable development to create a first-of-its-kind mobile commerce platform for government.

Posts by Yo Yoshida

The Potential of Open Data: Going Local

With so much activity going on in the open data space, we appreciate this quick and personal tour from Yo Yoshida,  CEO and co-founder of Appallicious. The civic app businesses Yo cycles through here have one clear thing in common: high utility for citizens in a local context, a critical first component of any emerging […]

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