You can hardly swing a foam dart gun without hitting an XBox in startupville these days. We're all for a little fun around the office, but at some point, the hoodie and Vans pendulum swings too far, and a little formality is needed.
A design shopping site emerges, investors line up, and soon Demi Moore is tweeting about sales and signups go moonward. It all happened. Fab now has 160 design-obsessed staffers. We stammer when we say it too -- one-sixty. They had 10 when Fab launched 11 months ago.
You're up to your neck in cake, music, and photography and now it's the invitations. The lingo comes in like, caliper, grammage, and calligraphy, and that's before you even get to RSVP cards and return addresses. A lot to consider.
The clock turns to eleven and everyone hits the floor, palms flat or knuckles down, planking. Every hour, on the hour, the team gets down and sweats it out together.
That jacket right there. That's the one you wore right out of the store in Tuscany. And those funky sunglasses? Bought from a street vendor in Seoul. ...
Founded in 2000, Seamless flourished in the post dot com era as a web-based food delivery service, was acquired six years ago, and then spun out again last year. The spin out came with new capital and a renewed focus on product (think mobile) and innovation (think more mobile). It's a fresh start -- a born again startup.
It's neither the office space nor the clever perks that make Tumblr such an of-the-moment place to work: it's the people.
