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Huddler Moves to the Big City
June 10, 2008 |
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by Cristina Foung
Humble Huddler Roots by Cristina Foung
As you may know, Huddler.com was just an idea when our founders, Dan and Ted Gill, got in a car and drove to California from Virginia. But after getting to the start-up promise land (aka Silicon Valley), they set up shop in Redwood City. Our first office wasn't the glamorous 12th floor palace you might imagine as you poke around our first Huddles. The most palatial element of the office was that it was on Nottingham Avenue. In true start-up style, we were in the home office - that's right. It was Dan and Ted's house. But put your mind at ease. We were not working in the garage. We were in the living room. Our employee break room was the half of the living room with the couch, the video games, and the TV (but it was an enormous TV). The conference room was the dining room. Private phone calls were typically taken in the laundry room.
We lovingly referred to the house as the Hanky House (it will never shake that name off) as we had the Hanky Panky Gentlemen's Club and an adult superstore as our neighbors. The Hanky House treated us well - there was an avocado tree, a lemon tree, even a mandarin orange tree! But finally the big day came. We were moving up to San Francisco. The Big Move
On our last day on Nottingham, we wrapped up work at about 5 p.m. and spent 2 hours packing everything up. We broke down the desks, unplugged all the computers, and started moving things up northwards.
The new Huddler home is in the SOMA district of San Francisco. A little over a month in, we're settling in nicely (although the enormous TV is gone now). We've got a couch (courtesy of Craigslist), a refrigerator (also courtesy of Craigslist), a kitchenette, and of course the requisite desks and computers. Next to our building, there's a donut shop and down the street we've got Whole Foods. And just so we don't forget where we came from, there's an adult superstore a few blocks away. What more could we ask for? Categories: Company News
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