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Foursquare

Foursquare
Company: Foursquare is a geographical location based social network with a competitive "checking in" game where points are awarded by venues. There are over 10 million users and they have passed the 100 million check-in check point. Co-founders: Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai Employees: 120 Founded: 2009 The office: Aside from the fact that they have 37,109 check-ins to their office on their own app, there is plenty to be seen and said about the space. They expanded into a 28,000 square foot Soho office space in 2012 that was designed by Echo Design + Architecture. It is complete with a cafe, "nosh knook," indoor bike racks, tele-conference lounges (for some old fashion facetime with San Fran), and an atrium for tech talks. Each conference room is named after a Foursquare app badge, from 'Jetsetter' to 'Socialite.' Wise Words: "I think that by making it all-inclusive and involving everyone in a lot of the process [corporate culture just happens], it makes us feel more like one big team that's working together."  -Dennis Crowley to Fast Company "As the company has grown, I can sometimes start to feel disconnected, and I’ll decide to randomly meet with one person a day, and we’ll go out for a half-hour coffee. You do that for six weeks or so, and then all the channels of communication are open again." -Dennis Crowley to NYTimes [Photos via]
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