So yesterday Mathew (RateItAll's CTO) and I were cruising around San Francisco looking at offices. One of the offices that we're looking at is on 22nd and Mission, which is a mildly sketchy part of town - I can say this, as it's also my favorite part of town, and I live there.
The sketchiness is still a bit concerning, however, as I wouldn't want to put up any obstacles that might prevent talented folks from joining our team.
I had heard that widget maker Sprout was sharing offices on the fifth floor of the building, so Mathew and I decided to drop in on them and ask about the building.
We didn't know exactly where they were, but fortunately we ran into a nice young woman on the way up to the fifth floor who was with the company that was sharing the space with Sprout.
"Sprout?" she said. "Yeah, we share offices with them.... they're so busy!!!"
Talk about a wonderful impression to be leaving on folks who share an office with you.
And true to her assessment, we walked in unannounced and Sprout was in fact cranking. Heads down over huge monitors, folks lined up shoulder to shoulder in a cool open space. These folks were in lockdown mode on whatever it is they were working on.
Carnet from Sprout said a few glowing things about the building and neighborhood, and that was it - we left and let the Sprout folks get back to work.
I love seeing small teams just getting after it, and the Sprout folks made quite an impression on me.
