TC Cribs

After a several month hiatus, we’re back with a new season of TechCrunch Cribs, the show that goes inside the doors of tech companies to show what it’s like for the employees who work hard (and often play hard) there. Today’s episode takes us over the Golden Gate Bridge to Marin County’s picturesque seaside town of Sausalito, which is where Glassdoor calls home. Most tech companies we tour are based in either Silicon Valley or San Francisco, so it was a treat to visit a place that is often more thought of as a destination for weekend hikes and biking trips than the daily 9 to 5 grind. Glassdoor’s 400-some staffers are a pretty lucky bunch.

Welcome back to a new episode of Cribs, the TechCrunch TV series that takes you inside the office spaces of all kinds of tech companies. Today we headed over to the San Francisco headquarters of Lumosity, the company that makes online games aimed at keeping your brain alert and healthy — basically like a gym for your mind. Lumosity’s games are rooted in academia, through neuroscience and biology research, and that influence is also reflected in the design of its office: Lumosity HQ feels like a mix between a state of the art science lab, a “rich leather and mahogany” Ivy League university library, and a quickly growing Silicon Valley startup. Watch the video embedded above to see how it all comes together.

Today’s episode of Cribs had us criss-crossing the country to New York City, where mobile payments juggernaut Venmo has made its home. Venmo has become enough of a phenomenon that it has become a verb in many circles — “I’ll Venmo you the cash I owe for dinner” is not an unusual thing to overhear — so it was fun to see its office in person to see where the product is made. Longtime Cribs watchers may find the space looking quite familiar: It turns out that Venmo HQ is in the exact same office space that used to be the home of flash sales site Fab, which we toured back in the spring of 2013. It became clear as soon as we walked through the doors that Venmo has definitely made the space its own.

This week’s episode of Cribs takes us to Postmates, the startup that runs an on-demand delivery platform that promises to bring you practically anything — from lunch to office supplies — in less than an hour. Our video team was certainly able to get to Postmates HQ in less than an hour, since it is located literally right next door to TechCrunch’s headquarters in the SOMA neighborhood of San Francisco. Since Postmates’ delivery service never sleeps, the company is staffed with a 24-hour customer service team that is in the office at all times of the day and night. Watch the video embedded above to see the office that keeps Postmates ticking around the clock.

Today on Cribs we headed to the headquarters of About.com, the website that features information about hundreds of topics, from health to haircare to dating, all crowdsourced and written by online experts. About.com is located at heart of New York City several floors above the tourist and bright lights of Time Square. Colleen Taylor gets a tour of About.com headquarters from CEO Neil Vogel.

Colleen Taylor gets a tour of Slack headquarters in SOMA from VP of Policy Anne Toth.

Colleen Taylor gets a tour of Pandora’s headquarters from the Director of Employee Experience, Marta Riggins

Colleen Taylor gets a tour of Newscred’s NYC headquarters from Co-Founder & CEO Shafqat Islam.

Today on Cribs we’re going to Refinery29, the fast-growing digital media company focused on womens’ fashion and lifestyle. Refinery29 is located at the intersection of TriBeCa and the Financial District in New York City. Colleen Taylor hailed a cab down to their swank office to meet with Connie Wang, their Fashion Features Director, for a tour.

Today on Cribs we’re touring the New York City headquarters of Codecademy, the startup that makes an interactive platform to teach people how to program. Codecademy is based in the Flatiron neighborhood of Manhattan, at 49 West 27th Street. Colleen Taylor met with Codecademy founder and CEO Zach Sims to get a tour of the space.

Today’s episode of Cribs brings us to Sailthru, the New York City based company that powers personalized email newsletters for hundreds of businesses. Sailthru’s office is located on Varick Street in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Manhattan, just a few blocks walk from the shops of Soho and the restaurants of the West Village. Colleen Taylor met with Sailthru’s CTO Ian White to get a look around.

Today on Cribs we’re visiting the San Francisco offices of Braintree, the payment processing technology company. Braintree has around 300 employees worldwide, 80 of whom are in San Francisco. Colleen Taylor met with Aunkur Arya, Braintree’s Head of Mobile, to get a tour of the space.

In today’s episode of Cribs, we head to San Francisco’s SOMA neighborhood to check out the digs at Patreon, a subscription-based funding platform for artists. This also happens to be the episode where I take over as the new host of the show. Hello, my new friends.

ZeroCater embeds food culture into its daily aesthetic. Along the walls you’ll see images of comfort foods and inspirational quotes from famous chefs like Julia Child, all meant to spark innovation among employees. Sarah Buhr gets a tour of ZeroCater’s headquarters from Co-Founder & CEO Arram Sabeti.

In this week’s episode of Cribs we visit Weebly, a startup that helps small businesses create an online store or website. Their new home in SOMA is a former wine packaging facility, turned 90s rave scene, that features a clean industrial aesthetic. Sarah Buhr met up with co-founder Dan Veltri to check out the new digs.

Sarah Buhr gets a tour of Thumbtack from President and CEO Jonathan Swanson.

This week on Cribs we head to the land of real estate with Trulia, an online hub for home buyers and sellers. Trulia is centrally located right next to SF’s major transportation hub, the Transbay Terminal and boasts a nature-inspired design. Sarah Buhr met up with Jeff McConathy, Trulia’s VP of engineering, to check out the new space.

Ride-sharing startup Lyft gives us a tour of its fuzzy pink office on this week’s episode of Cribs. Lyft’s digs are on the edge of San Francisco’s Mission District and full of bright colors and character. Sarah Buhr met up with Jesse McMillin, Lyft's VP Creative Director, for a tour.

This week on Cribs we visit everyone’s favorite online TV platform, Hulu. The digital entertainment hub located among the palm trees and movie stars of Los Angeles has changed the way we watch television. Sarah Buhr met up with Hulu’s director of workplace experience Sara Mailloux.

This week’s episode of Cribs is one for canine kind. DogVacay is a peer-to-peer dog sitting platform located in Culver City, California - and possibly the best place for bringing man’s best friend to work. Sarah Buhr met up with co-founder Aaron Hirschhorn to take a tour.

This week’s episode of Cribs takes us to Funny or Die’s hilarious headquarters in Los Angeles, California. You may know the site from such videos as Between Two Ferns and Drunk History ...but its 25 thousand square foot production house is where the fun starts. Sarah Buhr met up with several amusing characters this time around to ask them what it’s like to work where everyone’s a comedian.

Today on Cribs we head to Credit Karma, a free credit and financial management platform. Credit Karma is part of that coveted tech unicorn club and is in the same historic building as both Nextdoor and Medium in downtown San Francisco. Sarah Buhr spoke with Founder Ken Lin to see what it’s like working at a unicorn, and to check out the new space.

This week on Cribs we go to website domain registration service GoDaddy. This is a publicly traded company with a fun startup feel inside its work environment. Sarah Buhr met up with Renee Reinsberg to check out the Sunnyvale, California office.

This time on Cribs we did something really different. We went to the LoveNest. It’s actually a technology co-living space instead of a startup. The Love Nest is made up of a bunch of startup founders and bitcoin enthusiasts...with a bit of a hippy vibe in Palo Alto, California. Sarah Buhr met up with Love Nest papa Joel Dietz to take a tour.

This week’s Cribs episode takes us to the visually stunning Minted office. Minted is an online marketplace of independent artists and designers, located in San Francisco’s historic Jackson Square. Sarah Buhr went to visit CEO and founder Miriam Naficy for a tour.