July 28, 2011 at 15:31Dropbox rented a huge office for 400 employees
Despite the emergence of cheaper competitors and a security hole , Dropbox's business continues to grow at a rapid pace. What can I say: more than 200 million files are saved daily through Dropbox, and the daily audience exceeds 25 million people (this is the statistics for April, now for sure more).
The startup has already grown out of short pants and it has recently become known that the company is preparing to receive $ 200-300 million of investments, based on an estimated value of $ 5 billion . Yes, Dropbox was valued at $ 5 billion, and there’s no need to talk about the dot-com bubble again.
To master such an amount will not be easy. There is only one good and proven way: to rent a huge chic office and hire a large number of employees. Dropbox decided to follow the beaten track. As reported by TechCrunch , the company has just completed the process of preparing to move from the current office area of 1022 m 2 in the new office 8120 m 2 . The new building is located in San Francisco, not far from the old one. The staff of the company will be increased from 65 to 400+ people.
On the one hand, it’s hard to imagine what 400 Dropbox staff will do. On the other hand, you will not find a company worth $ 5 billion in which there would be fewer employees (by the way, this logic also works in the opposite direction, that is, if you want to increase the value of the company to $ 5 billion, you need to hire at least 500 people). However, they will still have something to do .
According to realtors, this is the second largest transaction in the office real estate market in San Francisco this year, after moving the Twitter office .
To master such an amount will not be easy. There is only one good and proven way: to rent a huge chic office and hire a large number of employees. Dropbox decided to follow the beaten track. As reported by TechCrunch , the company has just completed the process of preparing to move from the current office area of 1022 m 2 in the new office 8120 m 2 . The new building is located in San Francisco, not far from the old one. The staff of the company will be increased from 65 to 400+ people.
On the one hand, it’s hard to imagine what 400 Dropbox staff will do. On the other hand, you will not find a company worth $ 5 billion in which there would be fewer employees (by the way, this logic also works in the opposite direction, that is, if you want to increase the value of the company to $ 5 billion, you need to hire at least 500 people). However, they will still have something to do .
According to realtors, this is the second largest transaction in the office real estate market in San Francisco this year, after moving the Twitter office .