{"id":288,"date":"2010-09-17T17:01:19","date_gmt":"2010-09-18T00:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=288"},"modified":"2025-12-14T13:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:33:10","slug":"backblaze-needs-a-new-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-needs-a-new-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Needs a New Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog_officesearch.jpg\" alt=\"Online_Backup_Office\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">Backblaze was founded in a small office where we planned to stay for six months. But we kept finding creative ways to cram more people in. Three years later&#8230;we&#8217;re bursting at the seams.<\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s time to move out of our humble abode and move to&#8230;well, a slightly larger humble abode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have or know of a place that you would like to lease\/sub-lease?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What we are looking for\u2014in roughly priority order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Located between Palo Alto, CA and Milbrae, CA<\/li>\n<li>1,500-2,000 square feet<\/li>\n<li>Mostly just an open space<\/li>\n<li>One conference room<\/li>\n<li>Caltrain-accessible<\/li>\n<li>Close to restaurants\/walking-district<\/li>\n<li>Good internet access<\/li>\n<li>Funky<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are open to moving into a traditional office park-style building. However, Backblaze doesn&#8217;t exactly have a business suit and wingtips culture, so we would love a place with more character. Converted house or loft? Former car dealership? Amusement park? (Okay, maybe that&#8217;s going a bit too far.)<\/p>\n<p>A space with a significant server room could be interesting, but is not a requirement.<\/p>\n<p>Send us ideas for places to: <a href=\"&#109;&#97;ilt&#111;:&#111;&#102;&#102;i&#99;e&#115;&#112;a&#99;e&#64;&#98;&#97;ck&#98;&#108;&#97;ze.&#99;&#111;&#109;\">&#111;f&#102;&#105;ce&#115;&#112;&#97;&#99;e&#64;ba&#99;kb&#108;a&#122;e&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks\u2014perhaps we&#8217;ll be your neighbor soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backblaze was founded in a small office where we planned to stay for six months. But we kept finding creative ways to cram more people in. Three years later&#8230;we&#8217;re bursting at the seams. So it&#8217;s time to move out of our humble abode and move to&#8230;well, a slightly larger humble abode. 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