{"id":795,"date":"2013-12-26T08:30:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T08:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/?p=795"},"modified":"2017-02-16T12:54:49","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T12:54:49","slug":"first-offices-a-look-at-5-technology-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/reports-and-research\/first-offices-a-look-at-5-technology-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"First Offices: A look at 5 technology companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever wondered where some of the world\u2019s biggest, most successful companies started out, then look no further. Our new blog series entitled \u201cFirst Offices\u201d will take a look at the humble beginnings of businesses that are now household names. Today\u2019s post will be focusing specifically on five well-known technology and internet companies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Apple<\/h2>\n<p>In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, ages 21 and 26 respectively, started Apple Computers by selling 50 units of Wozniak\u2019s Apple I Computer at $500 apiece to a local retailer. \u201cThe Steves\u201d and their small team of neighbourhood kids (including Steve&#8217;s sister Patti) hand-built 50 computers in 30 days from Steve Jobs\u2019 parents garage in Cupertino, CA. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.landsnail.com\/apple\/local\/garage\/apple.html\">Time magazine<\/a>, Jobs\u2019 father had to move his car-restoration equipment out of the garage to make space for the fledgling computer company, and helped the boys carry home a huge wooden bench that served as their first manufacturing base.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Apple Inc. Is a multinational consumer electronics brand, generating worldwide revenue of $156 billion in 2012, with 408 retail stores in 14 countries as of May 2013. Headquartered in the massive Apple campus at 1\u20136 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, located in the midst of California\u2019s Silicon Valley, the company\u2019s quirky campus, equipped with recreational facilities and beautiful outdoor areas, is a far cry from their beginnings in a dusty suburban garage.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10221\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10221\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10221 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Infinite_Loop_Apple.jpg\" alt=\"picture of apple premises at  infinite loop\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Infinite_Loop_Apple.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Infinite_Loop_Apple-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Infinite_Loop_Apple-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apple\u2019s current HQ at 1-6 Infinite Loop, Cupertino<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Facebook<\/h2>\n<p>Facebook\u2019s first office was located in downtown Palo Alto on Emerson Street. Situated on the second floor above a Chinese restaurant, the company\u2019s headquarters contained around five offices, one conference room and a large common area. Apparently, most of the employees worked in the kitchen as it was convenient for snacking, and graffiti-inspired murals covered entire walls throughout the office.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook, who will celebrate their tenth anniversary in February next year, is now headquartered in a beautiful urban-style campus in Menlo Park, California. Architect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2013\/11\/07\/frank-gehry-facebook-offices-london-dublin\/\">Frank Gehry<\/a>, meanwhile, is currently designing new offices for Facebook\u2019s London and Dublin locations.<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Google<\/h2>\n<p>Google was initially conceptualised in January 1996 as part of a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two Stanford PhD students. The Google domain name was registered in 1997, and the company was officially founded in September 1998. Page and Brin set up their first office in the garage of Susan Wojcicki at 232 Santa Margarita Ave, Menlo Park, California. (Incidentally, Susan is now the company\u2019s Vice President of Product Management.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10217\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10217 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Google_garage.jpg\" alt=\"the original google garage\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Google_garage.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Google_garage-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Google_garage-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The original Google garage at 232 Santa Margarita Avenue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In February 1999, the young company outgrew their garage office, and moved to a new space at 165 University Avenue in Palo Alto, with a total of 8 employees. Later that year they moved again, this time to their first Mountain View location, located just a few miles south of Stanford University.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Google is headquartered in their massive Googleplex, a sprawling campus located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View, California. As of September 2013, the company operates 70 offices in over 40 countries.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9558\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9558 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/800px-Googleplex_solar_power.jpg\" alt=\"Googleplex building in california\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/800px-Googleplex_solar_power.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/800px-Googleplex_solar_power-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/800px-Googleplex_solar_power-768x525.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The current Googleplex in California.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Hewlett-Packard<\/h2>\n<p>In 1939, Stanford graduates Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard founded HP in Packard\u2019s garage at 367 Addison Ave, Palo Alto, California, with an initial investment of $538. Their first product was an audio oscillator and one of their first customers was Walt Disney, who purchased eight oscillators to develop the sound system for the movie <i>Fantasia<\/i>. The company was incorporated in 1947, and went public ten years later.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10220\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10220 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HP_Garage_in_Silicon_Valley.jpg\" alt=\"The original HP garage at 367 Addison Avenue\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HP_Garage_in_Silicon_Valley.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HP_Garage_in_Silicon_Valley-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HP_Garage_in_Silicon_Valley-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The original HP garage at 367 Addison Avenue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>HP is widely regarded as a symbolic founder of Silicon Valley, and the historic HP garage has been actively preserved by the company, who launched a project in 2004 to mimic what the house, garden and shed would have looked like in 1939, the year the company was founded.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9560\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9560 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/800px-Hewlett-Packard-Japan-Head-office.jpg\" alt=\"Hewlett-Packard-Japan-Head-office\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/800px-Hewlett-Packard-Japan-Head-office.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/800px-Hewlett-Packard-Japan-Head-office-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/800px-Hewlett-Packard-Japan-Head-office-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HP&#8217;s Japan head office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Amazon<\/h2>\n<p>Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994, and the site went online as Amazon.com in 1995. Originally conceptualised as an online bookstore, the site soon diversified into consumer electronics and other goods.\u00a0 At the time, the business was run out of Bezos\u2019 garage at 10704 NE 28th, Bellevue, Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The company now has warehouses, offices and customer service centres all over the world. Their main headquarters can be found in Seattle&#8217;s South Lake Union neighbourhood, although <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/08\/26\/us\/as-amazon-stretches-seattles-downtown-is-reshaped.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=0&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;adxnnlx=1387368360-Zaj4UFOEoxDxtyVBgT1dgg\">new offices<\/a> are currently under construction. The new headquarters, when completed, will consist of three towers that will be able to accommodate 12,000 workers.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re looking for your first office or your next HQ, Instant&#8217;s expert consultants can help your business find the perfect office space. Don&#8217;t hesitate to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instantoffices.com\/contact-us.aspx\">contact us<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever wondered where some of the world\u2019s biggest, most successful companies started out, then look no further. Our new blog series entitled \u201cFirst Offices\u201d will take a look at the humble beginnings of businesses that are now household names. Today\u2019s post will be focusing specifically on five well-known technology and internet companies. &nbsp; Apple In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, ages 21 and 26 respectively, started Apple Computers by selling 50 units of Wozniak\u2019s Apple I Computer at $500 apiece to a local retailer. \u201cThe Steves\u201d and their small team of neighbourhood kids (including Steve&#8217;s sister Patti) hand-built 50 computers in 30 days from Steve Jobs\u2019 parents garage in Cupertino, CA. According to Time magazine, Jobs\u2019 father had to move his car-restoration equipment out of the garage to make space for the fledgling computer company, and helped the boys carry home a huge wooden bench that served as their first manufacturing base. Today, Apple Inc. Is a multinational consumer electronics brand, generating worldwide revenue of $156 billion in 2012, with 408 retail stores in 14 countries as of May 2013. Headquartered in the massive Apple campus at 1\u20136 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, located in the midst of California\u2019s Silicon Valley, the company\u2019s quirky campus, equipped with recreational facilities and beautiful outdoor areas, is a far cry from their beginnings in a dusty suburban garage. &nbsp; Facebook Facebook\u2019s first office was located in downtown Palo Alto on Emerson Street. Situated on the second floor above a Chinese restaurant, the company\u2019s headquarters contained around five offices, one conference room and a large common area. Apparently, most of the employees worked in the kitchen as it was convenient for snacking, and graffiti-inspired murals covered entire walls throughout the office. Facebook, who will celebrate their tenth anniversary in February next year, is now headquartered in a beautiful urban-style campus in Menlo Park, California. Architect Frank Gehry, meanwhile, is currently designing new offices for Facebook\u2019s London and Dublin locations.\u00a0 &nbsp; Google Google was initially conceptualised in January 1996 as part of a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two Stanford PhD students. The Google domain name was registered in 1997, and the company was officially founded in September 1998. Page and Brin set up their first office in the garage of Susan Wojcicki at 232 Santa Margarita Ave, Menlo Park, California. (Incidentally, Susan is now the company\u2019s Vice President of Product Management.) &nbsp; In February 1999, the young company outgrew their garage office, and moved to a new space at 165 University Avenue in Palo Alto, with a total of 8 employees. Later that year they moved again, this time to their first Mountain View location, located just a few miles south of Stanford University. Today, Google is headquartered in their massive Googleplex, a sprawling campus located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View, California. As of September 2013, the company operates 70 offices in over 40 countries. &nbsp; Hewlett-Packard In 1939, Stanford graduates Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard founded HP in Packard\u2019s garage at 367 Addison Ave, Palo Alto, California, with an initial investment of $538. Their first product was an audio oscillator and one of their first customers was Walt Disney, who purchased eight oscillators to develop the sound system for the movie Fantasia. The company was incorporated in 1947, and went public ten years later. &nbsp; HP is widely regarded as a symbolic founder of Silicon Valley, and the historic HP garage has been actively preserved by the company, who launched a project in 2004 to mimic what the house, garden and shed would have looked like in 1939, the year the company was founded. &nbsp; Amazon Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994, and the site went online as Amazon.com in 1995. Originally conceptualised as an online bookstore, the site soon diversified into consumer electronics and other goods.\u00a0 At the time, the business was run out of Bezos\u2019 garage at 10704 NE 28th, Bellevue, Washington. The company now has warehouses, offices and customer service centres all over the world. Their main headquarters can be found in Seattle&#8217;s South Lake Union neighbourhood, although new offices are currently under construction. The new headquarters, when completed, will consist of three towers that will be able to accommodate 12,000 workers. Whether you&#8217;re looking for your first office or your next HQ, Instant&#8217;s expert consultants can help your business find the perfect office space. 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