From Humble Beginnings to Spacious Growth: Our Journey from a 3-Bedroom Startup Hub to a Thriving Workspace

Our first office back in 2010 was not something I would brag about.

That’s how we found the place while looking for an affordable room for continued focus mode and collaboration – an early version of a “co-working space”, being an old 3-bedroom downtown in a building that was erected prior to 1928 (retro photos from the archives showcase the building in its early years).

Two more “startups” inhabiting the two other rooms, with a shared kitchen and a restroom.

15 years later, we don’t work in a Beverley Hills mansion with an infinity pool, but the 10,000 sq. feet floor we’ve been residing in since 2018 is slightly more spacious, providing sufficient meeting space, a fun room, library, meeting rooms, and other amenities.

It’s hard to not be humble starting from scratch – and you get to appreciate a lot more with every incremental step up.

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Mario Peshev is a 5x CEO and operator, founder of DevriX and Growth Shuttle, global value creation advisor, angel investor, and author of “MBA Disrupted.”

His original background in engineering rode the wave of IT entrepreneurship in the last 25 years, from product and service entrepreneurship through acquiring and selling businesses, to investing in global startups like beehiiv, doola, the Stacked Marketer, Alcatraz, SeedBlink.

Peshev spent over 10,000 hours in consulting and training contracts for mid-market and enterprise organizations like VMware, SAP, Software AG, CERN, Saudi Aramco since 2006. His books and guides are referenced in over 50 universities in North America, Europe, and Asia.


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