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Awesome offices: Dublin – our third in a series together with The Next Web

The Next Web: Dublin

One, two, and now number three. We just released our third article about awesome startup offices on The Next Web. This time featuring the city of leprechauns, Guinness and St. Patrick’s Day. Dublin’s one big candy store full of interesting offices, and just got even better with Google’s latest and greatest!

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Awesome offices: Berlin – our second in a series together with The Next Web

Awesome offices: Berlin – our second in a series together with The Next Web

Our first one proved a hit: almost 900 shares within 3 days of publishing and a bucket-load of enthusiastic replies and comments. We knew we were on to something, but this just wowed us. So, happily trucking on, we started working on #2.
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Awesome offices: now taking a peek inside, together with The Next Web (whoot!)

Awesome offices: now taking a peek inside, together with The Next Web (whoot!)

As of today, we’ll be taking a monthly peek inside awesome offices around the world. On The Next Web, one of the most widely read blogs on all things Internet. So we’re pretty excited about this one.

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Office tour: Nintendo of America – A unique identity

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When I was a child, Nintendo was synonymous for fun. Aah, the good old days! The days when I just sat at my schooldesk, not paying attention to my teacher. Just looking forward to heading home in the afternoon, dropping my bag and playing some Nintendo. Man, how I wished I could just work at the Nintendo office.

It’s hard to believe that a company that uses a fat Italian plumber as a figurehead could ever grow this large. But even Nintendo started small. Well over a century ago it was just a small Japanese business that sold handmade playing cards. For decades they were searching for ways of expanding. They finally found their new identity in the upcoming video game industry of the 70′s. Now Nintendo has headquarters all over the globe, even in the USA.

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Office tour: Studio de Paardenstal – A workplace without a company

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In the 21st century: the world will be taken over by large corporations, brick houses will make way for concrete skyscrapers and 90% of the citizens will work in tiny cubicles.

At least, that’s what science fiction writers used to tell us, it never got to that extreme scenario. On the contrary: the age of the internet also gave rise to new professions. Those professions gave rise to small workplaces, workplaces occupied by independent teams or individuals, workplaces like Studio de Paardenstal.

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