Where does the time go? When I joined the ranks of a passionate crew of twenty, I felt I had joined in on the fun kind of late in the game. They’d already put tons of thought in to developing Trulia’s values, defining it’s culture, built the website (a modest version of today’s), established relationships with the top 100 real estate brokers in the country, and had raised a little money through Accel Partners.
Well, that was January 2007 and I may have been impressed then by the already huge accomplishments since its founding on September 25th, 2005 but looking back now on four years of growth as a company, as individuals, and as a household name floors me (but doesn’t really surprise me!)
We’re a top 5 site according to Hitwise and Comscore, with well over 80 employees representing at least 20 countries, all with ridiculously humbling smarts (and many with educations to boot), working out of San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Fort Collins. I’ve practically lost track of the exponentially increasing numbers of marriages and babies, which is I admit a little embarrassing, but we certainly celebrate every birth, every marriage, every achievement, and every little success. We celebrate the people and culture of this company, the incredibly powerful legacy that the early employees leave for all “newlians” to come, and the sincerity of caring we share for what Trulia is doing and what it stands for.
It may have been four years since its launch, but if you were to ask anyone here, I’ll bet they’d say it feels like 4 months.
Yes, we still qualify as a “start up” in some ways, sometimes working long hours to pull off a last minute miracle, or push code QA’d until late in to the evening. But, I personally think we tend to play harder still. Even now, glancing up from my desk, our offices here in San Francisco’s Sun Belt are being decorated in Trulia green, white, and black. Party favors (and aperitifs) await, and a wonderfully satisfying buzz of productivity lingers as another great week comes to an end. We have a 4th birthday celebration to look forward to!
With an often enviable athleticism common amongst the crew, weekly in-house yoga, mind-body-spirit days (designed to close the yin yang gap in all of us), not to mention the positive ever reaffirming belief in our core values (B.O.F.F.I), this company and its unique culture simply rocks! There is no doubt that a positive work environment yields positive results…if you also love what you do, then this revelation comes as no surprise.
Trulia, to all of us Trulian’s great fortune, is a beacon of light for other small companies with big dreams and high ideals, and we know that our future continues to look bright.
We’re growing…hiring…and searching for more great people. If you’re interested in a company that believes in you, challenges you, and is constantly iterating on how to improve, then contact me.
Happy 4th Birthday Trulia! And many more…
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