New office

We’re renting some space in a shared office in SOMA – just for New Zealanders. It’s an initiative funded by the New Zealand government and tech investors to give New Zealand companies who want to launch into the US a base to start from. The Kiwi Landing Pad as it’s called is 2 suites in this building which will eventually house a kind of entrepreneur launch-pad as well, offering space and services for new companies starting out. Xero is the first company in the suite we’re in and over the next few months we’ll be joined by other companies sending 1 or 2 of their staff out here to start their US operations.

It’s fairly rudimentary at the moment but every other day something new for the office arrives whether it be a water cooler, giant poster of some All Blacks, white board markers, cutlery or hooking up the front door intercom. We sit in our corner

with a view over the freeway.

Great to have somewhere so quickly to base ourselves.