Every successful tech startup has to deal with scaling issues. These can include: building a reliable backend, tweaking the product/messaging for greater mass appeal, and hiring the people necessary to accomplish these goals. Houzz has been lucky enough to do pretty well on these challenges, but early success in hiring ended up creating a new challenge – providing adequate facilities for all the employees. Through clever rearrangement of our open seating plan, we were able to

Family is a big part of our culture at Houzz. On Friday, the team at our headquarters in Palo Alto and their families got together to enjoy an afternoon of food and fun at our second annual picnic in Foothills Park. Adventurous folks scaled a rock climbing wall brought in for the event. Other Houzzers tried their hand at cornhole and other backyard games. And a DIY mini succulent station was particularly popular with those of us with a green thumb. For the many kids who are p

There’s definitely something in the water at our Orange County office. Baby showers have practically become a quarterly celebration. Last week the office came together over tasty treats and towering diaper cakes to celebrate five Houzzers who will soon be first time parents. Kennie, Laura, Casey, John and Ashley shared how they’ve been preparing for the arrival of their little ones – with lots of nursery decorating help from Houzz, of course. Congratulations to the five soon-

When we moved into our 10,000 square foot office space in downtown Palo Alto in May, 2013, it seemed enormous – we were used to our cozy, startup quarters. Even though it was our third office in two years, we thought we would be able to comfortably call it home for a while. Little did we know that the huge space would quickly come to feel snug as we filled it with amazing new Houzzers. To accommodate our team’s continued growth, half of us moved back into our beautiful “old”

I almost always get asked one question when I’m interviewing for our team: “What’s the engineering culture like at Houzz?” The first word that comes to mind is entrepreneurial. Here’s a quick look at the values that I think define working on our team. Entrepreneurial Mindset I think a good entrepreneur continuously watches the status quo to uncover opportunities to solve problems that can transform the status quo to a better state. Everyone on the engineering team at Houzz is