{"id":4063,"date":"2016-10-07T09:54:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T16:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/?p=4063"},"modified":"2016-10-07T09:54:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T16:54:07","slug":"on-smart-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/07\/on-smart-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"On smart growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/seattle-from-alki.jpg\" alt=\"seattle-from-alki\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1006\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4064\" \/>The tech world (and tech press) often focus on the Silicon Valley-centric world of huge VC-backed startups. And there is a good reason for that &#8212; a lot of those kinds of companies do interesting, innovative things. But as Farhad Manjoo recently wrote in The New York Times, there is another, often less reported, less traditional, and less glamourous way to build a business.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his story on Mailchimp, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/10\/06\/technology\/mailchimp-and-the-un-silicon-valley-way-to-make-it-as-a-start-up.html?ref=technology\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manjoo writes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIn fact, it\u2019s possible to create a huge tech company without taking venture capital, and without spending far beyond your means. It\u2019s possible, in other words, to start a tech company that runs more like a normal business than a debt-fueled rocket ship careening out of control. Believe it or not, start-ups don\u2019t even have to be headquartered in San Francisco or Silicon Valley.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Onehub may not be a \u201chuge\u201d tech company, but we:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide file storage and sharing for more than 1.6 million business users<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have been in business for more than nine years<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Took a relatively small amount of venture funding<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/25\/seattle-wont-be-the-next-silicon-valley-and-thats-great\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">based in Seattle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, not Silicon Valley<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the outset, Onehub has run a lean operation that has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/eight-years-one-mission-build-business-charles-mount?trk=prof-post\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">grown with intention<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over the years. We keep our team tight-knit and focused on our product, and we don\u2019t spend extra to be in the Bay Area or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/why-gym-memberships-workplace-perk-i-gladly-provide-charles-mount?trk=mp-reader-card\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">extravagantly on superfluous extras<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like in-house DJs. By doing so, we are better positioned to serve more customers over the long haul. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tech world (and tech press) often focus on the Silicon Valley-centric world of huge VC-backed startups. And there is a good reason for that &#8212; a lot of those kinds of companies do interesting, innovative things. 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