Re:The business of winding down startups is booming
by simonw on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @02:43PM
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When YC had their headquarters in Mountain View there used to be a warehouse about a block away from there called Desk Depot - https://maps.app.goo.gl/GL9YpxsBt79M1Rxi7 - Google thinks it may be permanently closed now.
It specialized in second hand furniture from tech companies. It was AMAZING. The owner could tell the story of the past few decades of Silicon Valley illustrated by second hand desk furniture - like that corner over there is Sun Microsystems, this corner is Yahoo! etc. He had the full chronology of Herman Miller chairs as well.
Practically a museum. I'll be said if it's really closed for good.
It specialized in second hand furniture from tech companies. It was AMAZING. The owner could tell the story of the past few decades of Silicon Valley illustrated by second hand desk furniture - like that corner over there is Sun Microsystems, this corner is Yahoo! etc. He had the full chronology of Herman Miller chairs as well.
Practically a museum. I'll be said if it's really closed for good.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/desk-depot-mountain-view says it's closed but has a comment from someone in 2021 saying "This place is NOT closed. WTH is Yelp reporting it as closed?"