The Craigslist Office Story w/ Sam Parr ( Success Story ) | My First Million Podcast

TL;DR

The speaker’s first office was the former Craigslist office in San Francisco, where Craig Newmark left behind a kitchen-table desk. The landlord revealed that Craigslist was extremely frugal (e.g., withheld rent if toilet paper wasn’t delivered) and that at the time they moved out the company was making ~$500–600M/year in revenue with only about 30 employees.

Key insights

• Craig Newmark would not introduce himself as the founder; he would say “I do customer service for Craigslist.”
• The Craigslist office was a three-bedroom apartment under 1,000 sq ft that could hold at most 12 people.
• The landlord (Emmanuel) was contractually required to provide toilet paper each month; if he was late, Craigslist would withhold rent.