| Inc.com staff
May 23, 2011

Box.net

Young founders create a work-hard, play-hard environment with free lunch.

Box.net employees outside its Palo Alto, Calif. offices.

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Box.net employees outside its Palo Alto, Calif. offices.

 

The Data

Box.net

Location: Palo Alto, California

Founded: 2005

2010 revenue: $10.7 million

CEO: Aaron Levie

Website:box.net/

Number of employees: 165

What it does: Provides cloud computing services

At Box.net, there is such a thing as a free lunch. There's also such a thing as a free dinner. Box.net CEO Aaron Levie founded the company just six years ago, but in that time he's built the company into a mini-empire based on two principles: work hard and play hard. Levie describes the culture as "very high energy" and also "very collaborative." The eclectic office includes swing sets, ping-pong tables, a piano, as well as a basketball hoop. "We're very oriented around high performance and high output," he says. "But the idea is to build an organization that makes it fun to be here."