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Thank you London Mayor Boris Johnson!

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

the-first-docking-station-for-london-cycle-hire-scheme-goes-live23Our London office recently jumped on the bike bandwagon last month when the city introduced Barclays Cycle Hire; a revolutionary bike sharing system. Thanks to London Mayor Boris Johnson, the central city is now lined with Barclays Cycle Superhighways. These are textured, bright blue lanes reserved for London’s commuting cyclists. Following in the footsteps of other European cities, this program was implemented in order to meet the expanding demand for bike infrastructure. Barclays Cycle Hire will have about 6,000 easily accessible bikes along with 400 stations throughout the central city. As team member Jana Jakovljevic (REVV Marketplace Development Manger – EMEA) explained, “You simply pay £45 annually, you get an electronic key and you can use the bikes. Every journey up to 30 minutes is free. The docking stations in central London are every 300 metres so you know you’re always close to one”.

Our London team members are an active bunch. During the summer months, several of them have elected to use this bike service to get to and from work. Talk about a great way to reduce our carbon emissions and avoid London’s auto traffic! Look for our London team members cruising the streets (Rubicon Project lap top bags in tow). If you are in London and need to find a biking station nearby or want to know how many bikes are available, there’s an app for that (of course!): iFindBikes.


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This Is How We Roll

Friday, August 20th, 2010

Considering the weather here at our LA HQ is usually quite pleasant, it’s a bit difficult to not want to take advantage of the sun’s shining rays. One way to enjoy the nice weather, and squeeze in a dose of vitamin D, is to bike to the office. While there are many alternative ways of get to work, sometimes biking can be quicker than trying to battle the LA traffic. Not only do you spend less time sitting in your car, but by biking to work you’ll be reducing your carbon footprint, spending less at the gas pump, and as team member Brad would say, “some wind in your hair and a little sunshine on your face isn’t a bad way to start your day”. Anything to enhance the day’s productivity and also helps the environment is a win-win situation. So, dust off those fenders, pump up your tires, put up the kickstand and away you go!

“A little bit of exercise to get the blood flowing is a great way to start the day — I’m a believer that a healthy body leads to a healthy mind. At the end of the day, cycling home is a great way to decompress and transition from work mode to relaxation mode” - Sunny Ahuja

“A little bit of exercise to get the blood flowing is a great way to start the day — I’m a believer that a healthy body leads to a healthy mind. At the end of the day, cycling home is a great way to decompress and transition from work mode to relaxation mode” - Sunny Ahuja (Engineer)


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Rubicon Project Summer Playlist

Friday, August 13th, 2010
Kings of Leon at the Hollywood Bowl

Kings of Leon at the Hollywood Bowl

Music is essential to our office and day’s productivity – it gets our mornings started off right, puts an extra pep in our mid-day step and keeps us motivated as the day grows long. Each day here at the Rubicon Project, a team member faces the music and selects the Pandora station to be played throughout the office for all to enjoy  – and if a few aren’t feeling the day’s Ace of Base mix then they simply (and quickly) throw on their headphones to enjoy a personal collection of hits.  Our team members’ love for music goes beyond the realms of our Pandora stations at the office. Live music, concerts in Central Park, shows at the Palladium, Hollywood Bowl, Terminal 5, The Fillmore, Bowery Ballroom, The Showbox, Coachella and Stagecoach  – our team has been there, done that. Since we can’t always rely on Pandora to be our office DJ, here is what our team members are spinning on the 1’s and 2’s:

tRP PLAYLIST
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Mike Snow - Silvia
Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man
La Roux - Bulletproof
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Tamacun
Delta Spirit - Strange Vine
Salt-N-Pepa - Shoop
The Elected - Biggest Star
Bayside - Talking Of Michelangelo
Fat Joe Ft Lil Wayne – Make it Rain
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - 40 Day Dream
Earth, Wind and Fire – September
Phoenix – 1901
The Police – Bring on the Night


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Watch out Seattle!

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

sitescoutlogoTuesday, May 25th was a big day for us here at the Rubicon Project. It marked the date of an expansion of our family, in people and in location. SiteScout, a malware security technology provider based in Seattle, joined us in our quest to build a complete publisher technology platform. By joining our Rubicon Project team, they are leaving behind a lot of great memories and joining 150 tRP team members who are very happy to have them here! The whole team erupted in applause when their team walked through the door and into our office- now that’s not a bad welcome :) .

Since communication and transparency are cultural values for us (and something we live, breathe, and do) we called an All Hands on Deck team meeting the morning of the acquisition. It was a chance to introduce our new team members to the  entire global company and  learn the value that SiteScout is bringing to our business. People were able to ask questions of the SiteScout team and everyone left feeling positive about the partnership. While the new team members were kept extremely busy during the day (back to back meetings makes you tough!) we did take some time Tuesday night to have a happy hour event here at the LA office, so folks could meet the team and get to know their new colleagues.

Acquisition’s can be challenging. Great companies have suffered after not putting in the time and resources necessary to make sure things go smoothly. Here at the Rubicon Project, we are all committed to making sure our new team members feel welcome and can hit the ground running.  Tuesday was, in all honestly, a huge celebration for us and a chance for the two teams to come together- a reward for a lot of hard work and great dreams for the future.

So, Seattle here we come! We will have a Rubicon Project office located in Pioneer Square- close to QWEST field and the home of the very beloved Seattle Sounders. We will be spending the next couple weeks getting the office “Rubiconized”, teaching our new team members how we communicate and get stuff done, and working on integrating the product and doing what we do on behalf of our publishers and partners! If you would like an invitation for our welcome shin dig in Seattle on June 24th email: events@rubiconproject.com


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Someone Know’s Where We Work: And Likes It!

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Our NYC office

Our NYC office

Recently, a blogger from Office Snapshots reached out to us because he heard that we had a pretty cool office space. While we did blush- this is true! When designing our offices, we were very strategic about how and why we did certain things. Some examples:

1. No one at the Rubicon Project has an office: We wanted to create a communicative culture where people can learn across to their neighbors to ask questions, share ideas, and build community.

2.  The decor is modern and colorful: Life is way too short to be trapped in a beige colored cubicle. We wanted a space that was exciting and portrayed the personality of our team members.

3. We give people a place to relax: Whether it is a dart board, a free vending machine, or toys like flying helicopters and footballs, our team has moments to take breaks- everyone in this world who works hard deserves one!

4. Our offiices have clutter and personality: Some people bring photos from home, others sit on ball chairs, some are cleaner than others. We don’t want our desks to look like a cookie cutter replica of one another. As the blogger mentioned “I love that this office looks like it is actually worked in”. This is true :)

5. There are places to collaborate: Instead of typical conference rooms, we created space all over every office for people to sit together comfortably in small groups. Round tables, bean bags, and couches are a staple of how we interact here.

Big thanks to our NYC office for being the highlight on Office Snapshots. If you would like to read it first hand, please click here.

If you are interested in the original post from our CEO’s blog that inspired the blogger to reach out to us click here.


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