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Startup Livestream Converted A Brooklyn Warehouse Into Its Hip 30,000 Square Foot Global Headquarters

Jul 26, 2021, 12:44 IST

Livestream's new offices are in the heart of Bushwick, an artistic neighborhood in Brooklyn.

The building itself is on Morgan Avenue, just a few blocks from the L train.

This is ground zero for Livestream Public, a community space where the company plans to live stream workshops that it'll invite community members to attend. CEO Max Haot holds the company's daily "all hands" meeting here at 9 a.m.

That's Nathan Lundie, one of Livestream Public's senior producers.

The ground floor of the building also has a huge photo studio.

Then we went to the outdoor seating area and garden...

...where there's a bunch of picnic tables and a startup-standard ping pong table...

...and even a grill.

If you're hungry, visit Fitzcarraldo, a restaurant located in the same building as Livestream.

Livestream and the restaurant have worked out a deal so Livestream employees get free breakfast between 8 and 8:50 a.m. Haot says it's great incentive to get employees into the office early—and it works.

Sous Chef Justin Bernstein is preparing lunch, which Livestream employees can enjoy for $10.

There's even a fully stocked bar and on-tap beer. Livestream holds "Beer Fridays," weekly events for the whole building to enjoy free beer and snacks for two hours.

We left the restaurant and went into one of Livestream's factory rooms, where CEO Max Haot showed us the first prototypes of the company's latest product, Studio Surface.

Rich Levinson, Livestream's manufacturing manager, tinkers with one of the prototypes. All of Livestream's products are assembled in-house and shipped out.

In one of Livestream's many conference and meeting rooms, Laura Marciano, head of Livestream's customer operations, and Dennis O'Brien, team lead for Livestream's product support, meet with a potential hire.

The tables in this conference room are made from whiteboard-friendly material, allowing for more creative and collaborative meetings.

The Livestream kitchen is temporarily on the ground floor of the building. There are plenty of snacks and coffee for hungry employees.

There's a lot of warehouse space. Livestream's only been here for about six weeks, so the company's still settling in.

Before we went upstairs, we checked out the division of Livestream that takes livestreaming equipment to events locally. This past week, Livestream covered a yoga event in Times Square. Here's producer Ryan White.

We walked upstairs to check out the area where Livestream's new kitchen will be. Then we headed to the next room to see where the action really happens...

It's a collaborative, chatty workspace.

Wood floors, big windows, exposed brick, and high ceilings dominate the aesthetic in Livestream's refurbished warehouse offices.

Here's Max Haot with Jordan Karasik, one of Livestream's sales development representatives.

This is where Livestream's customer support team works.

And here's Livestream's production team.

Nearly every laptop in the room looks like this one, decked out with Livestream stickers.

After climbing up four flights of stairs, we were rewarded with a sweet rooftop view (that's Manhattan in the distance).

It's not surprising that so many Livestream employees bike to work. About half of Livestream's employees live in Brooklyn, and Haot lives right around the corner.

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