2014
Time to grow
No. 030
DESCRIPTION◆
In seven years, three guys from Copenhagen built a company that grew to 40,000 customers around the world. Those customers served 300 million people—the 2014 population size of the United States.
ZENDESK VALUE: Purpose
2014
A forsaken carpet store becomes HQ
No. 031
DESCRIPTION◆
In 1909, 1019 Market was a furniture emporium. Renovation lent airiness with cozy nooks, original pine beams and 400 work areas. Dave Dyson once strolled smack into an unfrosted wall near Mikkel's office. Neither nose nor glass was broken.
ZENDESK VALUE: Purpose
2015
Won’t you be our neighbor?
No. 032
DESCRIPTION◆
We put our money where our community is. After going public, we took $1 million from our IPO and gave it to nonprofits in our neighborhoods—focusing on healthcare, technical literacy, alleviating poverty, and workforce development.
ZENDESK VALUE: Community
2015
A star-studded conference in NYC
No. 033
DESCRIPTION◆
With buzzy headliners from media and CX, Relate Live was inspirational, educating on storytelling, management philosophy, and even public shaming. A competitor showed up to give away donuts. So Zendesk’s fine roughnecks ran ’em off. Scram!
ZENDESK VALUE: Humblidence
2015
No train, no gain
No. 034
DESCRIPTION◆
Zendesk teamed up with the nonprofit Bay Area Video Coalition to start a job training program that taught job-seekers to use Zendesk. The courses were hands-on and trained SF residents in the fine art of being helpful.
ZENDESK VALUE: Trust