A Used Car Dealer Walks the Tech Startup Line

Client companies that truly know their identity, and are able to fuse their culture into every facet of company life, are harder to come by than one might think. Many companies have broad-scale values and a loosely articulated perception of who they are, but they lack a distinct singularity in culture that defines who they really are and how they operate. These companies often end up discovering a lot about themselves during the course of their collaboration with architects and designers for a new workplace. DriveTime, a large used car dealer and financing company that helps people with credit issues find and finance vehicles, is not one of those companies. Its new headquarters are a picture-perfect reflection of the company itself – because it knows its identity. The leadership team at DriveTime has always pushed a close partnership with its employees on all levels of the company, and so it …