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October 16, 2013

Kendall construction begins

By ayr

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This is Clover Kendall. A bare canvas. It’s not going to look like this again.

I’ve been working hard with our architects, engineers, contractors, real estate lawyer, etc. over the past 9 months or so. And now we’re actually beginning construction. It’s super exciting. The timeline is like 4 weeks, which is crazy. This is going to be a whirlwind. We do tons of up front work designing every piece, ordering stuff, all to make the construction really quick.

I owe you all many updates on what we’re planning to do here, where we’re going. Sorry, when the most amazing stuff is happening I have the least time to write about it. This has been a problem from the beginning. And then I get so far behind I don’t know where to start.

So tonight I’m starting with our construction. By the way, I’m writing from Santa Clara, CA. I’m out here presenting at a conference. Hoping I might inspire and help some  budding entrepreneurs, and working to build Clover’s west coast awareness.

I’ll start posting more. In the meantime, if you are looking for a job, or know anybody who is, we have a lot of hiring to do. Please fill out an application on our website.

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