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By James Nani 4/20/11 3:00pm

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Almost two years ago, New York-based streaming video start-up Livestream was not Livestream. It was Mogulus, launched in 2007. “Mogul-us, as in “anybody can become a media mogul,” CEO Max Haot told TechCrunch at the time. The company bought the killer domain in 2009 when it rebranded around the trend of streaming live video.

The company is now more than 20 employees and growing, hiring for a web designer in New York as well as some positions in Bangalore and L.A. CLARIFICATION: Livestream is 120 employee in four offices (New York, Los Angeles, Bangalore India, Ukraine), including 50 full-time staff in its New York headquarters.

All photos and captions by James Nani.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

Livestream's offices sit fifteen floors up at 111 8th Ave. in New York City. The building is also home to Google (who bought the whole building last year), Nike, Lifetime, WebMD and Barnes & Noble.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

No cubicles to speak of here at the Livestream offices.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

A jumble of wires underneath a desk at Livestream HQ.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

The view from the Livestream offices on the 15th floor of 111 8th Ave., Manhattan.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

Livestream Co-founder and CEO Max Haot streams a live chat with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg through his iPhone and the overhead projector at the office.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

During the Betabeat photo shoot at Livestream, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg chatted live from Palo Alto, California.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

What's in Livestream's office trash you ask? Keeping you up at night? Wonder no more. Aside from the usual debris, an advertisement for Joe's Pub at The Public Theater in New York City sits on top. Presumably, no hard feelings.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

Rick Ross serves as a constant reminder to the Livestream staff: Work ethic and a pinky rings are the true keys to success. Isn't it always the case.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

Lead Designer Micah Sivitz (foreground) and Co-founder Phil Worthington work on a new video player at the Livestream offices.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

Livestream employees toil away at their 8th Ave. headquarters in Manhattan.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

Livestream employees can monitor live feeds of their own office.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

The joysticks of working at Livestream. From here Livestream employees can maneuver cameras in other their other offices to look around and even manipulate the one they have installed in their own.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

When Sampson, biblical strongman, isn't destroying an entire army with the jawbone of an ass, he naturally guards wires and jackets at the Livestream headquarters.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

Neat, modern and caffeinated. The Livestream kitchen.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

Lead Software Engineer Paul Schumacher pensively codes and perhaps contemplates life itself in the foreground. Co-founder's Max Haot and Mark Kornfilt monitor feeds in the background.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

Waiting for the Livestream office tour? Here's your choice of reading material.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

Livestream employees continue to hustle.
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Co-founder and Chief Architect Mark Kornfilt filters through code at the Livestream HQ.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

This Livestream-themed dog guarded David Kirkpatrick's book "The Facebook Effect."
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

Some light reading material at the Livestream headquarters.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

Ten encoding units at Livestream's office studios sit ready and raring to go.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

The Livestream production team get the studio set up to stream a live chat with Benni Cinkle, friend and awkward dancer from Rebecca Black's ubiquitous music video "Friday."
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

Co-founder Max Haot said these pipes above the Livestream office desks contain wires that lead to a central hub behind the wall. Haot said that if cut, a third of New York City's internet would go out.
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A live world map at the Livestream HQ displays current streamers, channels and a WarGames-esque interior design.
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Livestream Headquarters, 111 8th Ave. Manhattan

(From left) Co-founder's Mark Kornfilt, Phil Worthington and Max Haot strike a pose in the Livestream boardroom.

Comments

Emily Atkin says:

April 22, 2011 at 1:07 am

Rick Ross & pinky rings all DAY!

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