Even new Formlings get down to business on the first day — the team loops them into email ahead of time, and makes sure they have someone to eat lunch with. Even the availability of FormPads, the offsite apartment where prospective Formlings can stay when visiting from out of town, underscores the importance that the company places on making Formlings feel like family.

The Game Time sign signals quiet time so the sales team can focus on customer success.

And like many families, for Formlabs, food plays an important role in cohesion and sharing. Family lunch takes place three times a week, creating time for updates on projects and giving new Formlings the floor for presentations, which have ranged from ukulele performances to Ruby tutorials to wrestling demonstrations. Formlings also self-organize to get to know one another and share things they’re interested in — like film (Filmlabs) and food (Forklabs), and the Soft Mudder challenge (rather than tackle obstacles and get dirty, participants slept in, ate brunch, and drank sangria). Did I mention they like puns?

Colorful sticky notes track cumulative pull-ups achieved and bags of Doritos consumed.

With a focus on fluidity (think: teams, not departments), these are folks who get things done. An emphasis on diverse approaches to solving problems and working toward shared goals is visible everywhere in the Formlabs office, which is set to expand to yet another floor this year. “We’ve changed tremendously but the people have always been great. They’re good at what they do here, and at so many other things,” White says.

And the inside jokes and puns will continue. “We’ve always been weird. We encourage weird. Weird is good.”

Jade Tran is the community manager at DFJ.