The StandDesk Story
Lifelong fitness fanatic Steven Yu wanted to do his roommate Ryan a solid and help him adopt a healthier lifestyle. After a month of training and meal plans, Steven’s roommate hadn’t lost a single pound. Ryan roommate decided to throw in the towel, go back to his old eating habits, and spend all day every day standing in front of the desk he built out of computer monitor boxes, a home fan box, a whiteboard and a piece of wood that happened to be lying around playing video games. After four weeks, Ryan was 10 pounds lighter.
Steven wanted to know why. Could you increase your health, happiness and productivity without changing your existing lifestyle? NASA says yes - standing periodically throughout the day is healthier than walking or daily exercise. Along the way, Steven also discovered standing could help the lingering back pain he had from a college motorcycle accident.
StandDesks were created to fill a void.
Steven discovered that there wasn’t a standing desk available that was both affordable and automatic, so he decided to build it himself.
Timeline of Events
Steven’s friend Ryan builds a standing gaming desk out of cardboard boxes and a whiteboard. Loses 10 pounds.
StandDesk launches on Kickstarter
Kickstarter funding goal reached
StandDesk closes Kickstarter campaign with $650K
First StandDesk Ships
StandDesk offers full service business installations to San Francisco startups like Optimizely, Segment.io, and Crunchyroll
StandDesk moves home to Los Angeles in order to centralize Sales, Marketing and Fulfillment
Along the way, Steven developed a passion for lifehacking - discovering the easiest possible ways to a happier, healthier, more productive planet. Now the StandDesk mission is to make health easy, simple and engrained in our everyday.
The Desk
We believe a healthier lifestyle should be available to all.
Eco-friendly & Recycled Materials
Laminate tops are CARB Phase 2 formaldehyde compliant and Greenguard indoor air quality-certified for low chemical emissions.
4-button Memory Controller
Our favorite memory control settings:
- 1. Good Posture
- 2. Power Stance
- 3. Your Co-worker Who Likes Your Window
- 4. Netflix & Chill
Our well-engineered desk holds up to 225 pounds, but is built with 1/3 of the parts of a traditional standing desk.
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