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title: 'Free Friday: Fostering creativity at Urban Airship'
date: '2012-03-06T20:57:45-08:00'
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# Free Friday: Fostering creativity at Urban Airship

I realize I’ve already [posted about Urban Airship once today](http://siliconflorist.com/2012/03/06/meet-startup-captain-speaking-urban-airship/ "Meet the Startup: This is your captain speaking… about Urban Airship"). And I realize that I’ve [posted about UA’s focus on corporate culture](http://siliconflorist.com/2012/02/24/cultivating-corporate-culture-key-ingredient-building-killer-startup/ "Cultivating corporate culture: A key ingredient to building a killer startup"). But I came across this video that motivated me to post once more on the subject. So sue me.

Remember [that whole 20% thing with Google](http://www.google.com/jobs/lifeatgoogle/englife/index.html "Google 20 percent time")? Well, Urban Airship has something similar. It’s called “Free Friday.” And it’s another interesting example of how they keep their employees engaged… and thinking creatively.

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Oh. And did I mention, [they’re hiring](http://urbanairship.com/company/jobs/ "Urban Airship jobs")?