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title: 'Four day work week? Something tells me Treehouse is going to fit right in'
date: '2012-04-24T17:09:39-07:00'
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  - Oregon
  - Portland
  - Startups
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  - Culture
  - 'ryan carson'
  - treehouse
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# Four day work week? Something tells me Treehouse is going to fit right in

Last week, [Treehouse announced that they had landed $4.75 million](http://siliconflorist.com/2012/04/18/treehouse-moving-portland-4-75-million/ "Treehouse is moving to Portland with $4.75 million in their pockets… um branches") in funding and revealed that they were relocating their corporate headquarters to Portland.

That was big news, last week. This week? It’s that [Treehouse has built a successful business working a four day week](http://ryanleecarson.tumblr.com/post/21708810513/4-day-week "We work a 4-day week and just raised $4.75m").

> We work a 4-day week (M-Th, 9-6) because we think that information work isn’t like manufacturing. Another hour at the MacBook won’t yield another $1,000 in profit. We believe that smart folks can get five days of work done in four days. Simple as that.

> …

> So if we can achieve profitability, grow quickly and raise large amounts of capital, all while working 4-days a week, shouldn’t you consider it at your startup?

Seems like Treehouse is going to fit in just fine. And teach us a thing or two. And that’s a very good thing.

For more, see [Ryan Carson’s post on the benefits or working a four day week](http://ryanleecarson.tumblr.com/post/21708810513/4-day-week "We work a 4-day week and just raised $4.75m").