I'm honored to share that President Obama visited the Return Path Austin office at Capital Factory on Thursday. It's certainly a day I'll remember for the rest of my life. I gave him a tour of our space, he watched five startup demos and then he gave a private speech, staying about 45 minutes – almost twice as long as planned.

For me this was an amazing chance to celebrate Austin and entrepreneurship and promote it to the rest of the country. We were one of four stops that the president made...

“The world just got a LOT less awesome”

A couple of weeks ago, Return Path was struck with an unexpected and unimaginable tragedy. One of our Software Engineers, Joel Brauer, died suddenly of a heart attack. He was only 34 years old. Those of us who worked with Joel every day in our Broomfield, Colorado office were shocked, saddened and asking the question "how could this happen?" Since that difficult day, in true Return Path fashion, we pulled together to support one another, grieve,...

In New York City there are eleven better workplaces than Return Path, according to Crain's New York Business. That's a lot more than we thought.

On a serious note, we're delighted and humbled to be recognized as one of the best places to work in New York City. In an environment as big and competitive as this it's never easy to stand out, so being honored for any achievement is all the more meaningful. But to win an award for such a vital part of who we are is incredibly gratifying. Here's why:

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I wanted to share with you all that yesterday was the award ceremony for the J.D. Falk Memorial Award. As many of you know, J.D. was a Return Path colleague who we lost to cancer last November. At the end of the year Matt Blumberg (CEO and Chairman of Return Path) announced that we were working with the folks at M³AAWG to fund an award that would honor someone in the community who was making a big impact on cyber security and the safety of the internet. Yesterday M³AAWG presented that award to...

For the fourth consecutive year Return Path ranks among the best companies to work for in Colorado!

We were just named one of the state’s top three medium-sized employers by the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM), and I couldn’t be more proud. Two things about this honor make it even more special to me:

First, it means our formula is working. We believe that freedom and flexibility is the path to great performance. As a result, we have a workplace where high performers challenge each...