Crystal maker Swarovski aims to re-invent itself
The company is looking to re-fashion itself as a tech company
Wattens, Austria
A GROUP of millennial programmers swapped jokes recently in their office's kitchen while preparing salads for a weekly barbecue. Others mingled around a new foosball table. The budding entrepreneurs had arrived at the space - replete with fridges crammed with craft beer and a US$3,000 coffee maker - only late last year.
"When we moved in, we weren't sure this place was for us," said Valentin Schuetz, 24, a founder of Gronda, a smartphone application for hotels to use when recruiting staff members. "I mean, we're literally in the middle of nowhere."
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