Sadly this adventure ended short when security promptly asked us to get off the bikes. Not too long after we decided to call it quits and head out to next appointment of the day BoxFish. It was located in downtown Palo Alto it was a small building space with desktop screens all over the counters and only 5-6 people typing away as we entered the roomie workspace. We spoke with co founders Eoin Dowling and Kevin Burkitt spoke highly of the valley and how easy it was to start their company within the first few days of them arriving in Silicon Valley. The way Dowling described how the company worked as well how successful they have become since the company started you could tell how much it meant to the two of them. For an IT major you understood what they were discussing when it came to their source codes and data analytical you knew how it worked and what the outcome could be. As for me I couldnt figure what was going on if my life depended on it.
Our last visit of the day was with a small start up called Criteo. It was an dad retirement retargeting company that helped their clients increase sales by showing ads for recently searched items on their social media pages. Overall it made sense but unless you know how to code I don't think you would be able to blend into that company as well as an engineer or Information tech might.
After all of our appointments we ended the night at a nice restaurant in down Palo Alto named Trellis. It was a quiet Italian place so it was easy to have conversation with our dinner guests. Once the dinner ended we decided to make a stop at this local 24/7 donut shop called Happy Donuts. 
These were homemade on site and tasted amazing. I could've eaten a dozen but I didn't want to get sick from the sugar rush. Now that the day is over it's time for some sleep
Until next time,
Kaitlyn
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