Zoo Labs

Specialties

Zoo Labs is located in West Oakland. Nestled inside an 8,000 square foot professional recording studio facility, Zoo Labs has two recording studios, lots of working space, whiteboard walls, a peaceful garden, a rotating art exhibit curated by Oakland’s Et Al gallery, and our crown jewel: a hard working espresso machine.

History

Established in 2013.

Zoo Labs Music Residency

An immersive residency program that helps teams of music makers bring their creative power to their business plans

Wake up. Breakfast. Business design workshops with industry-​leading experts. 8 hours studio time with stellar engineers and state-​of-​the-​art equipment. Healthy and delicious meals prepared by in-​house chef. Rinse & repeat until Release Day. Present long-​term strategic plan and newly recorded work, and then perform and party with the Zoo Labs & Oakland community.

Our residency is an immersive program designed to support entrepreneurial music-​making teams. It provides each team with time to focus on recording music as well as bringing their creative minds to their business strategies. Friendly people, great food, and a nice place to stay are part of the package.

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Meet the Business Owner

Vinitha W.

Business Owner

Vinitha is a lateral thinker, design strategist, and committed learner. She has sometimes been called «divergent», and her path has been just that: Vinitha caught the startup bug while opening Google’s first satellite office in India. She went on to found Kaaya, an environmentally friendly home décor retailer, then joined the experimental first class of the Design Strategy MBA at California College of the Arts in 2008. Outside Zoo Labs, Vinitha is a Design Strategy consultant, providing strategic growth planning and innovation to nonprofits. She founded The Resident Wellness Project and sits on the boards of Nexleaf Analytics and California College of the Arts. Here at Zoo Labs, Vinitha is creating a place where entrepreneurs from different fields come together and have their ideas collide. She hopes to build a school of thought – not just a recording studio, music residency, gallery, and start-​up hub, but something bigger than it’s parts.