About Miso

Working for and/or by yourself now? Miso is something better.

Miso is brought to you by Bento Box, a small Web application and business development company founded in Vancouver in 1999. The three of us (Jennie, Dann, and Henry) had been bootstrapping by working from our home offices for nine years, since moving out of our office in downtown Vancouver (former Skinny Puppy recording studio on Seymour Street!).

We know that to get into flow with each other when we're working on a project, we must be in the same physical space. In fall 2011, we decided that it was finally time to get an office again, and start talking about the work we're doing: The engines we are building for our partners, Soba and Bonsai; our open-source application development framework, Daimio; as well as give us a dedicated venue for services like Box Lunch.

Why only Web and game makers?

You are our people. We know what kind of stuff makes you happy and more productive. So we tailored Miso to your needs. We are mega-productive when surrounded by a diverse group of people working on interesting projects.

Within these communities, there's a huge range of specialties and interests. If you're involved in creating something on the Web—content, design, development, project management; as a freelancer, contractor, small business owner—or developing games—console, mobile, PC, Web, board, card—you'll feel right at home at Miso, and we'd love to have you become part of our community.