In every startup and company there is always a \u201cfirst office\u201d where everything began: this office is never planned and it can be whatever space that you get as cheap as possible.<\/p>\n
You are just at the beginning, just trying things and there is no need to have expenses before the idea has been validated. As so many before us, itnig started in a small cubicle inside a parking-lot that belonged to the CEO\u2019s family. It has no<\/em> natural light nor<\/em> ventilation.<\/p>\n Even though it\u2019s all good memories, we quickly (and luckily) moved into a big desk that the young Teambox (now Redbooth) borrowed us in exchange of support. And then later to the first office we actually paid for, a weird space of 50\/sqm with low ceilings in a passageway close to Sagrada Familia<\/a> (huge cathedral in Barcelona). We were just jumping from one space to another looking for the cheapest place where we could fit all our members.<\/p>\n The reasons why I\u2019m telling you about all of our weird offices, is to make the point that you don\u2019t need a fancy place until you have regular income. Before that, you only need internet, enough desk and coffee.<\/p>\n The main requirement is to have flexibility<\/strong>. When looking for an office check that you have more space available in the same floor or building to keep fitting all the new employees. If you\u2019re a startups your main goal is often to grow fast, and jumping from office to office creates unnecessary expenses.<\/p>\nSo, how to design offices for startups in high growth?<\/strong><\/h3>\n