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Blogger Logic: Steve Blank on fancy new offices

Blogger Steve Blank writes that new office space is more of a distraction than a morale booster

 

A new workspace improves productivity and morale, right? Wrong, says serial entrepreneur Steve Blank (see steveblank.com), who writes that he is sorry he ever moved his company, SuperMac, into fancy new quarters:

"The new building telegraphed to our employees, 'We've arrived. We're no longer a small struggling startup. You can stop working like a startup and start working like a big company.'...We took our eye off the business....While our competitors furiously worked on regaining market share, we were arguing about whether the carpets should be wool or nylon."