We were looking to do some expansion, not so much because we’re hiring, but because finances are good and people are crammed up. We don’t want stupid SFO sytle hipster Ikea space - but I think a little elbow room and a conference room with 100ft2 of white board is a good thing. And maybe I get an office with a door. ‘Cause I talk a lot and people are tired of it.

The tricky bit is that we have a sweet sweet lease on our current space. I signed it when space was loose - we have an 18 month price protection with a 5 year right-to-renew. At $0.40/ft2 including all utilities. Very class B but we bought a lot of posters from art.com so it’s pretty cool looking.

Plus Ramen!

Anyway, our current landlord has some nice space in a building about a mile away. That sounds pretty far, but I walked it today (75 degrees - who says there are no winners in global warming?) and it took me 5 minutes by sidewalk and a cut through a parking lot.

So I guess we could put the admin/marketing/finance guys in one space and the techies in the other.

But I think we would lose a lot of team spirit, cross coordination, and just connection.

I spoke to my partner and he tried it once. His succinct answer: failure guaranteed.

Good enough for me.