“If bootstrapped companies had a lower rate of open-office architecture than venture-backed companies, I'd take this as pretty good supporting evidence.” I dou

“If bootstrapped companies had a lower rate of open-office architecture than venture-backed companies, I'd take this as pretty good supporting evidence.” I doubt there is a lot of correlation. Startups are often in the position of taking whatever office space they can find, because they are either short of cash or loathe to make long term commitments. The landlord holds a lot of power unless you are going to make a large long term commitment. Landlords don’t like building out offices, it’s less flexible and harder to re-lease when you leave. They really hate one person offices. At one startup I ran development for, we were fortunate to have a CFO who understood the value of private offices. But our landlord still stuck us with a bigger deposit and made us pay for every bit of the rebuild.