I think part of that is the high cost of office space in places like SV and Manhattan (the SV startup little brother). Small companies end up in post War art d

I think part of that is the high cost of office space in places like SV and Manhattan (the SV startup little brother). Small companies end up in post War art deco buildings with flimsy elevators that open up to a mess of open plan tables, cables over the floor and pillars in strange places. Some of them have the audacity of handing out laptops and making a group sit in a conference room around a table all day (and days are long in startups). That's what I've observed in Manhattan at least. The problem is exacerbated by rapid hiring growth and the inelasticity of physical office building plans.