Solitude is great for creativity. Labs/offices/hacker spaces are great for making that creativity a reality. You don't hire in more people in a startup because

Solitude is great for creativity. Labs/offices/hacker spaces are great for making that creativity a reality. You don't hire in more people in a startup because you want to stifle creativity... you need to get shit done sometimes. The "why not both" meme comes to mind. Go sit in a hammock for a month or two, come back to the lab and try to get somewhere practical, then go back to the hammock. You need creativity, but you also need critique from peers out on the same ledge you're on. Which reminds me of the hammock driven development talk[1]. The talk really resonated with me. [1]: https://blip.tv/clojure/hammock-driven-development-4475586 https://blip.tv/clojure/hammock-driven-development-4475586