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How Much Office Space Per Person? We Measured 1,515 Workspaces
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How Much Office Space Per Person? We Measured 1,515 Workspaces

Fifty square feet a seat is the median, and forty two is where it starts feeling tight. Use it to size an office, or to check whether the one you are being shown is honest.

21 Sept 20262 min read
Startup Office Costs: Rent, Internet, Furniture, Coffee and Everything Else
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Startup Office Costs: Rent, Internet, Furniture, Coffee and Everything Else

The rent is about 60% of what an office actually costs. Here is the rest of it, line by line, for a ten person team, both ways.

18 Sept 20262 min read
Setting Up Your First Office on a Budget
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Setting Up Your First Office on a Budget

Six desks, chairs that will not wreck anyone’s back, and internet that holds a call. Roughly ₹2.4 lakh if you buy it, ₹0 if you do not, and the case for each.

17 Sept 20262 min read
How to Choose a Coworking Space (Without Regretting It in Month Three)
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How to Choose a Coworking Space (Without Regretting It in Month Three)

Most founders tour three spaces, like the one with the best coffee, and sign. Here is the order we would actually do it in, and the five minutes that tell you more than the tour.

16 Sept 20263 min read
How to Choose an Office Location When You Are Hiring
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How to Choose an Office Location When You Are Hiring

Your office address is a hiring filter whether you meant it to be or not. A ₹4,000 a seat saving in the wrong part of town can cost you the candidate you wanted.

27 Aug 20264 min read
Coworking vs Traditional Office: Which Is Better for a New Startup?
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Coworking vs Traditional Office: Which Is Better for a New Startup?

A five person team pays about ₹42,500 a month for coworking seats, or ₹63,800 plus ₹6 lakh of fit out for its own office. Cost is only half the decision. Here is the other half.

21 Aug 20264 min read
How Much Office Space Does a 5-Person Startup Actually Need?
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How Much Office Space Does a 5-Person Startup Actually Need?

About 250 to 300 sq ft of carpet area, if you take your own office. We measured 1,120 workspaces on Dexwork to get the real sq ft per seat number, then worked out what five people cost either way.

20 Aug 20265 min read
Six Office Fit-Out Mistakes That Are Hard to Reverse
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Six Office Fit-Out Mistakes That Are Hard to Reverse

Some fit-out decisions can be redone later without much pain. Others can't. Here are the six that lock you in.

25 Mar 20261 min read
Hybrid Work Policies in India: What's Working in 2026
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Hybrid Work Policies in India: What's Working in 2026

Three years into the hybrid experiment, here's what's working and what's quietly failing across Indian tech companies.

20 Mar 20261 min read