Pirzio-Biroli: Co-working spaces stop making economic sense beyond 15 employees
Fede Pirzio-Biroli · 20 VC 062: Shaking Up London's VC Scene with Fede Pirzio-Biroli, Founder @ Playfair Capital · Aug 12, 2015 · at 17:39
Fede Pirzio-Biroli, founder of Playfair Capital, shares an operational benchmark for when growing startup teams should transition out of co-working spaces into their own offices.
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“It makes sense until, you know, you're about 15 people, roughly. And then it becomes kind of, you know, and then organically it starts making sense, economically, to move into a space of your own.”
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