i think these lists are great clickbait and if someone should find one that they can really connect with— that’s great– but for the most part you know if you’re doing it wrong.

Jeremy Fain, your coffee area looks perfectly fit for a small scrappy company— however it’s a little on the rustic side for a venture funded startup— even the investors would tell you to not come back until you’ve spent more than 40 USD on a coffee maker. The one in the picture looks like something you might take camping

I agree that you dont need to spend 600 to get a comfortable office chair. JC must be getting kickbacks from Herman Miller also.

Nice site you have here.

However, what people (Europeans) should also realise is that the USA’s coffee-culture was in many ways started by expensive coffee-retailers like Starbucks and Peets. While we, Europeans, are used to good coffee, so much so that spending a lot of money on it seems a waste to many of us, let alone buying an expensive coffee-machine. I imagine that the cultural perception of coffee-prices in the US is very different: they associate good coffee with expensive coffee.

Hence for them this advice maybe makes sense, and which is why I’m also saying that people should carefully evaluate whether this advice is meant for them, before implementing it.

On this one I fully agree with

David Heinemeier Hansson from the 37Signals Mob.

Well actually looking twice into it there only are a couple I would buy into : 8, 15 and maybe 16.

Second of all, I’m not sure what we disagree on. All I’m saying that reality differs depending on the type of business you run. I, for instance, have 0 use for the Wiki you recommend in your post and equally think that people should be careful about blindly following advice if it doesn’t suit the stage/type of their organisation.

@Vince: I disagree, advices are welcome both for C-level startupers and young employees that need to be educated.

The company builds corporate social responsibility software solutions: we deliver it all for enterprises willing to be in charge of their environmental & social performances & share their corporate sustainable responsibility strategy with their employees.

The website will be translated in the forecoming 6 weeks or so.

I think that everyone has a different perspective on this, based on their situation, focus, and experiences. Jason’s 40, you’re not ; he’s serial, you’re not (yet); he’s B2C, you’re B2B; he’s not a consultant, you are; etc. etc. All of which translates onto different attitudes at work, and which is why everyone, from Jason Fried to Mark Cuban to you, had a different opinion on this.

As far as chairs and coffee go, I, for instance, favour the good stuff, probably because I’m a few years older than you, however I can live frugally if need be.

Rationally speaking, you should of course increase the return on assets, by decreasing their cost or increasing productivity. Where that balance lies is really up to hundreds of variables.