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Third Space

Apart from your office and home, which place do you love working from the most?

Every founder has a place that is not the office and not home where the work actually gets done. A cafe, a library, a coworking floor, someone else's spare desk. This is where founders name theirs.

5 founders answered

01

STIR Advisors

STIR Advisors

I generally work at my office or at court. Apart from that, I only work at offices wherever AI Soundboard takes me. The offices where I have been are House of Starts, Digipple, and STIR Advisors.

04

YMCA

YMCA

My favourite space to work from, the third space, is the YMCA. I've been a regular visitor to the YMCA for a long time and have attended many meetings there.

One of my core memories is that it was my go-to place when I was struggling to find the right niche. We had so many conversations and pitches with mentors and others around me. I think I spent a good six to eight months there, and it became a deep workspace for me when I was struggling.

It's Monday evening at YMCA is where i look forward to seat, and meet eChai Friends and it's always refershing to just seat brainstorm without an agenda. Good Environment, good conversation & most important good company of of friends. one of the memories was celebrating my birthday there which is memorable. gesture like this feels unforgettable and gives meaning to life.

05

Starbucks

Starbucks has probably been my favourite “third space” to work from, both back home in Ahmedabad and whenever I’m in Delhi, especially at Aerocity.

Over the years, it has become more than just a place to grab coffee. I’ve taken client meetings there, joined online conferences between appointments, prepared for important conversations, and sometimes simply opened my laptop and worked for a few uninterrupted hours.

There isn’t one single big memory that stands out. What I like more is that Starbucks has quietly been the backdrop to many different moments in my journey as a founder: meetings, ideas, conversations and decisions, across different cities.

For me, that familiarity is what makes it a great third space. Different city, same coffee, laptop open, and you’re back in work mode.

06

HOP Café at DoubleTree

HOP Café at DoubleTree is my default base in Ahmedabad: good for focused work in the mornings, and by afternoon it turns into an unofficial eChai adda. Most of my sharpest business conversations happen there unplanned: founders comparing notes on what’s actually working, not what’s on LinkedIn.

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