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Wait, so you think orange and white is more standard for an office than wood colored and white?

The Newsweek office looks like it could be anywhere. There's nothing even remotely non-conventional about it. The Hubspot one screams pretentious start-up, probably in SF or someplace in the US following its lead.

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He said "Pretty standard way to brand your own offices", meaning using your own brand's color scheme to color your stuff. Yahoo's offices are purple, Virgin's offices are red, etc etc

Purple offices. Sigh.

Didn't say it was a standard office. I can appreciate a company doing something different like painting their walls orange. But to critique a company based on its colors just comes off as childish.

Boohoo, the office is branded and colorful.

It wasn't just colors - it's toys and candy walls and obvious childish behavior

Well then color me childish. Almost all co-working spaces in Boston have had free snacks and candy for years.

Hubspot grew out of the CIC in Kendall, who are well known locally for having free candy and food. And I'm a happy camper here too.

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