The best work doesn’t happen in offices. It happens where life happens. Where the coffee is strong, the Wi-Fi is reliable enough, and the person next to you might just have the insight that changes everything. Fintech firm Mercury recently dropped some data that made me smile. It ranked the top five coffee shops powering founders in San Francisco based on actual transaction data: Sightglass, CoffeeShop, Equator, Saint Frank, Ritual. I’ve built Octolane with my cofounder, Rafi, from every single one of them.