Company Culture
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Company Culture
Formal Structure (Hierarchy)
Informal Structure (Influence)
Value Creation Structure (Reputation)
How to Become Indistractable
growthpathlabs.comHiring and Culture with Patrick and John Collison and Ben Silbermann (HtSaS 2014: 11)
youtube.com“Every organization sucks, but you get to choose the ways in which your organization sucks.” – Mark Zuckerberg quoting Dan Rosensweig.
David • 99 Pieces of Unsolicited, (Possibly) Ungooglable Startup Advice
this piece by Brian Armstrong got a lot of shit, but i think the underlying premise is valid. it is hard enough to try to solve one big problem, let alone to be on the hook for all the other problems plaguing the world
If you look closely, all these problems fundamentally come from:
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- Decreased skin in the game, which reduces team alignment
- N^2 communication, which creates need for managers and specialization, which reduces individual agency and breadth of learning
- Reduced risk tolerance, which slows everything down
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At a well-run seed stage startup, engineers will often describe the work experience as intoxicating . At a larger company, the best you get is "enjoyable".