Company Culture
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Company Culture
Build honesty into your culture, not transparency.
David • 99 Pieces of Unsolicited, (Possibly) Ungooglable Startup Advice
"an organization with a culture of exploration"
Kevin Scott, now CTO of Microsoft, would ask in candidate interviews: “What do you want your next job to be after this company?” Most of your team members realistically won’t stick with the same company forever. This is even more true as you scale to 20, then 50, then 100 team members and so on. But the best way to empower them to do good work is... See more
David • 99 Pieces of Unsolicited, (Possibly) Ungooglable Startup Advice
How we manage
How we manage At our company, we strive to make every team member the best version of themselves. This is a very difficult thing to do, and so it's helpful to articulate how exactly we do it. Managing a person or a team is a very unnatural job. As an individual, your performance is typically mea...
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“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
To start with, leaders must not be afraid of their teams making mistakes. Copying from another comment: "Netflix's culture demands very strong leadership and probably works only when the company is small enough. From CEO and down, leaders in every level need to know how to set context for their teams, give enough freedom to their teams, while... See more