December 10th, 2008 by Nathan Kaiser
What are your startup’s core values? How do you share them with your team? How do you ensure that they are part of the larger culture?
What are your startup’s core values? How do you share them with your team? How do you ensure that they are part of the larger culture?
December 10th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Honesty, transparency, participation.
I like coming to work every day with people who also like coming to work every day. We don’t have “managers” — everyone is self-directed but is introspective and open-minded enough to take input from others and make the right choices. If we’re not sure what to do, we agree on “try and measure,” and there’s no penalties if something doesn’t work out. It means everyone is free to do what they think is right, yet we can still be honest with each other.
December 10th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Thanks for referencing our Core Values article. It seems to have struck a chord, as the response has exceeded our expectations.
Thanks again for exposing our site to your readers.
Best regards,
Uncle Saul
http://www.infochachkie.com
December 14th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Our core values are very important and big believers in what Jim Collins calls real values compared with large company “boyscout” ones.
Core purpose: Empower Entrepreneurs to Succeed
Core Value:
- Go Above and Beyond
- Always Entrepreneurial
- Radically Passionate
- Your Team
We even had Gary Busey record some videos for internal use at the company, you can see a description and video at http://www.davidhauser.com/MINDdrift/2008/07/gary-busey-and-gotvmails-core.html