The soul of startups the untold stories of how founders affect culture
"In the middle of the pandemic when the world was turned upside down overnight, some of us out there were still so consumed by the notoriety of startup behaviors while most of us were mourning the loss of freedom, a social life and some, families and friends. I thought to myself, surely people...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
[2022]
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009701335106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- A Bit About Me
- My Journey
- Finally Getting Started
- Chapter 1 The Gen Z Leader
- The Founder Culture
- The Gen Z Paradigm
- Red Flag #1 (Week Two)
- Red Flag #2
- Red Flag #3
- The Aftermath
- Collateral Damage
- What Was Next?
- Chapter 2 The Type A
- It Begins
- Month 1-First rule of order
- Month 2-The Principles Became Demands, a Measure of Your Performance
- Months Went By
- Goodbyes
- The Aftermath
- Present
- Chapter 3 The Talent Acquirer
- How fast are you growing at Hopin? What are the numbers like?
- What is Perfect?
- Why is this important to the company?
- Your final piece of advice?
- Rise, Company One
- Criteo, Company Two
- Fin, Company Three
- Chapter 4 The Middle Manager
- The News
- Proving the Suspicion
- People Leave Companies, Too, Not Just Managers
- Some, But Not All, Would Have Left
- Stay Alert Before It's Too Late
- Chapter 5 The Unlearner
- Company A
- Company B
- Company C
- Company D,E,F. . . (or maybe more)
- The Willingness to Learn from Experience
- Paydock (FinTech)
- What if Experienced Founders Forgot They are Also on a Learning Journey?
- Chapter 6 The Trailblazer
- The Shiny Side of the Coin
- The Other Side of the Coin
- Lack of Safety to Fail
- Lack of Co-Creation of Strategies
- People are Constantly Told What and How to Do Their Jobs
- There Was No Purpose Except to "Get it Done"
- Very Little Appreciative Inquiry When Something is Not Done or Fails
- The Constant Change of Directions Created Confusion, Even for the Best of Us
- Chapter 7 The Collectivist versus The Individualist
- A Relationship-Like Culture
- Then Society Argues That the Opposite of Collectivism is Individualism
- The Misperception of Individualism is Usually a Bad Ingredient for Startups.
- De-Idealizing Collectivism
- Chapter 8 The Community Builder
- What is Community?
- The Anatomy of a Community
- One-A Community with a Mission
- Two-A Whole Community Around the Founder/s
- Three-A Tragically Misaligned Community
- Hold On, What if There Was a Founder Who Didn't Do What He Preached?
- Four-A Community That Extends a Conversation
- Startups Rely on Their Communities for Success
- Chapter 9 The Keen Learner
- Who is a Keen Learner?
- Willingness to Learn
- Willingness to Take Feedback and Support in Return
- Willingness to Be Vulnerable to Forge Trusts
- The Willingness to Learn from Others
- The Unwillingness Because of Ego
- So Keen Learners, Are They Founders, or Are They Leaders?
- Chapter 10 The Black Diamond
- Culture Needs to Start from the Beginning
- Building Complementary Teams All Through this Journey
- The Role of the People Leader
- Setting the Right Tone from the Start
- So, Can Culture be a Cult?
- Different People are Needed at Different Phases of Growth
- Willingness to Be One True Self
- The Ability to Seek Out Help in Staying Mentally Healthy
- Closing Reflections
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index
- EULA.
