Startup Therapy

In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about the kind of culture you as a founder can create within your own organization. Everything you do has implications and if you let instigators of negativity be, you’re allowing a nasty culture to spread.

Show Notes

In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about the kind of culture you as a founder can create within your own organization. Everything you do has implications and if you let instigators of negativity be, you’re allowing a nasty culture to spread. 

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Resources:

What to Listen For
  • 00:00 Intro
  • 01:25 Where do cultural issues stem from?
  • 04:48 Back channeling is worse in remote settings
  • 08:15 This culture of talking ill about the client
  • 11:13 When KPIs push the retention team to bash the clients
  • 15:20 It all starts with one person, identify the ringleader
  • 18:57 It’s easy to create a culture of overwork
  • 23:35 A lack of maturity across the board
  • 26:30 The spotlight is on you and anything you do has implications
  • 28:50 But you still need to take care of your own well-being
  • 30:52 What company culture meant years ago
  • 33:13 You can admit you made a mistake and create a culture out of it
  • 37:09 Founders can have so much impact, but it can be good or evil

What is Startup Therapy?

The "No BS" version of how startups are really built, taught by actual startup Founders who have lived through all of it. Hosts Wil Schroter and Ryan Rutan talk candidly about the intense struggles Founders face both personally and professionally as they try to turn their idea into something that will change the world.