a16z Podcast: Guiding Startup Culture -- The Genius ISMs

a16z Podcast

• Episode: a16z Podcast: Guiding Startup Culture -- The Genius ISMs
• Website: a16z Podcast
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• Duration: 00:32:21
• Published: 2014-11-28 17:24

It might seem that culture at a startup is something that is just intuitive. And in the first days, with the first handful of people, that might be true. But the co-founders of Genius.com, Tom Lehman and Ilan Zechory (pictured), found that even at 25 people taking the time to describe their company's culture in detail -- their basic principles of life and work -- was critical. What follows is their version of a culture guide, the "Genius ISMs," from the practical -- "take the roast out of the oven," and "run into the spike," to the more tonal -- "we'll figure it out" and "the chaos will not be minimized." You can check out all 17 here: http://genius.com/Genius-the-genius-isms-annotated And of course here's the interview annotated: http://genius.com/A16z-genius-podcast-annotated