Reed Hastings, Netflix Co-Founder (ever heard of him?), recently co-wrote a book about Netflix’s culture called No Rules Rules with Erin Meyer. It’s a really interesting read about how they build and maintain a high performance team that, for many, will introduce a starkly different management approach than most other standards in startup land. Its pages include relevant stories of the wins and challenges the company has faced along the way.
Corporate misbehavior has surfaced all over the internet these last couple weeks. Whether it’s a talent executive at ABC or eBay employees sending live cockroaches, spiders, a bloody pig mask, a funeral wreath, and more to company critics..for some it’s time to GTFO of these terrible situations. First, an acknowledgement: if you have a colleague […]
What are the surface level indicators of a thriving company? Pretend you have no access to growth rates, financial statements, TechCrunch articles, or product demos. Just imagine you walked into an office one day and started observing. Would it be a certain audible buzz? Catered lunches? Flowing kombucha? A wide variety of snacks? Weekly happy […]
Ok ok we’re a couple weeks late on the Away story but, as the article’s blast radius continues to expand, let’s take a look with both the original article and the additional facts that have since come to light in mind. Needless to say, there has been a lot going on at Away. For those […]
There is something so downright strange about how technology de-humanizes our interactions with each other. Perspective lost in communication. First Round Capital runs a tremendous Mentorship program called Fast Track as a part of their community offering. Any manager aspiring to do better, give back and explore new perspectives should check it out. They do […]