Justin Kan: Unintentional Culture Becomes an Accidental Collection of Leader Quirks
Justin Kan · 10+1 Lessons from Serial Entrepreneur Justin Kan · May 17, 2019 · at 34:49
Justin Kan, co-founder of Twitch and Atrium, reflects on building company culture after founding companies directly out of college.
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“When you're not intentional about your culture or type of company you want to be, then you make your, the culture ends up being the accidental collection of good and bad choices and like personality quirks and good and bad behaviors.”
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