Startup Culture
topic on 7 shows · 8 statements across 8 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
In Depth 
We Live to Build 
the MAD Podcast 
How I Built This 
the a16z Podcast 
20VC
8 statements about Startup Culture, every show
Ferris: VCs created hustle culture to maximize internal rates of return
“The longer it takes you to earn them a return, the lower their rate of return is. And that's what they're driven by. And so the venture capitalists instilled this idea of you have to work all the time because it's good for them because it increases their rate …”
Handy: Experience is undervalued in startup culture; work elsewhere first
“I think that experience is just like extremely undervalued in startup culture. And I think that's a huge mistake. And one of the pieces of advice that I most frequently find myself giving to founders are people that are thinking about starting companies is lik…”
Lerner: Startups must celebrate resource efficiency over pure metric growth
“I think this is another thing that people do wrong is they tend to celebrate offense. They tend to celebrate metrics movers. Right. In their org. And that makes people working on defensive things feel crappy because they never get celebrated. But really you ne…”
LaFleur: Publicizing funding amounts creates an unhealthy startup culture identity
“We don't disclose it, and it's so funny because I think there's a real dark side to talking about how much money you've raised, and I think what happens often in startup culture is that, that is what you become known for.”
Horowitz: Evaluate startup culture by asking about specific behaviors, not general questions
“If you say, is this a good culture? Nobody's gonna say that the culture is bad if they're trying to hire you so you kind of have to get into specific behaviors that you might think are indicative, or that you have experience in a bad culture and just see if th…”
LaFleur: Publicizing startup fundraising totals has a dark side
“There's a real dark side to talking about how much money you've raised, and I think what happens often in startup culture is that, that is what you become known for.”
Schroeder: Global startup culture has become a permanent shared language
“People, they come at problems the same way, they're undaunted in the same way, they're constantly looking for the next new idea in the same way, ah, they support each other in the same way, they think about culture in very similar ways, ah, it really is a ling…”
McDonnell: Investing in culture insulates startups against existential threats
“And I think the lesson we've learned over this time, over the last five years now, since we started back in 2013, late 20 12, is that the way you build your culture is by small investments every single day. And that rather than being a distraction from the bus…”