Gyaan Sutra On entrepreneurship and technology

Udayan Bose writes in his blog about culture in the startup.

In my opinion some of the factors that are driving this are (and I do not, by any stretch of imagination, can call myself knowledgeable in this aspect) - a) the people - the company values resonated with the people who joined us — they were in sync with their personal values - they were able to identify themselves with the Company b) the vision - members of the team were in total alignment with the company’s vision - the core purpose and the core values - for anyone who joined us these were relevant - they were meaningful - everyone knew where they were going - it was a journey each one wanted to undertake c) communication - when we had ideas we communicated, when we wanted to share something - personal or professional - we communicated, when we were “on top of the world” we communicated, when we were feeling low we communicated… and we bonded with each other . The best part was that there was no superficiality in our communication - it was all straight and honest d) being a part of the rapid organizational evolution - every one could see the company grow - and they felt proud that they were contributing to this evolution e) finally, and most importantly we were all having a good time working together - we knew we could depend on each other - we knew that we could just pick up the phone or walk up to anyone and share our thoughts and get “listened to”

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