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Title:

Scaling Your Culture Without Losing the 'Secret Sauce'

Your vote:
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Organizer:
Mike McDerment, FreshBooks
Description:
There’s something romantic about building a start-up, but it’s hard to keep the romance alive when your headcount grows - it can strain relationships and jeopardize your company’s mojo. Learn how to build a business that keeps things hot and heavy under the covers for you and your team.
Questions
Answered:
  1. What is "Secret Sauce"?
  2. How do you know it is there?
  3. When is the best time to grow?
  4. Is employee happiness important?
  5. Does more people make a better app?
  6. How many is too many?
  7. Can Culture be manufactured?
  8. Is Culture always organic?
  9. When do you ask for help?
  10. When do you let go and just let things happen?
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Business / Entrepreneurial
Type:
Panel
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2009
Joshua Baer
on 8/8/08
Mojo is muy importante!
Shaun McLane
on 12/8/08
cough cough - twitter - cough cough
Saul Colt
on 16/8/08
I will be at this....I am not talking but will be learning!
Nabeel Hyatt
on 19/8/08
Incredibly important for everyone at a startup who wants to keep loving their work culture. We spend a lot of time thinking about it, and hope Mike can help further the discussion.
Jerry King
on 20/8/08
On its own, culture far too often receives short thrift, lost among the noise of discussion of strategy, design, financing, etc. The topic of maintaining culture receives even less attention. If we’re focused on building quality organizations, as opposed to merely large ones, what could be more relevant than figuring out systems/processes to keep the mojo alive?
Jon Lax
on 20/8/08
Great idea...
Eamonn O'Connor
on 28/8/08
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I'll be at this too! If Freshbooks has me back again!!??

Eamonn
George Tsiolis
on 29/8/08
Michael has managed to build a very successful business while maintaining incredible relationships with customers, employees and the tech industry. As such, I believe a panel on this topic would be invaluable to attendees.

Regards,
George
Robert Taylor
on 29/8/08
Alternative title: "How not to be defeated by success". Very critical topic!
Jay Jordan
on 29/8/08
Interesting.
eric blankenship
on 30/8/08
Did voting end? :(
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on 2/11/09
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Incredibly important for everyone at a startup who wants to keep loving their work culture. We spend a lot of time thinking about it, and hope Mike can help further the discussion.
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on 29/11/09
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