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You Should Run Your Startup Like a Cult. Here’s How

• kelukelugames 12y ago
  “Your stock options will be worth more here than elsewhere.” “You’ll get to work with the smartest people in the world.” “You can help solve the world’s most challenging problems.” I should make a catchphrase bingo sheet and bring it to interviews.
  • dkarapetyan 12y ago
    In the absence of anything real and tangible where every company is trying to trick people into giving them free data so that they can go and sell it to the highest bidder you most definitely have to run your company like a cult. Otherwise people will see the whole thing for what it is and we can't have any of that. Also, the weird narrative of extremes that is prevalent in the startup ecosystem is not helpful. Rockstars, ninjas, fanatics, cultists, revolutionaries, etc. does not make for any kind of persuasive argument. Even that article points out at the end it's more about making a mutually agreeable arrangement between the employer and employee more than anything else but that doesn't really make for a compelling headline when phrased in such reasonable terms.