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Let’s Take the Cult out of Silicon Valley Culture

Kellblog

The Theranos disaster, chronicled in Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup , shows clearly how culture played a key role in the downfall of Theranos. [1]. For many Silicon Valley companies, culture is a point of pride and is meticulously captured in long slide presentations, such as the Netflix or HubSpot culture decks. [2].

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How To Scale an Open Culture. What We’ve Learned at Atlassian (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Like in our company, when we hire someone that joins today, they actually get a look back through 16 years of why. And they might not have the capacity to read it all, but they can actually transport themselves to the moment in time inside of Confluence, which is the product that we use to kind of collaborate on content.

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How To Scale an Open Culture. What We’ve Learned at Atlassian (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Like in our company, when we hire someone that joins today, they actually get a look back through 16 years of why. And they might not have the capacity to read it all, but they can actually transport themselves to the moment in time inside of Confluence, which is the product that we use to kind of collaborate on content.

Scale 137