> If you want star quality effort, you need to provide a star quality environment. No, window dressing like a free meal is not it.
Boy, we've all been there. I know what he's talking about! Now I want to know what specific advice he has.
> It can serve as a cherry on top, but if the rest of the cake is full of shit, that’s not going to make it any more appealing.
Hahaha, now he's got me on the hook!
> Make people proud to work where they work by involving them in projects that matter and ignite a fire of urgency about your purpose. Find out who you are as a company and be the very best you. Give people a strategic plan that’s coherent and believable and then leave the bulk of the tactical implementation to their ingenuity.
Oh.
No specific advice. Free food isn't good enough, so... do some other stuff to get people excited. So this is another Chicken Soup for the Startup Soul post. Or maybe a more charitable interpretation, instead of just blowing hot air at us, he's asking us to blow hot air at employees?
> If you want star quality effort, you need to provide a star quality environment. No, window dressing like a free meal is not it.
Boy, we've all been there. I know what he's talking about! Now I want to know what specific advice he has.
> It can serve as a cherry on top, but if the rest of the cake is full of shit, that’s not going to make it any more appealing.
Hahaha, now he's got me on the hook!
> Make people proud to work where they work by involving them in projects that matter and ignite a fire of urgency about your purpose. Find out who you are as a company and be the very best you. Give people a strategic plan that’s coherent and believable and then leave the bulk of the tactical implementation to their ingenuity.
Oh.
No specific advice. Free food isn't good enough, so... do some other stuff to get people excited. So this is another Chicken Soup for the Startup Soul post. Or maybe a more charitable interpretation, instead of just blowing hot air at us, he's asking us to blow hot air at employees?