Startup Funding Espresso – Toxic Culture

Toxic Culture

Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing.

Startups build a culture starting from the launch.

The founder is the key determining factor for the type of culture in the startup.

A toxic startup typically comes from the founder.

Here are signs of a toxic culture:

The founder and others speak ill of each other.

Startups are small so the words of one will spread quickly through the group.

The team makes fun of their customers and looks down on them.

It’s important the team respects their customers and treats them with dignity.

The team believes it’s okay to take from the company such as pay without work or worse stealing.

Taking from the company is never right and should be called out and stopped whenever found.

Overworking the team can lead to a toxic culture.

It’s important to maintain a work-life balance with the business.

To resolve a toxic culture, it’s important to locate the source and mitigate it.

If it’s the founder, then one can work with the founder to change the behavior.

If it’s an employee, then most likely that employee will need to find work elsewhere.

Thank you for joining us for the Startup Funding Espresso where we help startups and investors connect for funding. Let’s go startup something today.

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