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Team & Culture Guide for Early Stage Startups

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Virgilia Pruthi
Virgilia Pruthi

The document provides a recipe for creating the perfect startup team from scratch. It discusses four key ingredients: having a mixture of complementary qualities among team members, keeping the team lean, having team members take charge of their specific roles, and creating the right collaborative culture. It emphasizes trust, celebrating wins, frequent experimentation and failure, empowering employees, and listening to the community. The goal is to find a team that shares a passion for solving problems and can work well together over the long run.

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HOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT STARTUP TEAM FROM SCRATCH
ABOUT TO START YOUR OWN VENTURE?
EAS Y! I T S
YOU JUST NEED THE RIGHT TEAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL
BUT FIRST, YOU HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT BUSINESS PARTNER S AS STA RT U P DAT I NG I K E TO T H I NK OF T H I WE L
WHEN EVALUATING WHO TO PARTNER WITH ASK YOURSELVES DO WE?
share a passion for solving an existing problem? feel comfortable being brutally honest? have similar drives for success? believe we can trust one another? hate quitting? are patient? want to be in it together for the long haul?
IF THE ANSWER TO ALL THOSE QUESTIONS IS YES, THEN YOUVE FOUND YOUR MATCH!
NOW ON TO THE GOOD STUFF
TO MAKE A TEAM FROM SCRATCH YOU NEED A FEW KEY INGREDIENTS
KEY INGREDIENTS NEEDED TO MAKE THE PERFECT TEAM 1. COMPLEMENTARY QUALITIES 2. BE LEAN 3. TAKE CHARGE 4. THE RIGHT CULTURE
INGREDIENT 1: ADD A MIXTURE OF COMPLEMENTARY QUALITIES
TH ER E AR E NU ME ROUS PE RSONALITY TESTS OU T TH ER E THAT ALL BASICALLY TELL YOU THE SAME THING...
AR E YOU EXACTLY TH E SA ME AS ME? VITRUVIAN MAN PLAYING GUITAR? IF SO I WOULDNT WANT YOU ON MY TEAM
EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN UNIQUE SELLING PROPOSITION (USP) DO YOU KNOW YOURS?
YOUR USP IS A MIX OF: 1. TALENT SOMETHING YOURE BORN WITH 2. SKILLS SOMETHING YOU ACQUIRE OVER TIME YOU WANT TO FIND TEAMMATES WITH COMPLEMENTARY USPs THAT SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL STRENGTHS AND MINIMIZE WEAKNESSES
ALSO, PEOPLE ARE INTUITIVE & EMOTIONAL BEINGS
WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT POINT
禽或鰻T
PARTNER WITH
(OR HIRE)
FRIENDS
MAKE SURE THERE IS A FIT TO THE OVERALL TASK, OTHERWISE YOU PUT A FRIENDSHIP ON THE LINE.
ic e M OM E NT A G e nJ u A) C) - SALES - PARTNERSHIPS - SPONSORSHIPS - EXECUTION - THE BLAND ONE - WILL CRY IF YOU MAKE THEM LAUGH GUESS WHOSE USP B) D) - MARKETING - DESIGN - BUZZ - DEVELOPMENT - ALWAYS CHANGING - SARCASM AT ITS BEST TWEET @MEETGENJUICE FOR THE ANSWERS
INGREDIENT 2: A PINCH OF LEAN
SPEEDY EXECUTION IS IMPERATIVE TO ACHIEVING AGGRESSIVE STARTUP GOALS
S OF E ARLY SD AGEIN T DURING THE ONE COUL GO TUP, A STAR CTION ANY DIRE
BY HAVING A LEANER TEAM YOU REDUCE THE RISK OF 1. MISCOMMUNICATION 2. DELAYED DECISIONS 3. INABILITY TO GET $H!T DONE
ic e M OM E NT A G e nJ u DID YOU KNOW? THE GJ TEAM CHANGED ITS FOCUS OVER 6 TIMES IN ITS FIRST 8 MONTHS. THEY FIGURED OUT WHAT TO DO AFTER ASKING THEIR DEDICATED COMMUNITY FOR FEEDBACK.
INGREDIENT 3: EVERY CHEF HAS A SPECIALITY
V E RYONE A RTUPE , AS T CHA RG E IN S TO B E IN W A NT
G ES OF A N I NG STA TH E B EG I N A R E C RU C I A L S TA RTU P
LEFT = STRATEGIC DOES THE LEFT SIDE KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT IS DOING? RIGHT = CREATIVE
IN TODAYS ERA, THE MIX OF CREATIVITY AND STRATEGY IS ESSENTIAL EACH SIDE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OTHER IS DOING
S STA RTU P IONA L T A R E EMO ST E RS OA ROLLE RC
STAGES OF A SUCCESSFUL STARTUP TEAM HOPE EXCITEMENT TEAMWORK SMALL WINS EGOS CONFLICT RESOLUTION TEAMWORK RESTORED HOPE RESULTS
TO AVOID CONFLICT CAUSED BY EGOS, EACH INDIVIDUAL ON THE TEAM NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OTHER PERSON IS DOING, AND VALUE EVERYONES ROLES
THREE TIPS ON OVERCOMING CONFLICT
#1 USE THE MAJORITY RULE 59
#2 FORM AN ADVISORY BOARD 60
#3 BE CREATIVE & HAVE FUN AFTER ALL, YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE 61
ic e M OM E NT A G e nJ u DID YOU KNOW? DURING THE TOUR, ARIELLE AND VIRGILIA GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT ABOUT WHETHER EMO MUSIC IS CONSIDERED REAL ROCK. THEY RESOLVED THEIR CONFLICT BY IMPERSONATING DANIELLES TAE-BO INSPIRED DANCE MOVES.
INGREDIENT 4: CREATE THE SPECIAL SAUCE
TH E M AKI NG E IS ALWAYS I N CU LTU R A STA RTU P S BUT YOU CAN EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS BY IMPLEMENTING A FEW BASIC PRACTICES
URN T O TH E LETS T U LTU R E G OD C
TONY HSIEH: EMBRACE AND DRIVE CHANGE, CREATE FUN, BE ADVENTUROUS, PURSUE GROWTH, BUILD OPEN AND HONEST RELATIONSHIPS, BUILD A POSITIVE TEAM AND FAMILY SPIRIT, DO MORE WITH LESS, BE HUMBLE, DELIVER WOW RESULTS.
RACT I C ES TO E CU LT U RAL P ED 5 MOR WE V E ADD TON Y S LI ST CELEBRATE SMALL WINS 1.MICRO-FAILING 2.禽或鰻T MICROMANAGE 3.YOUR COMMUNITY KNOWS BEST 4.COLLABORATION
SMALL (QUICK) WINS THAT YOU CAN CELEBRATE IMMEDIATELY ARE GREAT MOTIVATORS
BY FAILING FREQUENTLY AND LEARNING QUICKLY YOU MINIMIZE RISK SINCE YOURE TRYING AS MANY IDEAS AS POSSIBLE. THESE SMALLER, BUT FREQUENT FAILURES, BRING ABOUT INNOVATION.
HA ND E IN V I S I B LE H LE AD WITH T THE MORE YOU MICROMANAGE, THE LESS PRODUCTIVE EVERYONE BECOMES. TRUST THAT YOUR TEAM IS COMPETENT, AND LET THEM TAKE CHARGE OF THEIR OWN WORK.
SINCE THE MAIN FOCUS OF YOUR STARTUP SHOULD BE TO SOLVE A PROBLEM, WHO BETTER TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO THAN YOUR COMMUNITY? SETH GODIN SAYS, BUILD YOUR TRIBE! BY LISTENING TO YOUR EMPLOYEES AND YOUR AUDIENCE, YOU WILL KNOW EXACTLY
BUILDING A STARTUP IS A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT. COMBINE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WITH OTHERS TO GET AN OUT OF THIS WORLD RESULT.
ic e M OM E NT A G e nJ u DID YOU KNOW? IF YOU 禽或鰻T RECEIVE A RESPONSE BACK FROM A GENJUICER WITHIN 48 HRS, OUR TEAMMATES WILL SEND OUT AN EMBARRASSING TWEET TO THE WORLD.
UR SH APE YO OU WANT TO WAY Y T CHANGE. E THE I AN DECID HAPE, LET U C S S ER: ONLY YO IT GET IT P R EMEMB IDE IT, HEL GU TEAM.
AND THERE YOU HAVE IT
THE PERFECT RECIPE ON HOW TO MAKE A TEAM 1. COMPLEMENTARY QUALITIES 2. BE LEAN 3. TAKE CHARGE 4. THE RIGHT CULTURE
Team & Culture Guide for Early Stage Startups
IN THE MEANTIME, MAKE SURE TO SHARE THIS WITH TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF THEIR STARTUPS
MADE FOR EMERGING INFLUENCERS FROM ALL INDUSTRIES. ARE YOU ONE? JOIN US 10/10/10. CREATED BY VIRGILIA KAUR SINGH CO-FOUNDER/ COO OF GENJUICE VIRGILIA@GENJUICE.COM
PHOTO CREDITS (BECAUSE THEY MADE THE PRESENTATION EVEN MORE ENTERTAINING)

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Team & Culture Guide for Early Stage Startups

  • 1. HOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT STARTUP TEAM FROM SCRATCH
  • 2. ABOUT TO START YOUR OWN VENTURE?
  • 3. EAS Y! I T S
  • 4. YOU JUST NEED THE RIGHT TEAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL
  • 5. BUT FIRST, YOU HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT BUSINESS PARTNER S AS STA RT U P DAT I NG I K E TO T H I NK OF T H I WE L
  • 6. WHEN EVALUATING WHO TO PARTNER WITH ASK YOURSELVES DO WE?
  • 7. share a passion for solving an existing problem? feel comfortable being brutally honest? have similar drives for success? believe we can trust one another? hate quitting? are patient? want to be in it together for the long haul?
  • 8. IF THE ANSWER TO ALL THOSE QUESTIONS IS YES, THEN YOUVE FOUND YOUR MATCH!
  • 9. NOW ON TO THE GOOD STUFF
  • 10. TO MAKE A TEAM FROM SCRATCH YOU NEED A FEW KEY INGREDIENTS
  • 11. KEY INGREDIENTS NEEDED TO MAKE THE PERFECT TEAM 1. COMPLEMENTARY QUALITIES 2. BE LEAN 3. TAKE CHARGE 4. THE RIGHT CULTURE
  • 12. INGREDIENT 1: ADD A MIXTURE OF COMPLEMENTARY QUALITIES
  • 13. TH ER E AR E NU ME ROUS PE RSONALITY TESTS OU T TH ER E THAT ALL BASICALLY TELL YOU THE SAME THING...
  • 14. AR E YOU EXACTLY TH E SA ME AS ME? VITRUVIAN MAN PLAYING GUITAR? IF SO I WOULDNT WANT YOU ON MY TEAM
  • 15. EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN UNIQUE SELLING PROPOSITION (USP) DO YOU KNOW YOURS?
  • 16. YOUR USP IS A MIX OF: 1. TALENT SOMETHING YOURE BORN WITH 2. SKILLS SOMETHING YOU ACQUIRE OVER TIME YOU WANT TO FIND TEAMMATES WITH COMPLEMENTARY USPs THAT SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL STRENGTHS AND MINIMIZE WEAKNESSES
  • 18. WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT POINT
  • 23. MAKE SURE THERE IS A FIT TO THE OVERALL TASK, OTHERWISE YOU PUT A FRIENDSHIP ON THE LINE.
  • 24. ic e M OM E NT A G e nJ u A) C) - SALES - PARTNERSHIPS - SPONSORSHIPS - EXECUTION - THE BLAND ONE - WILL CRY IF YOU MAKE THEM LAUGH GUESS WHOSE USP B) D) - MARKETING - DESIGN - BUZZ - DEVELOPMENT - ALWAYS CHANGING - SARCASM AT ITS BEST TWEET @MEETGENJUICE FOR THE ANSWERS
  • 25. INGREDIENT 2: A PINCH OF LEAN
  • 26. SPEEDY EXECUTION IS IMPERATIVE TO ACHIEVING AGGRESSIVE STARTUP GOALS
  • 27. S OF E ARLY SD AGEIN T DURING THE ONE COUL GO TUP, A STAR CTION ANY DIRE
  • 28. BY HAVING A LEANER TEAM YOU REDUCE THE RISK OF 1. MISCOMMUNICATION 2. DELAYED DECISIONS 3. INABILITY TO GET $H!T DONE
  • 29. ic e M OM E NT A G e nJ u DID YOU KNOW? THE GJ TEAM CHANGED ITS FOCUS OVER 6 TIMES IN ITS FIRST 8 MONTHS. THEY FIGURED OUT WHAT TO DO AFTER ASKING THEIR DEDICATED COMMUNITY FOR FEEDBACK.
  • 30. INGREDIENT 3: EVERY CHEF HAS A SPECIALITY
  • 31. V E RYONE A RTUPE , AS T CHA RG E IN S TO B E IN W A NT
  • 32. G ES OF A N I NG STA TH E B EG I N A R E C RU C I A L S TA RTU P
  • 33. LEFT = STRATEGIC DOES THE LEFT SIDE KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT IS DOING? RIGHT = CREATIVE
  • 34. IN TODAYS ERA, THE MIX OF CREATIVITY AND STRATEGY IS ESSENTIAL EACH SIDE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OTHER IS DOING
  • 35. S STA RTU P IONA L T A R E EMO ST E RS OA ROLLE RC
  • 36. STAGES OF A SUCCESSFUL STARTUP TEAM HOPE EXCITEMENT TEAMWORK SMALL WINS EGOS CONFLICT RESOLUTION TEAMWORK RESTORED HOPE RESULTS
  • 37. TO AVOID CONFLICT CAUSED BY EGOS, EACH INDIVIDUAL ON THE TEAM NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OTHER PERSON IS DOING, AND VALUE EVERYONES ROLES
  • 38. THREE TIPS ON OVERCOMING CONFLICT
  • 39. #1 USE THE MAJORITY RULE 59
  • 40. #2 FORM AN ADVISORY BOARD 60
  • 41. #3 BE CREATIVE & HAVE FUN AFTER ALL, YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE 61
  • 42. ic e M OM E NT A G e nJ u DID YOU KNOW? DURING THE TOUR, ARIELLE AND VIRGILIA GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT ABOUT WHETHER EMO MUSIC IS CONSIDERED REAL ROCK. THEY RESOLVED THEIR CONFLICT BY IMPERSONATING DANIELLES TAE-BO INSPIRED DANCE MOVES.
  • 43. INGREDIENT 4: CREATE THE SPECIAL SAUCE
  • 44. TH E M AKI NG E IS ALWAYS I N CU LTU R A STA RTU P S BUT YOU CAN EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS BY IMPLEMENTING A FEW BASIC PRACTICES
  • 45. URN T O TH E LETS T U LTU R E G OD C
  • 46. TONY HSIEH: EMBRACE AND DRIVE CHANGE, CREATE FUN, BE ADVENTUROUS, PURSUE GROWTH, BUILD OPEN AND HONEST RELATIONSHIPS, BUILD A POSITIVE TEAM AND FAMILY SPIRIT, DO MORE WITH LESS, BE HUMBLE, DELIVER WOW RESULTS.
  • 47. RACT I C ES TO E CU LT U RAL P ED 5 MOR WE V E ADD TON Y S LI ST CELEBRATE SMALL WINS 1.MICRO-FAILING 2.禽或鰻T MICROMANAGE 3.YOUR COMMUNITY KNOWS BEST 4.COLLABORATION
  • 48. SMALL (QUICK) WINS THAT YOU CAN CELEBRATE IMMEDIATELY ARE GREAT MOTIVATORS
  • 49. BY FAILING FREQUENTLY AND LEARNING QUICKLY YOU MINIMIZE RISK SINCE YOURE TRYING AS MANY IDEAS AS POSSIBLE. THESE SMALLER, BUT FREQUENT FAILURES, BRING ABOUT INNOVATION.
  • 50. HA ND E IN V I S I B LE H LE AD WITH T THE MORE YOU MICROMANAGE, THE LESS PRODUCTIVE EVERYONE BECOMES. TRUST THAT YOUR TEAM IS COMPETENT, AND LET THEM TAKE CHARGE OF THEIR OWN WORK.
  • 51. SINCE THE MAIN FOCUS OF YOUR STARTUP SHOULD BE TO SOLVE A PROBLEM, WHO BETTER TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO THAN YOUR COMMUNITY? SETH GODIN SAYS, BUILD YOUR TRIBE! BY LISTENING TO YOUR EMPLOYEES AND YOUR AUDIENCE, YOU WILL KNOW EXACTLY
  • 52. BUILDING A STARTUP IS A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT. COMBINE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WITH OTHERS TO GET AN OUT OF THIS WORLD RESULT.
  • 53. ic e M OM E NT A G e nJ u DID YOU KNOW? IF YOU 禽或鰻T RECEIVE A RESPONSE BACK FROM A GENJUICER WITHIN 48 HRS, OUR TEAMMATES WILL SEND OUT AN EMBARRASSING TWEET TO THE WORLD.
  • 54. UR SH APE YO OU WANT TO WAY Y T CHANGE. E THE I AN DECID HAPE, LET U C S S ER: ONLY YO IT GET IT P R EMEMB IDE IT, HEL GU TEAM.
  • 56. THE PERFECT RECIPE ON HOW TO MAKE A TEAM 1. COMPLEMENTARY QUALITIES 2. BE LEAN 3. TAKE CHARGE 4. THE RIGHT CULTURE
  • 58. IN THE MEANTIME, MAKE SURE TO SHARE THIS WITH TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF THEIR STARTUPS
  • 59. MADE FOR EMERGING INFLUENCERS FROM ALL INDUSTRIES. ARE YOU ONE? JOIN US 10/10/10. CREATED BY VIRGILIA KAUR SINGH CO-FOUNDER/ COO OF GENJUICE VIRGILIA@GENJUICE.COM
  • 60. PHOTO CREDITS (BECAUSE THEY MADE THE PRESENTATION EVEN MORE ENTERTAINING)

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  • #12: Complementary Qualities, Be Lean, More than 1 Chief, The Right Culture
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  • #49: Motivation is local — if you aren't motivated by what you are working on right now, then chances are it won't be as good as it should be. 
  • #50: try as many ideas as you could come up with, and have minimal risk doing it?
  • #55: You give culture the shape and so does your audience.
  • #57: Complementary Qualities, Be Lean, More than 1 Chief, The Right Culture