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Valispace Company Values
- 2. Mission Valispace empowers engineers to develop great products.
- 3. Vision Valispace enables small teams to design highly complex systems fast and cheap and big teams to build things which seem like magic to us today.
- 4. Valispace Values 02 People Matter 01 Work Smart 03 Empower the Engineers 04 Lead by Example
- 5. work smart > work hard Although a fast-paced startup requires many hours of dedicated work, our most extraordinary achievements are the ones where with limited resources, we achieve high impact: Wherever you can, try to achieve 80% of the result with 20% of the effort (following the Pareto Principle). 01 Work Smart
- 6. 01 Work Smart leverage existing solutions Standing on the shoulders of giants is the best way for a startup to succeed. If they exist, we champion the re-use, adaptation and improvement of existing methods and tools over the invention of home-made perfect solutions.
- 7. 01 Work Smart keep exploring We never stop being on the lookout for new and innovative solutions to todays and tomorrows challenges. We know that experimenting takes time, so we make room for it in our daily work.
- 8. 01 Work Smart collaborate and share knowledge Share your knowledge, plans and problems with those around you. You can expect help and guidance from your team and you will provide it to others. A win for the team is worth much more than any individual win.
- 9. be honest to others and yourself Honesty is the only way to long-term success: Be honest to those who matter, including to your team, your customers and yourself. 02 People Matter
- 10. 02 People Matter practice radical candor to give feedback Since we care for everyone on the team, we encourage giving and receiving feedback: Praise in the open and criticize in a 1-on-1. Feedback is embraced across all hierarchies and in all directions.
- 11. 02 People Matter challenge the status quo & embrace decisions This is a fine line, but very important: Critical thinking is necessary and desired, since it prevents us from running into the wrong direction. So raise your concerns and alternative solutions. However, once a decision has been taken embrace it as the current strategy and give your best to make it work.
- 12. 02 People Matter more than work Valispace is more than a place where people interchange lifetime for salary: We respect each other, welcome diversity and whenever we can, we accommodate for peoples personal needs. We work together as a team but also like to spend time together in non-work settings.
- 13. 03 Empower the Engineers complexity on our side > complexity on user side Whenever making a trade between a mental burden on our users or us: choose us.
- 14. start small - test - then optimize Always start with a Minimal Viable Product/Process (MVP) when making something new. Only the feedback from users, customers, etc. will be able to tell us if we are on the right track. Make it nice and better when we know it is a good idea. 03 Empower the Engineers
- 15. make engineers happy, the money will follow Listen to our users and make them happy. When there is a conflict of interest between making the buyers/stakeholders or the users happy, choose the users. Only a great product that helps people solve their problems will lead to a sustainable business. 03 Empower the Engineers
- 16. when necessary, get your hands dirty Roles and responsibilities ease our daily work. However when the situation demands it, it is everyones responsibility to roll up their sleeves and get things done. 04 Lead by Example
- 17. share your decision process To take important decisions: gather relevant all opinions, take a decision and bear the responsibility. Then share the result and your rationale, so that even if others dont agree they get transparency. 04 Lead by Example
- 18. 04 Lead by Example be a mentor Our team consists of human beings that are learning. They are our most valuable asset. Guide them, share knowledge and experience, have an open ear and help them develop personally and professionally.