Innovate on Your Culture Like Your Product
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4. Built From Scratch
12:00 pm
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12:45 pm
One pass. Every session. 12 months of replay access.
Startups pride themselves on being innovative and disruptive with their products and technology. But when you look at most startups, their people policies are simply whatever the standard approach happens to be.
If a company truly believes that great people are essential to building a great company, it should innovate on its culture at the same level.
Rowan will discuss his real-world experience as a founder and CTO, as well as his experience joining an established startup as COO, before opening the discussion to hear other innovations and ideas.
What you'll leave with:
- How to approach people policies with a product and startup mindset.
- How to convince your boss or founders that it is worth doing.
- Practical ideas you can adapt, experiment with, and tailor to your business.
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