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    1. Impressive growth comes from impressive culture

      Explore Savage Thoughts (Feb 12 2012) Recruiting

      We’ve been putting together a video series at Wistia called How They Work. In it, we go around and interview inspiring businesses about their company culture. Each How They Work is about three minutes long. They are designed to capture just a few of those sweet, sweet nuggets of culture that are drivers of success. Clover Food Lab is the most recent company to be featured on How They Work. In the last year Clover has expanded from one food truck and 10 employees to five trucks, two restaurants, (Read Full Article)

    2. 10 Ideas For Those Critical Early Startup Sales

      Explore Savage Thoughts (Dec 4 2011) Marketing

      10 Ideas For Those Critical Early Startup Sales Hi, I'm Chris Savage. I'm the CEO and co-founder of Wistia. I live and work in-and-around Cambridge, MA. I like to talk about building startups. You can bribe me with a coffee, a hoppy ipa, or a game of ping pong. Follow @csavage * Ask me anything * Archive * RSS * Mobile Apr 26 10 Ideas For Those Critical Early Startup Sales This post initially appeared on Dharmesh Shah’s excellent blog, OnStartups. Closing your initial sales at a startup is one of the most challenging parts (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cambridge   Dharmesh Shah

    3. Three critical areas that will fall flat without a strong company culture

      Explore Savage Thoughts (Oct 28 2010) Marketing

      Every company has a culture of some sort but when it’s clearly defined it makes decision making better, makes hiring easier, and acts as a marketing tool. Defining company culture early can be the difference between success and failure. Decision Making A company is built by making an incredibly large number of small decisions over time. At the beginning, when the team is small it’s possible to have an influence over every decision. But as your company starts to grow and there are more streams of (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Joel Spolsky   Zappos   Paul Farnell