Running a company with a no firing culture

Shapol M.Entangl

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Shapol M.
Shapol M.· Entangl

Yeah, they know their stuff. If they have something to do, they make sure everything gets done. And the difference between good and great, I tell this to my team all the time, that people, when they come to the end of the day, they have their to-do list and they have stuff remaining on the to-do list. They're like, okay, let's say it's the end of the day, I'm gonna come back tomorrow and continue from my to-do Whereas great people are like, no, no, it's not the end of the day until I finish everything on my to-do list.

Nihal Kurth
Nihal Kurth

Hmm. Yeah.

Shapol M.
Shapol M.· Entangl

Maybe it seems like great because they're like, I'm going to finish this no matter what. I'm going to make sure everything is done.

Nihal Kurth
Nihal Kurth

There's a reason we use the soldier mode. I don't know, at home we use it a lot like, yes, soldier mode now. It doesn't matter if we are in the mood, if we are sharp, no, pull that through.

Shapol M.
Shapol M.· Entangl

think we're good. Yeah, I we I'll say salt remote from now on. think I like that.

Nihal Kurth
Nihal Kurth

yeah probably this is great but then how do you guys run? let's take a look into the way huh tell me i think you want to

Shapol M.
Shapol M.· Entangl

Yeah, one thing I was gonna say about the team before I move on. One thing that's I think pretty unique about the Italian culture is that we've got a no firing culture. So when people hear this, sometimes they're like, whoa, what? You don't fire people? I see so many founders, so many founders on LinkedIn and Twitter brag about how many people they've sacked.

Nihal Kurth
Nihal Kurth

Thank

Shapol M.
Shapol M.· Entangl

It seems like they really like that. And to me, when I look at the best, for example, investors, they never give up on their companies that they've invested in, right? They always like it through thick and thin. They're with them no matter what. Think about Founders Fund or White Combinator, for example, And, you know, terrible investors, for example, you know, they'll be with you at the high points, but as soon as you do bad, they'll forget about you and they're like, ⁓ this guy's whatever. In the same way for us, it's like, you if we accept someone, we're gonna, you know, keep this guy no matter what. And we would rather torture them into greatness than give up on them. And that's a very, very important thing about the culture. You know, we have,

Nihal Kurth
Nihal Kurth

Hmm.

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