When it was just the 5 co-founders and two engineers, it was easy to maintain our fierce, productive, and fun culture. But as we grew to 10, 15, then 20, and now 30 full-time teammates, we recognized that we needed to actively think about making our teammates happier. We did activities that we thought people would enjoy like ice skating because that’s what we thought “built team culture.” We were wrong. Building team culture isn’t about scheduling a group activity somewhere nearby for the sake of doing a regular activity. Building culture is all about the little things and random adventures that we get inspired to do together. Here’s an article that I wrote that got published on Inc. Magazine about what we did to truly make our team happier and more productive: inc.com/young-entrepreneur-council/8-affordable-ways-to-make-your-team-happier-and-more-productive.html
It would be awesome if all companies had the same mindset! People so often don’t realize that unhappy employees are also unproductive employees!