The Startup Journey

The "work ethic/culture" of initial employees at a startup is often a crucial determinant of the success of the venture. I have also often wondered how much of work ethic/culture of an employee is determined by "nature" (i.e., individual specific) versus "nurture" (organizational level stuff like vision & mission, work culture, etc.). Personally, at my first (and so far last) job, I used to break down my salary to a "per working day" number - to be used to ask "Have I done justice to that number?" at day end. And, if the answer was No, to try harder. I therefore found it quite interesting to read about the employee credo at ratings & research firm Crisil in the book "Doing what is right: The CRISIL Story" . Extract from Page 92-93 (describing a pre placement talk at an MBA school by early employees of the firm):     "What is the work culture at CRISIL? What is your management philosophy?" It was a bespec...