A lightning talk by Cory Miller, founder of iThemes.com and StartupSofa.com, on how to build a workplace that inspires and thus doesn't suck.

1. Building a Workplace
That Doesn’t Suck
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2. I want to build a
perfect little playhouse &
get my friends to play in it
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3. If it sucks, change it.
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4. Happy people work harder.
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5. Discover people’s strengths
and shuffle the batting order
accordingly.
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6. Create mini-entrepreneurs.
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7. Your team is
your extended family.
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8. Recruit for drive,
initiative and ‘fit.’
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9. Break bread together.
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10. Ignore the noise.
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11. Embrace communal living.
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12. Lead with vision.
Inspire with purpose.
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13. Start your own language.
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14. Sharpen swords.
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15. Get dirty.
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16. Eat dead trees.
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17. Cut out the cancers.
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18. Take a roadtrip.
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19. Have FUN
in your playhouse.
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20. Me & where I play...
@CoryMiller303
cory@ithemes.com
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