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Customer Mission
• Kapost exists to drive the marketing content success of our
customers which helps them generate more revenue
• We do this by helping them to better Plan, Create, Distribute and
Analyze our content
• We measure our progress here according to their usage of and
satisfaction with Kapost, their renewal & upsell, and ultimately direct
ROI impacts
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• Kapost exists to provide outstanding financial returns for its
shareholders
• We will do this by being a major SaaS category winner
• We measure our progress here according to SaaS metrics
benchmarks
Shareholder Mission
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Colleague Mission
• Kapost exists to compensate our colleagues for their performance and to drive their
professional and personal growth
• We drive professional growth through planning and executing on Tour of Duty programs
• We drive personal growth through providing an experience and culture that supports
and challenges our colleagues
• We measure our progress through employee retention, internal migration, promotion
and satisfaction
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• We’ve built a significant business, but the canvas is still
mostly empty
• Our success depends on learning, improvement, innovation
• Some like a defined, consistent job… but Kaposters relish
the whitespace, the opportunity to invent and create
We Co-Create the Business
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While we delegate extensively we must decide quickly and
resolutely. Our process:
• Hear out the involved stakeholders
• Do not aspire for consensus
• The senior colleague in the process decides
• The rest of the company aligns behind the decision and
moves forward
We Act Decisively
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Attitude We take our jobs
very seriously.
…but we don’t take
ourselves too
seriously.
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• Start-ups are very challenging
• Winner-take-all … world-class is imperative
• Must differentiate through dedication
• Kaposters relish the opportunity to:
• Give all of yourself and discover what you find
• Do your life’s best work
We Take Our Jobs Very Seriously.
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• Kapost is not a life-or-death undertaking
• Thus let’s not grit our teeth
• There are business and personal benefits to not being too serious
• Personal benefits:
• Enjoy ourselves, enjoy one another
• Business benefits:
• Enables humility which is critical to collaboration
• Enables us to face our challenges with optimism
…but We Don’t Take Ourselves too Seriously
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• We are result-metric-oriented
• We share company results--financials, fundraising, strategy--
with all because:
• If you’re invested, you should be informed
• If you’re informed, you’re better equipped to decide
We Share Company Results with Everyone
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• Every colleague deserves a clear measure of success,
preferably a quantitative metric
• Clear expectations enable great performance
• Clear expectations provide responsibility and freedom
• We evaluate by results (we don’t babysit)
• We don’t evaluate by when and where (e.g. face time, vacation, etc.)
We Evaluate by Results
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• Lots of us, we’re all different, we’re not all friends
• But there is a threshold of kindness, respect & decency that
we require of all because:
• Life is too short
• Collaboration--the life blood of the business--needs it
• We all can err … apologies repair them
We Evaluate by Results
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• We expect each other to cheer others’ accomplishments, encourage
others through setbacks & give to others who need help
• Different roles, same goal
• A department mate is a good recipient. A colleague from another
department is better
• When in doubt, high five
We Root Each Other On
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• Kapost is a learning, innovation machine
•Honest feedback allows data to travel from one node to the next
• Kapost is a collaboration machine
•We must be honest to work through conflicts
• We provide feedback humbly, mindful of the feelings of the recipient
• We receive feedback humbly, grateful for the opportunity to improve
We Give and Receive Feedback Thoughtfully
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• We give feedback … and then we let it go
• Imperfection remains all around us
• Circle of Safety
• Our challenges are external, not internal
• We chose to work at Kapost
• Kapost requires us to be 100% all-in in support of all colleagues & activity
• We affirm being all-in every time we walk in the door
…but We Are All 100% ALL-IN