Founder Spotlight with Brian Derfer: Culture, Values and Purpose
Agile Six
Article · 6 min read · For: Owners / executives, Everyone
A founder interview on the purpose and values behind a self-managed, employee-owned company. It is most useful to owners thinking about how culture and purpose hold up as a company grows and spreads out geographically.
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Problems it helps with
- Our values are on the wall but nobody uses them to decide anything
- I don't know how to keep culture as we grow and go remote
- People ask why we exist beyond winning the next contract
What it covers
- Why the founders built around purpose from the start
- How values guide hiring and client work
- Leading cultural change in a government-facing industry
Topics: Purpose · Team values and agreements