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How Do You Create A High Energy Work Environment For Your Startup?
Can you believe the best work environment I was ever a part of I used to call “The Pit”? It’s true. And, not surprisingly, the company that had that work environment was the most successful company I ever worked at.
The most successful company I every worked at was Maxim Integrated Products. Maxim was a $40M/year company when I started there. Revenue was over $1B/Year by the time I left Maxim ten years later.
Working at Maxim was a unique experience. There were many positives and many negatives.
The work environment was one of Maxim’s huge positives. Maxim’s work environment was chaotic, crazy, and confrontational at times. Those were the negatives.
Maxim’s work environment was also collaborative, innovative, and extremely high energy. Those were the positives.
You want to create a high energy environment for your startup to thrive.
I wanted to recreate Maxim’s high-energy work environment when I started my company. Even more specifically, I wanted to recreate The Pit.
Maxim had a large office space in Sunnyvale, CA when I joined them. I used to call the main open-office area The Pit.
