To Our Current and Future Employees

I have learned that for any organization to run successfully, several elements are essential to the performance of the company. The first need is to have good leadership at the top and, for best results, throughout the organization. If you don't have it, the organization will usually be paralyzed by indecisions. A second need is to have strong management. If you don't have that, the trains will most likely not run on time. Third, there must be a team of people with the knowledge, skills, aptitudes, and attitudes to perform at a sufficiently high level of production to accomplish the organization's mission. The business rules are the same for any industry. It doesn't matter if you are running an Internet company, a manufacturing company, a professional services firm, or a non-profit organization.

To this end, we understand and appreciate that one of the major elements that will determine the success of our venture will be our human capital. My co-founder Norbert and I have spoken a lot in the past few months about the culture that we want to build and the talent pool that we desire. These are our aspirations. We realize that we will not always get this right, but we will strive to offer our employees a set of principles that we believe are the right things to have in our workplace environment.

Interesting Problems With An Opportunity to Make a Difference
We are working on interesting and extremely challenging problems (technical and business) with the chance to "get big" as we anticipate our products will be adopted and loved by millions of users worldwide.

Empowered To Do Your Job
We offer the freedom and control for an individual to do their job without the roadblocks of a task force, review committees or bureaucracy. You will work on a team that is small, diverse, talented and fully engaged. It's really true that smart people with no egos can accomplish a lot together. No bozos need apply. :-)

Continual Learning
We strive to have an environment where everyone has the opportunity to continually learn new skills and interests.

Accountability
We strive to be a supportive organization with a culture where accountability is chosen and everyone acts and feels as an “owner” of the organization. In this environment we believe intentions and expectations are set upfront and blame and politics should never be allowed. The team will be rewarded based on performance.

Information Will Be Freely Shared
We have an open environment where information about what's happening with the company and the industry that we compete in are freely shared.