Purva Gera

The 4 most hated startup founder types: 🌀 Vision Ping-Ponger 📆 Calendar Cult Leader 👑 God Complex 👨‍👩‍👧 “We’re a Family” Faker If you’ve worked for one—you’re not crazy. You’re just caught in chaos. 🧠 Learn how to survive them (or outgrow them) ↓ #StartupLife #WorkCulture

No raise didn’t break them. The BS did. You said: “There’s no budget.” They saw: A new CXO, and someone else’s 50% hike and a linkedin post on growth story People don’t leave because it’s hard. They leave when it’s shady If you can’t raise salaries—raise honesty. #culture

Loud work gets credit. Quiet work gets ignored. —Until the quiet ones leave, and you realize they built everything. Great work > Loud work Visibility ≠ Value Companies: Stop rewarding the noise. Start recognizing the builders. #VisibilityTrap #QuietBuilders #Culture

Most Companies treat exits like betrayals. Silence. Distance. Gossip. People notice how you treat leavers. The ones who stayed? They’re watching too. Culture is the respect that lingers after the paycheck stops. Say goodbye like a grown-up company. Not a spiteful ex. #culture

The real culture check? What happens when a junior screws up. When there’s: – A missed deadline – A broken deployment – A tone-deaf Slack What happens next? Blame? Silence? Shame? Or support + learning? Culture - It’s not what you preach It’s what people feel in crisis.

💬 Hard truth: If you feel the shift... You're already halfway out. 👂 Silence is the signal. 🚀 Be undeniable—before you become invisible. #Startups #Leadership #HardTruths #WorkCulture #Performance

🙂 6. The Nice Underperformer Everyone loves them. But nothing lands on time—or right. The A-players are cleaning up quietly. 🛠️ Fix it: Kind ≠ Competent. Culture fit ≠ Value add.

🟥 If you’re on this list — you’re already getting fired.

📹 Know a founder still stuck in Zoom culture? Send them this. Tag them. Wake them up. #AsyncCulture #FutureOfWork #Web3 #Fintech #GenZ #RemoteWork #Startups #HRReimagined

Still bragging that your team is “always available”? You’re just bragging about broken focus. The future? It’s asynchronous & autonomous by design.

🚫 You Hired Smart People. Stop Interrupting Them. Because ‘Always Online’ ≠ Always Effective. Let’s talk async culture (aka how top 1% teams actually win):