I hadn't really worked in an office before Shutterstock, so I didn't have the experience of building a culture, nor did I understand how important that is for attracting and retaining the best talent.

Jon Oringer

Categorized in : Best Culture Experience Talent

In the early days, start-ups make the main mistake of hiring people to do the work that they could do themselves.

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In high school, I used to teach guitar and fix computers by the hour. I was looking for some way to make some cash, so I actually learned how to play guitar in order to try to teach it.

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As I started college, I started to build software products that I could sell to people over the Web.

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I figured managing people was obvious - I'd tell someone what they needed to do and they'd do what I wanted. It turns out that's not the case. It was frustrating at first.

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I've never been very flashy or high-profile.

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