{"id":63464,"date":"2022-05-13T22:21:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T22:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artspainter.com\/?p=63464"},"modified":"2022-05-13T22:21:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T22:21:11","slug":"why-you-should-launch-your-brands-culture-from-the-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artspainter.com\/blog\/why-you-should-launch-your-brands-culture-from-the-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Launch Your Brand\u2019s Culture From the Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T9-5bnw24_Q?autoplay=1&#038;mute=1\"><\/iframe>Launching your brand&#8217;s culture from the start is more important than you might think. It will help you build a community that associates with your brand and establishes your brand&#8217;s identity from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>The first step in launching your brand&#8217;s culture is to decide what kind of company or organization you want to be. You should do this before you even begin to think about bringing on employees. Defining the culture of your organization can set the foundation for a successful business and also help you decide who fits best into that culture.<\/p>\n<p>TIP: Start by thinking about what kind of a person does well at your company and then hire accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>How to launch your brand&#8217;s culture from the start?<\/p>\n<p>Define the values of your company or organization . From the very beginning, it is important to make sure all employees are on the same page with regard to company values. These values should reflect what is most important to you, as well as what kind of a company you want to have (e.g., family-friendly, innovative, progressive). The most important thing here is that everyone understands clearly where you&#8217;re coming from and that there&#8217;s no misunderstandings later down the line.<\/p>\n<p>What kind of image do you want? \u00a0You may want an edgy start<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of reasons why companies should define their culture from the start. The main one is that it keeps your employees engaged and excited about coming in to work every day, and really there isn&#8217;t any reason why your company&#8217;s culture shouldn&#8217;t be just as fun, engaging and exciting as your brand&#8217;s culture. You spend as much time at work as you do at home, so why not make that place just as comfortable and enjoyable?<\/p>\n<p>Culture isn&#8217;t something that can happen by accident. The success of a business is dependent on the quality of its people, products and services. A company can never be successful without those things, but those things alone won&#8217;t necessarily make for a successful company either. On top of everything else, there&#8217;s the whole environment to consider. Businesses have offices, which have to be decorated in some way; they have restaurants, which need to serve food and drinks; they have events which need to be put on for customers or employees (or both); and there are all kinds of other little details that come along with being in business.**<\/p>\n<p>What I&#8217;m getting at is that creating a successful company is not just about having great products and services or great people or a great location or even a great business plan. It&#8217;s also<\/p>\n<p>Art Club is a group of creatives, entrepreneurs and professionals who like to get together to make art and build community. How does one begin an Art Club? The idea for Art Club came about at the end of a year-long collaboration between our company, CCC Design, and our client, CFD Marketing. We realized that we had grown quite close to each other in the process of creating their identity and marketing materials.<\/p>\n<p>While we were brainstorming on how to keep the relationship going, Dan Rohlfs of CFD Marketing posed the question: why not just keep meeting every week? We are all busy people but having worked together so closely on such a large project, we really wanted to continue working together as well.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing to realize about your company&#8217;s culture is that it&#8217;s not just an empty vessel waiting to be filled with a unique brand of personality. It&#8217;s instead an integral part of the business. Culture comes from the root word, &#8220;cult,&#8221; which means devotion or worship. Your company needs to devote itself to something, and if you&#8217;re lucky enough, that something will become a religion in the best sense of the word: something that people will worship, adore and follow.<\/p>\n<p>The most successful companies are built on strong cultures and brands. These organizations have a unifying vision that is reflected in their products, services and the way they operate. To be successful, it is important to know what your company&#8217;s culture is and how you can use it to make a name for yourself in your industry.<\/p>\n<p>What Is Culture?<\/p>\n<p>The term &#8220;culture&#8221; has been used to describe many things: art, science, values, beliefs, education, customs and traditions. It describes both the subjective makeup of a person or group as well as the objective set of beliefs and values for a whole society or community.<\/p>\n<p>By using this term when describing an organization or business, we are referring to its objectives, values and beliefs. In other words, the things that set your company apart from others are used to create its culture. This could include elements such as compensation levels, benefits packages and working conditions. All of these aspects contribute to the culture of an organization.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that culture is meant to provide a sense of unity among employees within the company. It allows everyone to work toward living a common purpose by sharing a common set of values. The more cohesive each department is in terms of values and purpose, the better it will perform in relation to<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, startups need to be cultivating a culture that is going to help them succeed. But what does it mean to create company culture? And how do you do it in a startup?<\/p>\n<p>When I was young, working in a startup generally meant you were either on the founding team or you were there to support the founders. It was their baby, and you were along for the ride. The startup was your place of employment, but not really your home.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s different now. Young people are starting companies at younger ages, and they want to build something that lasts. They want to leave their stamp on the company as well as their footprints on the sands of time.<\/p>\n<p>This presents some issues for startups as well as for young employees and entrepreneurs. If you\u2019re an entrepreneur who\u2019s worked hard to find investors and build a team, how do you make sure everyone has bought into your vision? And if you\u2019re early employee of a startup, how do you fit into the future plans of a company that may have changed since your interview process?<\/p>\n<p>The answer is culture. Sometimes it\u2019s explicitly defined and sometimes not, but every startup has one whether they acknowledge it or not. And if it isn<\/p>\n<p>The first thing you will learn when you create your own business is that no one knows what they are doing. No matter how much experience or knowledge you think you have, starting something from scratch is like being a toddler again: everything is new and uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>Trying to avoid this experience is what I call the &#8220;pretend entrepreneur&#8221; syndrome. People pretend to be an entrepreneur because it enhances their self-identity or makes them feel special in some way. In fact, there are only three reasons someone actually becomes an entrepreneur:<\/p>\n<p>They love to build stuff and have ideas.<\/p>\n<p>They want to control their own destiny and have a high degree of autonomy.<\/p>\n<p>They want to make lots of money.<\/p>\n<p>REAL entrepreneurs are not motivated by the first reason, which is why they often fail at the beginning; they don&#8217;t really want to make things happen, they just want to talk about it and let other people do the work. If you take this approach, nothing will happen until you learn how to get past your fear of doing the hard work yourself.&#8221;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lzWtFAU0P8I?autoplay=1&#038;mute=1\"><\/iframe><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YzyatiQrQlQ?autoplay=1&#038;mute=1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launching your brand&#8217;s culture from the start is more important than you might think. It will help you build a community that associates with your brand and establishes your brand&#8217;s identity from the beginning. The first step in launching your brand&#8217;s culture is to decide what kind of company or organization you want to be. 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