on culture and perks
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Recruiting and retaining the most talented individuals in an industry with an unemployment rate hovering around 2% is challenging to say the least. As a software design and development company Aspenware has developed a culture and reward system that has minimized turnover and attracted some of the brightest minds in the Denver area. In this presentation to the Boulder/Denver Software Club Aspenware CEO Adam Roderick discusses how culture became the cornerstone of an effective recruitment and retention strategy and how perks have reinforced that strategy. No perk, benefit, or program can create a good culture, only reinforce it. However, when perks are built with the culture in mind, like the Aspenware Ventures business incubation program, the results can be a powerful motivator.TRANSCRIPT
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6000 Greenwood Plaza BlvdSuite 110Greenwood Village, CO 80111303.798.5458
www.aspenware.com
On Culture and PerksAspenware’s Incubation Program
Adam Roderick@adamroderick
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On Culture and PerksAspenware Incubation Program
Culture and Recruiting
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It is hard to hire
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Colorado Unemployment Rate
Correction, it should be easy to find people to hire
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What is hard is finding and attracting the right person
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There is a division of talent, experience, and skills
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36150965/ns/business-careers#.UQCoBWfhdbgSource: Robert Half, http://www.denverpost.com/businessheadlines/ci_21125792?source%3DAP
unemployment, 18-29 year olds
37%
unemployment, software developers
2.5%<
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What about keeping the people you already have?
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/09/job-seekers-jobvite-survey_n_1952727.htmlSource: http://hbr.org/2012/07/why-top-young-managers-are-in-a-nonstop-job-hunt/ar/1Source: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/best-companies/2012/full_list/
of work force are active job seekers
¾ average turnover at best 100 companies to work for
8.1%
average tenure for young professionals
2.2 years
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Give ‘em more money, right?
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Competing on salary and perks is like a price war
Source: Robert Half
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How long can you keep it up?
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It is not about winning over the “best” person
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It is about finding and attracting the right person
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So stay true to yourself as an organization
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Creating Culture
1. Choose what values matter
2. Hire people who share them
3. Stick to your values
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No perk, program, or benefit can create culture. Only reinforce
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They are a natural result of the culture you create
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Incubation Program
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YOU pitch idea to management and board
$3,000/month cash or $12,000/month in-kind
After 3 months, review. Iterate or stop.
If spinout, majority equity ownership available to you and other investors
If Aspenware product or line of business, revenue or profit sharing
Simple ground rules
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Although I can’t demonstrate hockey stick revenue like this…
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We have had a lot of great ideas come out of it
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None have spun out into their own companies yet
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But some have come close
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Many have helped shape the company
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Our first forays into mobile, social media, and big data were through these experiments
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Ideas have come in from external projects as well
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aspenware.com/CustomerResearchLaunching soon…
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Innovation and experimentation continue to be a core part of our culture
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And attract and retain the people right for us
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6000 Greenwood Plaza BlvdSuite 110Greenwood Village, CO 80111303.798.5458
www.aspenware.com
Thank you
Adam Roderick@adamroderick