{"id":3657,"date":"2016-05-14T06:20:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T22:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/14\/beyond-beanbags-how-to-build-a-sustainable-mission-driven-company-culture\/"},"modified":"2016-05-14T06:20:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T22:20:35","slug":"beyond-beanbags-how-to-build-a-sustainable-mission-driven-company-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/14\/beyond-beanbags-how-to-build-a-sustainable-mission-driven-company-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond beanbags: How to build a sustainable, mission-driven company culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f88203%2fdbathumb\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/ttkDaVxjmHn01Mbye3NP2qe7thM=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F88203%2FDBAthumb.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Beyond+beanbags%3A+How+to+build+a+sustainable%2C+mission-driven+company+culture&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F13%2Fsustainable-startup-company-culture%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F13%2Fsustainable-startup-company-culture%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>This article is part of <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/dba\/\">DBA<\/a>, a series on Mashable about running a business that features insights from leaders in entrepreneurship, venture capital and management.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To the outside observer, Silicon Valley is filled with daily catered lunches and in-house masseuses. 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