Posts in the Wistia Culture category, page 2

Planning Your Next Company Retreat: Tips from Our Office Manager

Find out what goes into planning a successful company retreat, whether it’s skiing in the mountains — or on a ...

How We Created a Family Leave Policy That Prioritizes Our Employees

A behind-the-scenes look at how we built a family leave policy that gives our teammates the time and flexibility to ...

Storytelling Night at Wistia: Fostering a Culture of Growth, Community, and Inclusivity

How hosting a Storytelling Night created a safe, inclusive environment for our teammates to share their stories.

How We Turned Customer Support Videos into a Month-Long Celebration

Movies have the Oscars. Music has the Grammys. Journalism has the Pulitzers. And Wistia? We have the Febbies.

How Wistia Grows by Taking the Time to Coast

Hear from our CEO and cofounder, Chris Savage, about how Wistia grew by keeping a slow and steady pace.

Growing from Within the Company: 5 Lessons We’ve Learned

Here are five lessons we learned while carving out what it means to grow from within at Wistia.

Wistia’s Hackathon: 48 Hours of Chaos with Snacks

Laura and Chris discuss the why and the how behind our hackathon, as well as the learnings!

Build the Company You Want to Work For

Company culture isn’t a fixed thing — it’s a constant work in progress. Here’s how we make ours great.

What Football Taught Me About Community Building

Margot is our community manager. She’s also a huge football fan. Turns out, those two roles have a lot in ...

Building a Business in the Shadow of a Giant

YouTube, a company that some might consider our greatest nemesis, has actually been our greatest protector and closest friend. It’s ...

Ditching Flat: How Structure Helped Us Move Faster

Learn how we let go of our ’flat' management style in order to scale the business.

How to Create Company Values That Mean Something

"It’s trust over shared values that makes possible the risk-taking and boundary-pushing that’s so important to creative work. "

Login Facelift: Designing a First Impression

Product designer, Maddie Simens, walks us through her workflow for designing a new login page.

The Costs of Catered Lunches: What You Need to Know

In today’s “perks culture,” someone can graduate college, get a job at a software company with tons of perks, never ...

Growing Out Your Flatsides

"At Wistia, constant personal improvement is one of the things we value most, so we needed to find a way ...

Leadership Lessons From Two Younger Sisters

Andrew explains how growing up with two younger sisters taught him about leadership, adaptability, and emotional intelligence.

Define Your Vision to Differentiate Your Product

At Wistia, we’re learning that now, more than ever, properly articulating our company vision is what’s helping people understand why ...

How We Nearly Missed the Flight that Changed Our Business

Chris Savage discusses the benefits of being transparent from the start. "Be bold, get on that plane, and show people ...

The Creative Process Behind Our Free Background Music

Dan gives us a behind-the-scenes look at his experimental music project.

"Monetize Backwards" to Build a SaaS Business That Lasts

CEO Chris Savage explains why charging from day one allowed Wistia to grow sustainably.

Five Good Reasons to Build a Styrodome

Designer Joe shares the logic behind his chef d’oeuvre: the Wistia styrodome.

Building a Mobile Web Experience with Rails and Backbone.js

Mary explains the code behind the Wistia mobile web app.

The Code Behind Our New Video Homepage

How to achieve a fullscreen background video effect with your Wistia videos.