Founders debate: Is grueling startup culture excellence or just toxicity?
ziv_ravid · x · 2026-11-03
Founder GuyNegri argues that when people call a startup "toxic," he's skeptical—many conflate toxic environments with a culture of excellence, and startups that want to win must demand hard work, long hours, and high output standards, which alone can earn the toxic label.
zivravid pushes back: managers and founders tend to confuse a culture of excellence with a toxic environment, and many startups push long working hours believing it creates excellence—it doesn't.
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