Dan over at the Starting It blog writes about his startup and forgetting to have fun.

In my experience, a company’s culture typically reflects its owners or leadership. During the first 3 years of our start-up venture you could summarize the culture in one word – “Serious”. Well, you really can’t blame us. We had certainly taken a huge risk by quitting our jobs to start an Internet-related business in early 2000 (not exactly the best time to start a new Internet company).

So, it wasn’t about fun and games. We had a lot of people watching us. We had a lot to prove. The fear of failure was tremendous. And, if you know anything about us, you know that we refuse to lose.So, we were serious. Man were we serious! Serious about building a great company. Serious about having an impact. Serious about executing with excellence. Serious about quality, process and measurement. Serious about not screwing up. “Fun” for us was being serious about hitting home runs for our clients.

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