Culture is the No. 1 driver of success at Clari. Our culture is constructed around several key pillars: a healthy work-life balance, inclusivity, collaboration, and hard work. These concepts sound great, but to make sure we follow through on them, our CEO and top management have installed several channels through which team members can engage them directly with both positive and not-so-positive feedback. Employees also interact with one another across departmental boundaries at company-wide events to strengthen ties and our company.

Culture is a top priority at Cleanshelf. We have built and continuously foster a bottom-up culture. We believe that to be successful, it takes all of us, and we all need to be supported, encouraged, engaged, and challenged That's why our culture is a collective initiative and owned by the whole company, not a few. To us, a good culture is emblematic of vision, transparency, enrichment, ownership, pragmatism, innovation, and empathy. These are our company values, and they serve as our north star.

At Coalition, we believe in leading by example. Our company culture embraces teamwork over hierarchy, and it's not unusual to find members of the management team engaging in different tasks across departments. Transparency is one of our company's core values, and we host weekly company-wide meetings to share updates and important news. These meetings provide opportunities to collaborate across different departments and foster a deeper understanding of each employee's role in our collective goals.

We have a fundamentally different culture that unlocks the limits of geographic hiring. Our diverse staff promotes an extremely accepting culture, and our employees are in varying stages of life. Most employees work remotely, and we encourage flexibility and balance with scheduling — parents can be parents, people can go to the doctor, and families can take vacations. We work to ensure team building and familiarity within the company, and our entire staff is invited to meet regularly both virtually and in person at our annual get-together. We encourage career advancement and invest in our team to learn and expand their skills.

We seek to create a motivating and enriching environment that unites our employees toward a common goal. Transparency and communication are at the heart of what we do. Our employees regularly provide feedback to the executive team through employee engagement surveys that inform company decisions and changes. Our CEO also shares funding updates from the board once a month and answers questions from staff. At Cobalt, we acknowledge our employees have demands outside of work, and we offer flexible time off so that our team members are able to care for themselves and their families.