Our Mission
Fix B2B telecom. Telecom is an antiquated, static industry where vendors often get across-the-board negative reviews from customers and are averse to change. That said, telecom is a highly consequential, multi-$tn space that powers how we interact digitally. Everyone at Lightyear is excited about being one of the few drivers of real, positive, durable change in telecom.
Our team and culture
In order for our mission to be authentic, we need a culture that attracts aspirational people and supports aspirational work.
Lightyear operates a remote-first, distributed working environment that allows our team members to live where they want to live and still do their work successfully. We believe that talent knows no geographic bounds, and we hire as such. We’ve cultivated a high-trust, autonomous work environment that empowers team members to drive their work forward as they see fit. We value team bonding and connections, and prioritize company time to connect both virtually and in-person through team events and retreats. We ensure that team members are able to meet family obligations and prioritize an exciting life outside of work. Most importantly, we’re guided and grounded as a team by our core values, some of which we’ve detailed below.
Lightyear's Core Values
We are a professional sports team
We’re here to win, and we orient our culture around putting points up. We strive toward the highest levels of performance and motivate our team to perform better every single day. We are not afraid to admit fault, have tough discussions, or make changes when needed to improve output. Improvement is always possible.
We embrace The Beginner’s Mind
We hold intense humility and respect for the challenges we’ve signed up for, and as such operate with true openness, eagerness, a lack of preconceptions, and an understanding that we are underdogs. We do not and will never embrace the hubris and closed-mindedness that comes is associated with incumbency.
Iteration, experimentation, and measured failure into perpetuity
Everything has room for improvement, and our product is never “done.” Lightyear’s prides itself in a willingness to constantly experiment with educated bets, measure performance with data, and make changes based on what the data tells us. If some of what we do does not fail, we are not innovating enough. Failure is fine so long as resource investments are measured.
Problems are solved by looking deeply inward first, and a solutions orientation
We believe that all problems can be solved, and we operate with an optimistic desire to solve problems rather than place blame or escalate anxiety. If we collectively focus on what we can control as individuals and take a solutions-oriented approach to problem solving, problems will get solved with minimum anxiety.
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