It is true that most of the founding team have never worked in the U.S. or have run a business. Issues have arisen because of their lack of knowledge or care. They are constantly putting out fires due to upper management's inexperience with running a business. Our HR department should and needs to be improved.
I agree that employees do seem miserable at tispr - it either shows on their face or they act out in immature ways. The product is not where it should be, yet they are trying to make improvements to the platform.
Forget about having cool, fun startup incentives for all your hard work, there are NONE unless you count foosball, ping pong and pool as great incentives.
If you are interested in a job at the tispr headquarters, have other job options on your list as a backup plan.