> I think past actions of myself and our management team (which also includes employees) speak a lot for how we are probably gonna do things in the future

In my experience it doesn't.

Soon the company is too big to known everyone, new managements and leaders emerge, whether you want it or not.

There are a lot of people joining in a growing startup. They will outnumber the current employees quickly and shift the current culture with them. Startups change in all aspects, very fast