Running Remote

This week, we are talking to Nacho Rodriguez, the Founder of the repeople coliving and NomadCity conference. Nacho is a well-known innovator in digital nomad space and the ambassador of remote work on Gran Canaria islands. In this episode Nacho talks about one of the first remote work events after the onset of the pandemic.

Steve Hoffman is a 20-year remote leader and a creator of the leading startup accelerator. Founders Space was ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines. Hoffman is also a venture investor and author of several award-winning books. Outside of the Silicon Valley he is know as Captain Hoff. In this episode we discuss a number of various topics with Steve particularly diving into fostering trust in remote teams.

Matthew Barby is the Director of Acquisition for Hubspot. Matt joins us to chat about how Hubspot is in the process of creating its own remote culture - a process that’s been started as the company has grown. In fact, this past summer, Matt tweeted about the entire company going remote for an entire week to see what they’d learn from it. In this episode, we’ll discuss those outcomes, as well as other strategies and tactics that Matthew and Hubspot are developing as the company moves towards a more effective and flexible, remote workforce. So let’s get started!  

Daphnée Laforest is the Product Manager for Enterprise at Human Made. A WordPress development agency that brings open source to big publishers and enterprise-level clients. Daphnée joins us to share how Human Made has built and managed a remote team from the very beginning, growing from 20 to 60 employees based around the world. In this episode, we’ll dive into some key tactics and strategies around how Human Made has approached building and scaling their remote culture - something that’s been ingrained in the company’s culture from the very beginning. So let’s get to it!

Courtney Seiter is the Director of People at Buffer, a social media management platform. In this episode, Courtney shares with us how a culture of experimentation is driving the future of work at Buffer. Peek inside this very transparent company, from salaries to hiring practices, to the frameworks that drive their unique remote working culture and their goal of building “the future of work”. Courtney shares some of the top learnings and insights as she’s helped scale the company from 15 to more than 70 employees. So let’s get started!

Wade Foster is the co-founder & CEO of Zapier, a simple automation platform. In this episode, Wade shares how Zapier was remote from the beginning since it started as a side project and then became a small startup that was short on access to talent and other resources - so the only avenue was to hire smart people in different cities. Now as a team that’s nearing 100 people, Wade shares some of the different growth milestones and what tactics and strategies they needed to re-evaluate along the way in order to continue building an effective remote culture. But as we’ll see, it’s something that’s still being created. So let’s get started!

Ben Sarrazin is the iOS Platform Lead at Trov, a platform that is revolutionizing the way people protect the things they care about. Trov has raised over $87M dollars over several rounds and has many of its team members working remotely as they expand operations internationally. Ben heads up the iOS development team, and as we’ll hear in this episode, he’s embraced and helped continue to push the unique culture within that specific team and how they share it with the rest of the company. So let’s get started!

Diego Bejarano is the co-founder of Wifi Tribe, a community of driven creatives and entrepreneurs who travel the world and work from anywhere! In this episode, we’ll dive into what it’s like building a remote company that enables other nomads and remote workers to travel the world while building their companies. Diego talks to us about that challenges of building and managing a remote team - something he’s currently doing himself - while also trying to create the right community of members to make sure the entire experience is positive and productive for everyone. There are tons of insights and lessons here that will help you build a better remote business, manage a remote team, or create a new outlook on what’s possible for your professional life. So let’s get to it!

Andy Tryba is the CEO of Crossover and is on a mission to help companies find the very best talent on the globe. Andy discusses his vision for remote work and creating culture among his distributed team. 

When Natalie was just a temp, she literally "ran into" the founder of the company in the hall. In a quick conversation, she relayed the inefficiencies she saw within the company. He enlisted her to help fix these issues and now she's CEO.  Natalie is a champion of "Anywhere" work - listen up as she details how she runs a distributed team and creates culture. 

Articulate makes award-winning course creation apps for large companies. Lucy details how Articulate serves their customers with a fully distributed team. Listen in as she gives us a deep dive into Articulate's remote culture. 

When Peldi Guilizzoni decided he wanted to be a solopreneur, he didn't realize he was about to build something that was going to be so successful. Scaling to 3000 customers on his own, he decided he needed to build a team.  Once he realized he needed to bring on team members, remote was the only way to go. Listen as Peldi describes some of his most unique challenges. 

Flexjobs is arguably one of the largest job portals for remote workers. Sara Sutton, CEO of Flexjobs brings us through the evolution of Flexjobs and the insights and trends she's seen through the evolution of distributed teams.  

Brook Schaaf started his career at a very young Zappos as an affiliate manager. Now, he owns and runs FMTC (For Me To Compete) a company that streamlines affiliate marketing.  Brook is very data-driven and takes a fresh approach to distributed teams. Listen in as he describes how he builds culture within his company. 

Lynze Ballay helps workers transform their current role into a remote position. This is a very insightful interview, as her approach is to help workers go abroad, but to also help companies with global mobility.  Lynze has a lot of amazing insights on shifts in the market and what companies are looking for. Listen in as she educates us on the foreign environment ahead. 

"Data is the new oil." Pablo Hoffman is the co-founder of Scraping Hub, a data scraping tool for developers.  Scraping Hub is so distributed, that Pablo and his business partner live in totally different countries and have only met in person a handful of times. Pablo outlines how he and his team run their business with a team over 100+ remote workers. 

Zeni Bandy started her remote career by taking jobs on Upwork - she was able to parlay her love of nutrition and customer support into the 2nd hire at Kettle & Fire. Now she heads up their distributed team and spearheads their culture. As a part of a fast-growing startup, Zeni gives us a glimpse into their day-to-day remote team collaboration.

William Beutler started his business with a fully remote team. As they grew and started to hire more team members, they embraced the remote aspect and found better talent as a result. With online tools and a yearly team summit - William and his team are able to have a strong company culture. 

Michelle Ridsdale is the Chief People Officer at Envato, managing over 500 people globally. As the company grew, company culture within their distributed teams became a major focus. Listen as Michelle describes what Envato does to keep their teams close and working seamlessly. 

Based in Bulgaria, DevriX is a Wordpress Development Agency whose team is 3/4 remote. Mario started his company with a fully remote team and brought on more employees locally. Listen in as Mario describes the challenges of having a remote team as well as the surprising advantages he's noticed.