Running Remote

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.

This week's guest, Forest Key is the CEO of Voodle, who wants to help teams build and share knowledge using short videos. Forest is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for innovation in UX, video, and storytelling software platforms. In this interview, he discusses his personal experience in transforming his company into a completely remote environment. He stresses that it is vital to make sure there is equity - making sure that workers are provided with the tools they need to do their jobs properly, wherever they are.

A well-known name in Running Remote circles and a star from our Running Remote event in November 2020, our guest today is co-founder and CEO of CoScreen, Till Pieper.

The winner of the 2020 Hottest Remote Startup contest, CoScreen helps coworkers be more efficient, reduce misunderstandings, and, most importantly, get on the same page.

In this episode, we talk about what the founders were trying to accomplish by designing their software and its development process. We also talk about lessons managers can learn, the power of deep collaboration, and the future of remote work.

Tune in to find out how fostering remote relationships can make the newly remote world work more smoothly.

This week, we’re happy to have one of the more reputable names in the remote work world as our guest. Ho Yin Cheung is the founder and CEO of Remo, the virtual event platform.

In this episode, we talk about Remo’s past, how it came to pivot to what it is today, and its explosive growth in 2020—not just regionally, but also internationally. We go on to touch on a number of different issues that can arise when it comes to scaling remote companies.

As Ho Yin is joining us from Taiwan, we use this opportunity to talk about the differences in the pandemic between Asia and the West.

Diversity in thought and approach can build better products. Tune in to find out what it means to build a truly cross-cultural team.

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.