Building Remotely
Welcome to Building Remotely! In each podcast episode, Sondre Rasch, CEO and Co-founder of SafetyWing, interviews remote founders and thought leaders to discover innovative and thought-provoking ways to successfully build a remote company. Through the series, we will explore a range of topics and ideas that will help you build, scale-up and accelerate your remote company and team success. Get original insights, tips and tools that leaders of the world's most successful remote companies are using today to succeed.
Episodes
48 episodes
How to evaluate the performance of your remote team with Rob Rawson from Time Doctor and Running Remote
How can you get an insight into your remote teams' productivity and impact it positively? Rob Rawson founded Time Doctor to help remote companies solve this problem, and is s...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 5
•
31:53
How to Build a Startup City with Trey Goff from Prospera
What is a startup city and how do you build it? Prospera, is a charter city in Roatán, Honduras. Their goal is to build an innovation hub that is exploring new models for economi...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 4
•
48:04
Providing Equity for a global remote team with Kim Hansen from Cake Equity
Kim Hansen has over two decades of experience working with startups. His firsthand experience of the complications surrounding equity grants led to the founding of Cake Equity. In this ep...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 3
•
35:21
How to increase productivity as a remote worker with Taylor Jacobson from Focusmate
After Taylor Jacobson started to work remotely and could not find an effective tool to help with his procrastination, he created it himself. Focusmate aims to increase remote workers' well-being and productivity...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 2
•
37:17
How to setup taxes remotely with John Lee from the Work From Anywhere Team
John Lee is a lifelong nomad and founder of "The Work From Anywhere Team", which aims to solve tax complexity for a global remote workforce. In this episode, John shares his insights on tax laws and risks to avo...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 1
•
38:00
Providing the best benefits for a remote team with Ally Fekaiki from Juno
Ally founded Juno after experiencing the lack of individualised employee benefits himself.Together with him, we explored how you can offer dynamic benefits for a global remote team. Topics we discussed
•
Season 5
•
Episode 11
•
28:06
Facing conflict in a remote team with Elie Dagher from Lead From Within
How can you communicate authentically in a remote team? Elie Dagher is a successful leadership coach and has made it his mission to teach authentic communication strategies to business leaders and teams. In this episode, he s...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 10
•
45:38
How to become a remote developer with Per Borgen from Scrimba
After studying economics, Per Borgen switched careers to become a software developer in 2015. One year after taking part in a three-month Bootcamp he co-founded Scrimba - an interactive learning ...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 9
•
28:10
Relocation of remote workers with Pieter Levels from Rebase
What are the possibilities of changing your citizenship as a remote worker? After being fully nomadic for years, Pieter Levels decided to relocate to Portugal. Many nomads and remote workers were interested in the process, so he ...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 8
•
34:33
How to create a healthy meeting culture
Are your team's virtual meetings effective?For guidance on how to structure meetings to optimize for efficiency, genuine connection and motivation, we reached out to Jordan Husney, the founder and CEO of
•
Season 5
•
Episode 7
•
59:56
Building a product people love with Job from Remote.com
What are the characteristics of a good product? Job van der Voort refined this judgement - first as VP of Product at GitLab and now as founder and CEO of Remote.com. In this episode he is sharing how to create products people love a...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 6
•
35:04
Organizing great team gatherings with Sam Laliberte from Freedom Lifestyle
Have you tried organizing in-person gatherings for your remote team?Sam Laliberte has a great formula for organizing both virtual and in-person team gatherings that prioritize genuine connections and conversations, with a focus o...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 5
•
48:39
The science of storytelling with Jason Silva from Shots of Awe
How can we tell more engaging stories?In this episode, we discuss the nuances of storytelling and its role in modern society with the Emmy-nominated television host and storyteller Jason Silva.Find the full transcript
•
Season 5
•
Episode 4
•
47:10
Creating institutions for a better future with Jeremy Nixon from Omni
How can you revolutionize institutions that have been set in stone for centuries? We spoke to Jeremy Nixon, the CEO of Omni, an organization with the goal of bringing about a new set of institutions. Find the full ...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 3
•
40:51
Understanding your customers remotely with Karen Mangia from Salesforce
How to do customer research remotely? Karen Mangia, the VP of Customer and Market Insights at Salesforce shares how they talk with customers remotely and how to conduct customer research.
•
Season 5
•
Episode 2
•
40:59
Should you hire a Head of Remote with Chase Warrington from Doist
What exactly does a Head of Remote do?Chase Warrington, the Head of Remote at Doist talked to us about this role and how remote companies can benefit from it. Find the full transcript
•
Season 5
•
Episode 1
•
40:56
The story of SafetyWing with Sondre Rasch
We talked to Sondre Rasch, the CEO of SafetyWing and our usual host for this podcast, about why he decided to build remote first, the YC application process, and building from scratch without relying...
•
Season 4
•
Episode 10
•
44:30
Remote fundraising with Yoeri Dassen from 7Percent Ventures
How do you raise money as a remote company? Together with Yoeri Dassen from 7Percent Ventures, we are diving into different stages of fundraising, how to evaluate your startup and negotiate with VCs remotel...
•
Season 4
•
Episode 10
•
50:36
Async vs synchronous teams with Adam Nathan from Almanac
How can asynchronous work simplify remote collaboration?Together with Adam Nathan, the founder and CEO of Almanac, we discussed the benefits and challenges of asynchronous work, how to reduce meetings a...
•
Season 4
•
Episode 9
•
34:21
Remote leadership with Sarah Hawley from Growmotely
How can you connect with your team as a remote leader?We spoke to Sarah Hawley, the founder and CEO of Growmotely about asynchronous leadership, creating alignment in a remote team and leading w...
•
Season 4
•
Episode 8
•
46:54
How to onboard remote employees with Nicole Vasquez from Deskpass
How can you create a feeling of belonging among new team members?Nicole Vasquez, the Co-Founder and Chief People Officer of Deskpass took us through the remote onboarding process that has allowed ...
•
Season 4
•
Episode 7
•
36:46
How to build a fulfilling remote career with Kevin Kirkpatrick from We Work Remotely
Most of us know how to approach a traditional job search. But how does this process differ in a remote environment? How do you do well in a remote job interview? And what jobs can actually be done remotely (spoiler alert: more than you think)?<...
•
Season 4
•
Episode 6
•
30:22
A systematic way to grow a remote company with Irina Papuc from Galactic Fed
How do you approach your marketing strategies? With an empirical mindset, or a fully data-driven hypothesis?Irina Papuc from Galactic Fed talks about a balance between extensive data res...
•
Season 4
•
Episode 5
•
42:02
