“A Hybrid Setup is the worst” | How to get new hires up to speed during hyper-growth | How to not be the bottle neck of growth as a founder | - Job van der Voort, remote.com

Unicorn Bakery - For Startup Founders

In the last 4 years Job van der Voort has founded remote.com, raised about $500 million from investors like Sequoia, Accel, Index and General Catalyst, reached a valuation of $3 billion and turned the company profitable last year. Fabian talks to Job about structures that make hyper-growth possible, how remote.com managed to scale without a fixed HQ & what it took to do so, and personal growth as a founder.

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What you'll learn:

What frameworks are needed to enable hyper growth?

What characteristics do employees need to enable rapid growth?

How does remote.com ensure new employees integrate quickly and are productive?

Office culture, remote or hybrid - what is the best culture?

Job van der Voort

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jobvo/

Remote.com: https://remote.com/

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(00:00:00) Hyper-growth of remote.com & efficient onboarding of new employees.

(00:24:46) What went wrong in the hyper-growth year?

(00:28:56) How do you delegate so employees can make quick decisions and take responsibility?

(00:31:39) What has changed at remote.com compared to the Pandemic & the Hype Cycle?

(00:35:01) Growth at any cost vs. efficient growth - what did you have to decide and plan differently as a founder?

(00:42:39) What structures help fully remote companies scale?

(00:48:41) Hiring other people if you want to make them exclusively remote?

(00:58:10) Hybrid vs. remote vs. office culture.

(01:02:14) What are currently your biggest challenges at remote.com?