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Building a company from anywhere in the world
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David Mytton
Woop Japan!
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Server Density Timeline
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Server Density Timeline
•April 2009: 2
•Dec 2009: 3
•Early 2011: 5
UK
UK
UK
Canada
Canada Netherlands
USA
•Late 2011: 7 UK Canada Netherlands
USA Portugal
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Server Density Timeline
UK
Canada
Netherlands
USA Portugal
Poland
•2013: 12
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•No limits on hiring
Advantages
RelocationWorldwide talent
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•No limits on hiring
Advantages
•Suits employees
Friends, family, flexibility
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•No limits on hiring
Advantages
•Suits employees
•Responsibility
Promote responsibility within the team - taking the initiative
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•No limits on hiring
Advantages
•Suits employees
•Responsibility
•CostOffice costs, commuting
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•No Distractions
Advantages
Office costs, commuting
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•No Distractions
Advantages
•Travel
Office costs, commuting
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•No Distractions
Advantages
•Travel
•Timezone coverage
Office costs, commuting
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Disadvantages
Collaboration
More difficult
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Disadvantages
Collaboration
Keeping everyone updated
More difficult
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Disadvantages
Collaboration
Keeping everyone updated
Isolation
Having informal ideas or discussions
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Disadvantages
Collaboration
Keeping everyone updated
Isolation
Watercooler
Having informal ideas or discussions
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2012 Office
Last year we added an office after 3 years of working remotely
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What works best where?
Remote Office
Engineering Design
Ops Marketing
Support Sales
Everything? Everything?
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2012 Office
Very difficult toadd remote later
Important that we did it in this order
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2012 Office
Office only
Remote Only
Remote → Office
Important that we did it in this order
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2012 Office
Remote Only
Remote → Office
Office → Remote
Office only
Important that we did it in this order
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Remote mindset
Communication
Availability
Tools
Working remotely is a mindset, difficult to bolt on after starting all in the same placeCommunication: have to keep everyone in the loopAvailability: not all around at the same time. Organise meetings or collaboration in advance
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Not just chatting - activity feed
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Very difficult toadd remote later