Category: remote work
Why VCs say they’re open for business, even if they’re pausing new deals
This week Alexia Bonatsos of Dream Machine and Niko Bonatsos of General Catalyst swung by Extra Crunch Live to discuss where they are investing today and what the future might look like. As expected, these seed and early-stage venture capitalists had a lot to say about their current investing cadence…
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What people tend to get wrong about remote work
Part II of an interview with Darren Murph, head of Remote at GitLab Greg Kumparak @grg / 7 hours What do people tend to get wrong about remote work? And how can companies make it work better for them? While just about every tech company on the planet has become…
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GitLab’s head of Remote on hiring, onboarding and why Slack is a no-work zone
‘The only way to define culture in a remote setting is to write it down’ Greg Kumparak @grg / 7 hours With more than 1,200 employees distributed across over 65 countries and a valuation of nearly $3 billion, GitLab is one of the world’s most successful fully remote startups. Describing…
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Work From Home is dead, long live Work From Anywhere
My colleagues and I published a couple of different views on the future of “work from home” and remote work last Friday — a story that, if analytics is any sign, really struck a nerve with many of you. That shouldn’t be surprising particularly in the tech industry, where knowledge…
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How Adobe shifted a Las Vegas conference to executives’ living rooms in less than 30 days
‘We actually got a lot of kudos for not trying to fake it and set up green screens with everyone in virtual situations’ Ron Miller 7 hours Adobe was scheduled to hold its annual conference in Las Vegas two weeks ago, but the coronavirus pandemic forced the company to make…
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Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson on shifting a 3,000-person company to fully remote
‘It’s not without its hiccups, but it has worked pretty well’ Greg Kumparak @grg / 13 hours What’s it like to take a company with 3,000 employees distributed across 25 offices and make it fully remote with just a few weeks’ notice? I hopped on a call with Twilio CEO…
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