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Living and Working Abroad Success Story
Speaker 1
0:00
Greg
.
So
where
are
you
at
the
moment
?
Where
are
you
jumping
on
this
call
from
at
the
moment
?
Speaker 2
0:05
Hey
,
alex
.
Today
I
am
in
Mexico
City
.
This
is
my
home
base
these
days
,
but
last
week
I
was
in
Italy
and
the
week
before
in
London
.
I
like
to
be
all
over
.
Speaker 1
0:15
And
that
is
the
beauty
of
setting
up
your
own
company
that
allows
you
to
be
here
,
there
and
everywhere
,
right
?
Speaker 2
0:23
That's
right
.
It's
a
priority
for
me
,
so
I've
sort
of
made
that
happen
.
Speaker 1
0:27
Nice
,
you've
got
to
tell
me
then
.
So
how
did
you
get
from
where
you
were
to
being
basically
a
jet
setter
?
Well
,
I
don't
know
if
it's
a
jet
setter
,
but
having
a
lifestyle
where
you
can
actually
you've
aligned
with
your
passion
for
traveling
and
remote
work
to
,
um
,
you
know
what
you're
doing
now
.
How
do
you
get
to
that
point
?
Speaker 2
0:50
for
sure
.
So
I'll
take
you
back
2014
.
Uh
,
and
I
was
living
in
chicago
and
I
grew
up
in
chicago
.
I'm
from
chicago
.
I've
never
lived
outside
of
midwest
before
this
and
,
uh
,
when
I
was
in
university
,
uh
,
my
friends
all
got
to
study
abroad
.
I
didn't
actually
get
the
opportunity
to
do
that
,
but
I
went
and
visited
some
of
them
and
just
had
this
amazing
experience
and
this
romantic
idea
of
living
outside
the
country
that
always
stuck
with
me
.
Speaker 2
1:14
And
you
know
,
I
was
living
in
Chicago
,
working
in
Chicago
the
nine
to
five
.
You
know
you
commute
the
same
way
every
single
day
into
sort
of
a
sea
of
death
full
of
people
kind
of
uninspired
by
what
they're
doing
,
and
I
just
kind
of
felt
stuck
.
You
know
,
I
wanted
to
do
something
different
.
I
had
this
,
this
romantic
dream
of
living
in
different
countries
and
,
you
know
,
eating
local
foods
and
meeting
people
and
having
these
kinds
of
just
unbelievable
life
changing
experiences
.
And
so
what
I
did
was
I
said
I
want
to
do
this
sustainably
and
I
want
to
do
this
in
a
way
that
I
can
do
more
than
a
week
or
two
at
a
time
.
So
the
first
thing
is
I
found
work
I
could
do
from
anywhere
and
at
the
time
2014
,
I
didn't
really
know
about
remote
work
or
the
fact
that
you
could
do
it
full
time
for
a
company
.
So
what
I
did
is
I
went
out
and
I
reached
out
,
reached
out
to
my
network
and
I
asked
people
,
do
you
need
some
help
with
strategy
or
with
marketing
or
anything
like
that
?
Um
,
and
one
of
my
friends
thankfully
had
a
company
and
he
he
needed
some
help
.
So
we
signed
a
deal
for
me
to
start
helping
them
out
on
a
ongoing
basis
with
some
marketing
strategy
,
putting
up
their
sort
of
paid
marketing
strategy
and
infrastructure
.
Um
,
so
that
that
was
it
.
That
was
like
the
day
.
Speaker 2
2:26
So
when
that
happened
,
that
night
I
went
to
dinner
with
my
group
of
best
friends
and
I
said
hey
guys
,
I
got
this
work
I
can
do
from
anywhere
.
Do
you
guys
also
want
to
get
remote
jobs
or
jobs
you
can
do
from
anywhere
and
go
travel
together
?
And
they
all
kind
of
looked
at
me
like
I
was
crazy
.
These
are
investment
bankers
and
consultants
and
professional
types
of
folks
and
they
just
didn't
even
wrap
their
heads
around
it
.
They
said
that
doesn't
make
any
sense
.
We're
not
going
to
go
do
that
with
you
.
What
are
you
talking
about
?
And
so
the
next
day
I
quit
my
job
and
I
started
traveling
.
I
,
the
same
day
,
wanted
to
have
a
group
of
people
to
go
do
that
with
.
So
I
put
up
this
website
and
it
said
who
wants
to
travel
together
for
a
year
while
working
remotely
?
And
I
sent
the
link
to
a
couple
of
friends
and
they
sent
it
to
a
couple
other
friends
apparently
,
and
before
I
knew
it
the
first
day
,
over
a
thousand
people
had
signed
up
.
Speaker 1
3:22
Oh
my
gosh
.
Wow
,
totally
unexpected
,
so
right
when
I
just
got
started
the
same
day
,
over
1,000
people
had
signed
up
.
Speaker 2
3:25
Oh
my
gosh
,
wow
,
Totally
unexpected
.
So
,
right
when
I
just
got
started
the
same
day
,
all
these
things
sort
of
happened
,
like
I
got
some
remote
work
,
I
quit
my
job
and
then
I
put
up
this
website
and
it
just
sort
of
all
kind
of
was
happening
like
really
fast
at
the
same
time
,
and
then
over
the
next
few
months
,
more
people
kept
talking
about
it
,
journalists
started
writing
about
it
in
the
US
and
then
abroad
,
and
before
I
knew
it
,
50,000
people
had
signed
up
.
Totally
unexpected
,
yeah
.
And
so
during
this
time
I
was
traveling
,
I
was
kind
of
you
know
working
and
you
know
doing
all
these
things
,
but
all
the
while
,
all
these
people
were
saying
I
want
to
do
this
experience
,
I
want
to
come
do
this
with
you
from
all
over
the
world
.
Speaker 2
4:05
And
during
that
I
said
,
wow
,
there's
something
here
,
there's
something
more
.
Um
,
this
,
this
,
this
could
really
be
something
.
And
so
that's
when
,
um
,
you
know
,
I
was
talking
to
one
of
my
best
friends
,
sam
,
talking
about
this
interest
and
excitement
that
this
idea
was
getting
,
um
,
and
that's
when
we
kind
of
decided
to
formalize
this
into
a
more
formal
program
and
say
we
can
help
people
do
this
and
really
make
it
into
something
more
than
just
a
group
of
friends
traveling
.
And
so
during
that
experience
I
sort
of
went
from
,
you
know
,
working
freelance
and
traveling
to
building
Remote
Year
over
the
next
you
know
,
couple
months
,
which
was
sort
of
unexpected
and
came
about
really
because
I
wanted
a
group
of
people
personally
to
travel
with
now
that
is
has
got
to
be
the
ultimate
story
in
turning
your
passion
into
like
a
successful
business
.
Speaker 1
4:52
If
I
ever
heard
one
and
I
,
well
,
a
lot
of
people
I
mean
when
you
,
when
you
see
all
these
videos
,
all
these
gurus
on
youtube
talking
about
traveling
and
and
working
a
lot
there's
a
lot
of
,
obviously
,
fakers
out
there
,
obviously
,
but
for
sure
you've
turned
it
into
something
.
You've
not
only
have
you
turned
your
passion
into
something
that
you
can
do
,
but
you've
also
brought
along
with
you
people
who
want
to
do
the
same
thing
and
doing
it
really
and
truly
in
real
life
,
and
they're
doing
it
for
a
year
at
a
time
,
right
,
totally
.
Speaker 2
5:25
So
we
have
four
month
programs
and
we
have
12
month
programs
.
So
in
each
one
you
live
and
work
in
a
new
place
each
month
throughout
the
experience
,
together
with
a
community
of
30
to
50
people
.
So
you're
doing
this
,
you're
working
remotely
,
living
in
different
places
,
and
it
is
an
unbelievable
life
changing
experience
to
have
that
opportunity
to
live
abroad
,
that
opportunity
to
live
abroad
.
But
the
thing
that
people
really
love
about
Remote
Year
is
the
community
,
is
you
build
this
relationship
with
these
folks
you
share
the
experience
with
in
ways
that
you
just
can't
even
understand
or
dream
of
.
It's
unbelievable
.
Speaker 1
5:58
It's
amazing
.
I've
been
trying
to
get
hold
of
Greg
for
a
while
to
interview
him
.
I'm
so
glad
that
he's
come
on
here
to
really
talk
about
it
,
to
let
you
know
that
this
is
happening
.
People
are
doing
this
.
Speaker 1
6:11
Um
,
people
are
,
you
know
,
not
only
working
remotely
I
think
remote
work
is
still
still
people
still
trying
to
get
to
grips
with
the
actual
idea
and
the
concept
of
remote
work
but
they're
traveling
,
they're
doing
their
,
what
they
do
professionally
,
but
taking
it
on
the
road
for
four
months
a
year
,
you
know
,
up
to
a
year
at
a
time
.
Road
for
four
months
a
year
,
you
know
,
up
to
a
year
at
a
time
.
So
it's
real
and
if
you
want
,
you
know
,
you
should
get
in
touch
with
Greg
.
I'm
gonna
leave
a
link
,
obviously
,
around
,
just
so
you
can
actually
see
what
you're
going
to
.
Have
a
look
yourself
as
well
,
because
if
you're
dreaming
about
doing
that
yourself
,
greg
can
make
it
happen
for
you
.
Speaker 1
6:48
You
know
,
and
what
I'd
ask
Greg
is
I
know
there's
lots
of
people
listening
to
this
that
there
are
remote
people
listening
to
this
.
There
are
also
people
who
are
trying
to
make
not
just
remote
work
happen
for
them
,
but
they're
also
trying
to
make
traveling
while
they're
working
happen
as
well
.
So
if
I'm
,
you
know
,
I'm
now
sitting
in
my
cubicle
in
my
digital
marketing
agency
or
wherever
it
may
be
.
Think
to
myself
I
need
to
convince
my
boss
to
let
me
go
remote
.
What
steps
should
I
take
to
do
that
?
Speaker 2
7:22
Yeah
,
it's
a
challenging
conversation
,
right
,
it's
a
big
ask
for
lots
of
people
and
we've
had
now
over
2
,
over
2500
people
come
on
our
programs
and
we've
we've
been
part
of
that
conversation
thousands
of
times
now
.
Um
,
so
we've
really
perfected
how
to
do
that
best
and
we
actually
have
a
full-time
team
dedicated
to
helping
people
have
that
conversation
with
their
employer
and
that's
all
they
do
every
single
day
is
they
help
people
that
conversation
?
So
if
people
really
want
to
do
this
and
they
want
to
make
remote
work
and
travel
work
for
them
,
they
should
reach
out
to
us
.
They
should
come
to
remote
year
.
Speaker 2
7:55
Um
,
they
should
reach
out
to
me
personally
,
greg
at
remote
yearcom
.
Feel
free
to
me
direct
and
I'm
happy
to
help
anyone
in
the
audience
that
wants
it
.
Um
,
and
we
have
a
team
dedicated
to
helping
you
do
that
.
So
,
um
,
we're
we're
happy
to
get
on
the
phones
,
understand
your
specific
situation
,
understand
what
your
company's
like
,
and
we've
built
out
business
cases
and
all
kinds
of
supporting
materials
to
help
people
really
make
the
case
to
their
employer
to
make
this
possible
.
So
if
people
want
that
help
,
we're
here
to
support
.
Just
come
on
to
remoteyearcom
or
send
me
an
email
,
greg
at
remoteyear
,
and
we'll
help
you
guys
out
.
Speaker 1
8:26
You
might
be
hearing
from
me
All
right
,
let's
do
it
.
No
,
well
,
yeah
,
I
eventually
want
to
do
it
.
I
mean
,
I
I'm
at
the
point
now
where
I'm
probably
not
quite
ready
to
do
it
yet
.
But
what
I
really
want
to
know
is
,
what
is
there
a
certain
type
of
?
Obviously
my
community
is
is
a
mix
of
digital
marketers
and
people
in
tech
,
for
example
.
But
yeah
,
is
there
a
aside
from
this
,
the
sort
of
hard
skills
?
Is
there
a
certain
type
of
person
that
is
part
of
your
community
?
Are
they
,
you
know
,
are
they
quite
young
?
Are
they
what
?
What
sort
of
demographics
are
we
looking
at
?
Speaker 2
9:01
yeah
,
well
,
first
of
all
,
we
.
Our
community
is
full
of
curious
,
driven
professionals
,
and
we
mean
curious
and
driven
professionals
all
three
words
very
specifically
.
Everyone
is
pursuing
something
professionally
throughout
the
experience
and
they're
really
excited
to
learn
and
grow
as
a
person
on
the
experience
,
both
personally
and
professionally
.
And
so
that's
really
who
,
psychographically
,
the
people
are
in
our
community
.
Other
than
that
,
it's
pretty
diverse
.
So
we
have
people
22
up
until
76
.
So
super
,
super
wide
range
of
folks
from
over
40
different
countries
participating
.
So
it's
a
diverse
group
of
people
,
all
kinds
of
experiences
,
all
kinds
of
backgrounds
.
We
are
an
American
company
,
so
there
is
a
larger
proportion
of
Americans
than
other
backgrounds
.
But
other
than
that
,
it's
really
really
diverse
.
And
the
thing
that
really
binds
these
people
together
is
that
these
are
people
that
are
excited
to
learn
about
new
people
and
ideas
and
excited
to
grow
personally
and
professionally
and
they're
really
growing
while
being
productive
and
working
throughout
the
experience
.
Speaker 1
10:06
No
,
I
mean
,
it's
great
and
well
,
I'd
never
have
thought
that
.
I
suppose
you
don't
think
again
when
you
see
all
these
images
of
digital
nomads
.
They're
all
sort
of
like
Millennials
and
young
looking
people
and
you
never
imagine
so
.
The
reality
is
far
different
from
the
images
that
we
see
,
and
I
think
another
thing
that's
that
,
so
go
ahead
I
will
say
that
there
are
a
lot
of
millennials
,
of
course
,
um
,
that
is
.
Speaker 2
10:34
That
is
a
big
part
of
the
demographic
,
for
sure
,
um
,
but
it
is
more
diverse
than
I
think
you'd
imagine
and
I
think
I
mean
as
much
as
it's
it's
a
great
.
Speaker 1
10:43
It's
a
great
.
I
love
the
concept
,
I
love
the
idea
of
traveling
and
working
.
As
I
said
,
and
there's
so
many
people
out
there
who
like
it
as
well
.
There's
still
a
component
of
adaptation
,
especially
if
you
haven't
worked
remotely
before
,
and
I
know
one
big
issue
in
the
remote
community
is
and
I
know
obviously
you
being
in
a
group
or
community
kind
of
perhaps
negates
that
in
some
ways
,
but
there
are
people
that
might
feel
a
sense
of
isolation
or
a
sense
of
loneliness
.
How
are
you
as
a
group
sort
of
dealing
with
that
?
But
also
,
what
sort
of
recommendations
can
you
make
?
Speaker 2
11:22
Yeah
,
well
,
I
think
the
way
that
remote
work
can
become
lonely
is
if
you
just
are
working
from
home
and
you
never
leave
your
home
.
But
we're
all
about
co-working
and
bringing
communities
and
people
together
and
I
think
if
you
ask
anyone
on
our
programs
,
I
don't
think
anyone
would
say
they're
lonely
,
because
there's
this
constant
,
high
energy
,
social
interaction
happening
at
all
times
.
Interaction
happening
at
all
times
.
So
that
is
a
really
supportive
,
amazing
community
that
we
build
.
It's
outside
of
the
workplace
,
right
,
this
is
more
of
a
social
community
.
But
I
would
say
,
if
you
are
lonely
,
if
you
can't
do
remote
year
or
you
can't
do
a
program
that's
going
to
help
you
have
that
kind
of
experience
,
I
would
say
,
at
least
join
a
co-working
space
,
because
those
are
some
great
places
to
have
some
social
interactions
.
It
gets
you
out
of
the
home
,
even
if
you
don't
have
to
go
into
an
office
every
day
.
Speaker 1
12:08
No
,
definitely
.
I
think
the
key
is
I
think
actually
I
suffered
this
myself
when
I
first
started
working
remotely
.
I
worked
from
home
a
lot
and
perhaps
at
that
point
,
going
back
10
years
ago
now
,
I
did
tend
to
just
really
sort
of
engross
myself
in
the
work
so
much
that
I
just
kind
of
one
moment
I
looked
out
and
it
was
sun
and
the
next
minute
it
was
sort
of
dark
outside
.
So
yeah
,
greg
hits
on
a
great
point
.
It's
that
we're
human
beings
and
we
need
that
interaction
,
we
need
community
,
we
need
people
around
us
,
we
need
that
inspiration
around
us
to
actually
get
to
do
our
best
work
.
Speaker 1
12:50
But
,
greg
,
what
I
want
to
ask
you
as
well
is
,
again
there's
a
number
of
people
in
my
community
that
have
their
own
businesses
as
well
.
Well
,
when
I
say
businesses
,
they
may
be
freelancers
or
they're
working
in
relatively
small
teams
.
So
one
big
question
is
as
well
is
about
uh
,
community
,
so
not
just
community
but
but
um
culture
as
well
.
I
don't
know
if
you
,
if
you're
sort
of
,
if
this
is
an
area
that
you
delve
too
much
into
,
but
people
,
a
lot
of
questions
I
get
are
around
actually
building
teams
,
so
like
building
remote
teams
,
and
I
know
that's
obviously
something
that
you're
doing
right
now
actually
,
yeah
,
how
do
you
go
about
what's
your
hiring
process
?
How
do
you
go
about
it
?
Speaker 2
13:36
Yeah
,
I
mean
.
The
cool
part
about
remote
teams
is
there's
a
big
talent
pool
.
Lots
of
people
want
to
work
for
remote
companies
.
If
you
put
out
a
job
that
is
open
to
remote
,
you're
going
to
get
a
lot
of
applicants
usually
.
So
that's
the
great
part
about
remote
work
.
Global Recruiting and Distributed Team
Speaker 2
13:52
The
hard
part
is
vetting
those
candidates
right
.
You
have
to
understand
the
right
way
to
get
to
know
people
throughout
the
experience
and
filter
through
a
big
stack
of
folks
.
I
like
to
figure
out
what
are
the
motivations
of
the
person
,
why
are
they
looking
to
have
this
job
?
And
if
their
motivation
is
they
just
want
to
work
remotely
,
I'm
probably
less
inclined
to
want
to
hire
that
person
.
I'm
looking
for
people
who
are
much
more
connected
to
the
mission
of
what
we're
doing
,
and
so
I
like
to
really
find
people
that
we
call
zealots
,
people
who
just
love
remote
year
and
are
so
passionate
about
our
mission
,
and
I
think
any
company
should
be
able
to
really
clearly
articulate
what
your
mission
is
,
their
purpose
for
being
there
,
and
if
you
can
articulate
that
well
,
then
anyone
that
you
talk
to
you
could
find
out
if
the
reason
they
want
to
work
for
you
is
aligned
with
your
mission
or
if
it's
more
of
a
mercenary
engagement
and
they
really
want
to
work
just
for
the
money
or
just
because
they
have
a
certain
perk
or
benefit
.
Speaker 2
14:48
So
that's
the
first
thing
that
I
like
to
do
,
and
then
the
other
is
you
really
get
to
know
people
.
We
like
to
do
a
pretty
aggressive
referencing
process
where
we
get
to
know
other
folks
that
you
worked
with
,
learn
what
that's
actually
like
.
We
like
to
get
to
know
people
through
multiple
interviews
.
For
some
roles
we
bring
people
out
and
meet
them
in
person
.
So
it's
really
,
you
know
,
taking
the
time
to
make
sure
that
the
folks
that
you're
bringing
onto
your
team
is
the
right
person
for
the
role
and
for
the
org
you
know
,
and
bringing
a
different
,
diverse
sort
of
perspective
to
the
table
.
Speaker 1
15:21
Okay
,
and
your
team
must
be
.
I
mean
,
is
your
team
based
different
parts
of
the
world
,
or
are
you
mainly
America
or
Europe
?
Speaker 2
15:30
Yeah
,
we
have
about
110
people
now
and
we're
fully
distributed
all
over
the
world
.
So
we
have
people
across
Asia
,
across
Europe
,
some
in
Africa
.
We
have
people
in
India
,
all
over
LATAM
and
then
a
bunch
,
of
course
,
in
North
America
as
well
.
Speaker 1
15:45
And
typically
I
mean
of
that
100
,
what
does
your
,
what
I
mean
?
Can
you
sort
of
dissect
how
your
team
is
sort
of
split
up
?
Speaker 2
15:54
Yeah
,
about
half
the
team
is
on
a
global
operations
team
.
So
we
have
people
full
time
in
each
of
the
cities
that
we
operate
in
.
We're
operating
in
12
different
cities
globally
.
We're
operating
in
12
different
cities
globally
and
so
we
have
that
infrastructure
in
place
to
plan
and
provide
the
experience
and
the
what
we
call
infrastructure
so
the
apartments
,
the
co-working
spaces
,
the
transport
,
things
like
that
.
So
we
have
a
really
,
really
amazing
team
all
over
the
world
to
really
deliver
that
experience
.
And
then
the
rest
of
the
org
is
on
the
experience
team
the
product
,
the
finance
,
the
marketing
,
the
set
sales
and
people
operations
,
sort
of
you
know
technology
,
all
the
different
parts
that
you'd
sort
of
think
about
.
Speaker 1
16:36
You
know
you
need
to
support
that
org
.
It's
amazing
.
It's
an
amazing
story
.
It's
like
you've
gone
from
sort
of
wanting
to
travel
yourself
for
work
to
setting
up
a
business
that's
distributed
across
the
world
.
You've
got
more
than
100
people
in
that
business
.
Did
you
ever
imagine
that
it
would
get
to
this
level
?
Speaker 2
16:51
You
know
it
,
it
didn't
start
there
.
You
know
it
started
with
I
was
kind
of
looking
for
sadly
,
looking
for
friends
to
travel
with
,
but
it
became
pretty
clear
early
on
from
the
reactions
that
we
got
the
excitement
,
the
interest
that
there's
something
bigger
here
and
that
it
could
become
something
pretty
important
.
And
you
know
that's
really
been
,
as
we've
seen
that
opportunity
.
Our
mission
is
to
build
that
and
we
really
believe
fundamentally
that
as
we
enable
more
people
to
have
this
kind
of
experience
who
maybe
otherwise
wouldn't
have
that
opportunity
,
we
build
that
kind
of
global
understanding
and
empathy
in
a
way
that
really
makes
the
world
a
better
place
.
And
that's
really
important
and
that's
really
valuable
.
And
we
want
to
try
to
have
that
impact
on
as
many
people
as
we
can
.
And
so
that's
that's
why
we're
,
you
know
,
focused
on
how
do
we
continue
to
evolve
our
experience
,
evolve
the
way
we
communicate
with
the
world
and
evolve
the
different
type
of
experiences
that
we
offer
to
make
this
accessible
to
as
many
people
as
possible
wonderful
and
managing
a
hundred
people
.
Speaker 1
17:57
Obviously
you've
got
your
managers
,
who
,
who
help
you
out
,
but
how
do
you
guys
all
stay
connected
in
different
corners
of
the
of
the
world
?
What
and
what
sort
of
?
Speaker 2
18:07
so
I
guess
,
what
sort
of
apps
are
you
not
apps
,
but
sort
of
tech
are
you
using
to
stay
,
stay
in
touch
,
and
sure
yeah
,
I
mean
,
the
cool
thing
about
remote
work
is
it
didn't
used
to
be
possible
,
but
now
connectivity
is
just
seeped
into
every
corner
of
the
world
and
,
anywhere
you
are
,
you
have
to
be
way
outside
not
to
be
able
to
have
a
really
strong
connection
at
this
point
to
the
Internet
that
you'd
expect
.
It's
,
it's
zoom
,
or
you
know
maybe
other
video
Building a Remote Work Culture
Speaker 2
18:41
conferencing
tools
.
Um
,
slack
is
great
.
We
spend
a
lot
of
time
on
slack
,
um
,
obviously
it's
a
tool
.
It's
got
to
be
used
correctly
or
else
you
could
waste
a
lot
of
time
.
Speaker 2
18:45
Oh
yeah
,
chatting
and
slack
,
um
,
and
emojing
and
sending
giffies
all
day
.
But
,
uh
,
slack
is
a
great
tool
,
um
,
if
you
use
correctly
.
Obviously
,
as
well
,
um
,
but
you
know
,
we
like
to
also
have
people
come
together
,
um
,
and
we
have
budgets
for
people
to
come
together
,
uh
,
once
a
year
and
meet
in
person
,
which
is
a
really
great
way
to
get
to
know
each
other
and
build
trust
,
so
that
when
you
do
have
these
online
digital
interactions
,
you
do
it
from
a
place
of
empathy
and
understanding
um
,
a
little
bit
more
.
But
you
know
,
all
these
things
are
tools
.
Any
video
conferencing
tool
should
be
fine
.
Any
chat
tool
or
messaging
tool
should
be
fine
,
as
long
as
you
set
the
right
culture
around
how
to
use
them
and
how
you
want
to
get
things
done
as
an
org
.
Speaker 1
19:30
That's
great
.
And
is
that
those
meetings
Because
I
mean
speaking
to
Nick
Francis
from
Help
Scout
and
a
number
of
other
remote
CEOs
like
yourself
,
they
have
meetups
baked
into
their
actual
way
that
they
work
so
that
they
can
,
like
you
said
,
build
that
trust
and
that
collaboration
that
sort
of
community
feel
.
Is
that
something
that
is
baked
into
your
culture
as
well
?
Speaker 2
19:59
that
sort
of
community
feel
.
Is
that
something
that
is
baked
into
your
culture
as
well
?
Yeah
,
yeah
,
definitely
we
have
.
Like
I
said
,
we
have
budget
and
process
for
people
to
meet
up
once
a
year
with
different
teams
,
and
that's
a
big
part
of
it
.
But
I
think
,
you
know
,
truly
the
digital
components
are
the
way
that
that
culture
gets
reinforced
and
the
work
actually
gets
done
.
I
mean
,
I
think
most
companies
,
even
companies
that
are
co-located
most
of
that
stuff
actually
happens
digitally
and
that's
a
big
part
of
how
we
get
things
done
at
Remote
Year
and
,
I
think
,
how
most
people
get
things
done
otherwise
.
Speaker 2
20:29
You
know
,
one
thing
that
I've
been
thinking
a
lot
more
about
is
this
idea
of
asynchronous
for
synchronous
communication
and
there's
this
big
meeting
culture
and
,
I'll
be
honest
,
at
Remote
,
you're
pretty
guilty
of
this
.
We
have
all
kinds
of
meetings
for
all
kinds
of
things
.
If
there's
something
going
to
get
done
,
we'll
call
a
meeting
and
bring
everyone
together
to
talk
about
it
live
.
I've
been
diving
in
and
talking
to
a
lot
of
other
remote
leaders
about
how
they
do
things
and
I've
been
learning
about
ways
that
they
really
sort
of
inspire
and
encourage
asynchronous
written
communication
,
and
I'm
trying
to
think
about
how
does
that
work
for
us
at
Remote
Year
how
can
we
sort
of
build
out
some
more
processes
so
people
can
do
less
meetings
and
spend
more
time
actually
working
and
being
productive
through
asynchronous
written
touchpoints
?
That
,
I
think
,
is
a
really
exciting
idea
that
some
other
remote
companies
,
I
think
,
do
better
than
us
.
Speaker 2
21:22
One
cool
example
is
GitLab
.
I
don't
know
if
you've
heard
of
GitLab
,
yes
,
oh
,
very
cool
.
For
anyone
who
doesn't
know
,
it's
a
large
software
tool
that
helps
people
collaborate
and
build
software
together
and
they
are
fully
remote
and
distributed
and
they
have
the
GitLab
handbook
,
which
is
publicly
published
.
You
can
it
and
it
has
all
the
different
processes
that
they
have
internally
documented
really
well
and
written
very
clearly
.
I
think
that's
a
really
,
really
cool
idea
,
a
really
cool
concept
that
I'm
trying
to
think
about
for
us
at
Remote
Year
formalizing
and
publishing
different
processes
that
we
have
around
how
we
do
one-on-ones
,
how
we
do
video
conferencing
,
how
we
do
Slack
to
sort
of
take
the
best
practices
that
we've
developed
over
these
years
and
share
them
out
with
the
world
,
but
also
formalize
them
a
little
bit
more
clearly
for
folks
within
our
org
so
there's
less
confusion
.
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