Remote Companies

topic on 4 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes

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SAASTR Insight
Mooney: Remote companies fail from poor decision communication, not unproductivity
“Remote companies don't die because people aren't working. They die because the decisions and the changes aren't communicated clearly, and your team does not like that feeling.”
Marchelle Mooney Mar 25, 2026 ▶ 16:34 How MangoMint Increased Win Rates with an AI-Powered Stack
20VC Prediction Open · timeframe Nov 2028
Rabois: Founders Fund will not invest in remote-first startups
“We at Founders Fund have pretty much put a light in the sand that we won't invest in remote companies because we've just watched 50 years that there's almost no examples of people building companies that way.”
Keith Rabois Nov 27, 2023 ▶ 57:22 Keith Rabois & Mike Shebat: Creating an Olympian Mindset to Work Ethic| E1087 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Lee: Pre-COVID remote companies avoided hiring entry-level talent
“A lot of remote companies did not hire early entry talent because of exactly the concept of this person needed to have control of their home work environment, so to speak.”
Hung Lee Jul 7, 2023 ▶ 19:54 Polarizing Talent: Navigating 2023's Landscape
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Rasch: Fully remote companies will outcompete non-remote rivals for global talent
“The ability to hire the best in the world that is the kind of economic thing that I think will, you know, ensure that the companies that are remote will outcompete those who aren't, because they will essentially hire the best in the world versus, you know, the…”
Sondre Rasch Dec 20, 2022 ▶ 6:11 Pay Without Borders with Alex Bouaziz (Deel), Darren Murph (GitLab), and Sondre Rasch (Safetywing)
Knoop: Workers who wait for direction when blocked fail in remote environments
“If you're the type of person who like, as soon as I get blocked, I'm just going to sit here until I'm told what to do next. You're not going to be successful at Zapier or I argue most remote companies.”
Mike Knoop Mar 6, 2019 ▶ 30:23 Mike Knoop on Product and Design Processes for Remote Teams with Kevin Hale · Y Combinator

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