Philippines, every mention
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every year anyone Sean Weisbrot 32Michael Podolsky 9Pavel Stepanov 7Matthew Yaes 6Cody Bramlett 5Ray Blakney 4E-Ling Lim 2
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Vibecoding is a Ticking Time Bomb (Coaching Session)
- ▶ 17:33 Sean Weisbrot He's from the Philippines.
Why High Earners Refused Free Money (Then Sent More Referrals)
- ▶ 7:24 Sean Weisbrot So we were, we were only hiring developers from the Philippines because we were also based in, um, my COO was in Malaysia 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:24 unnamed speaker And they tend to be, um, you talk about the Philippines and stuff that tends to be the competition piece.
- ▶ 28:44 unnamed speaker Is that certain, like in the Philippines, um, that whole region seems very, they're, they're, they're exceptionally responsive to competition and recognition.
He Let a Filipino Team Run His 7-Figure Agency for 2.5 Years
- ▶ 0:40 Sean Weisbrot Today's episode is with Matthew Yaes, the CEO of Extend Your Reach, a seven figure, fully remote staffing agency with his almost entire team in the Philippines, helping him to run the business.
- ▶ 6:19 Matthew Yaes So what happened was I said to my team in the Philippines, 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 9:10 Sean Weisbrot Cause I lived in Asia for 14 years and I did work with Philippine people from the Philippines, men and women for a number of those years. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 10:34 Matthew Yaes I replaced her with someone from the Philippines. 3 times in the scene
120,000 People Used His Site for Free - He Had No Idea
- ▶ 32:01 Ray Blakney I think the second side is a lot of people don't ask for help, and so I'm half Filipino, and in the Philippines, you would,
- ▶ 37:26 Ray Blakney We look to adopt from the Philippines. 2 times in the scene
From $0 to Half a Million in 30 Days Without Running a Single Ad
- ▶ 26:46 Cody Bramlett And, um, then in the Philippines, I think we have 22. 5 times in the scene
She Runs on a Cultural Balance Sheet Instead of a Financial One
- ▶ 30:16 Sean Weisbrot Um, some of the people from the Philippines we had hired were used to two to four hour commutes daily, and we gave them the freedom to work from home.
7 Fortune 250 CEOs Die Unexpectedly Every Year From This
- ▶ 30:04 Sean Weisbrot And there were a few instances where, so she's from the Philippines, and there were a few instances where she had like looked me in the face and said something to me in Tagalog that 2 times in the scene
Knowledge Without Implementation Is Just Entertainment
- ▶ 1:18:04 Sean Weisbrot So both of the guys I hired, they're 19 from the Philippines and they're in university.
He Spent 3.5 Hours Telling Them Not to Hire Him
- ▶ 18:53 Sean Weisbrot Some of them are from India, Pakistan, Philippines, right, because I was living in Asia, and the company is incorporated in Asia, so naturally we're more inclined to hire people living in Asian time zones because it makes it easier to work…
10,000 Investor Meetings Later, He Saw One Same-Day Commitment
- ▶ 32:55 Sean Weisbrot I know a number of people that will make trips to Shenzhen specifically to find parts, and then whether it's being, you know, manufactured in the Philippines, or Indonesia, or Vietnam, or India, Mexico, what have you.
The Formula for Grossing $400000/Month With a Remote Team
- ▶ 11:15 Sean Weisbrot So you can hire a bunch of Indians and Filipinos to do your development work and your software testing work. 2 times in the scene
3 White Male Co-Founders Noticed a Pattern and Changed It
- ▶ 36:25 Sean Weisbrot So the first person I hired was from the Philippines for my last company.
- ▶ 56:44 Sean Weisbrot So I think, and, and other ones from the Philippines, they would say something similar, like, I'm not used to having a relationship with, you know, the person above my boss.
Why a Weekly Email Changed What Founders Thought Mattered
- ▶ 10:54 Sean Weisbrot Partners were in Philippines and Malaysia and none of those countries really just made investors feel comfortable.
She Offered Flexible Hours and Still Couldn't Keep Top Talent
- ▶ 4:04 Sean Weisbrot You know, a lot of the people are in the Philippines. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 10:36 Sean Weisbrot So I think it's a lot worse for you than it is for, for me, where the majority of my team is not in, in the, the team is in the Philippines mostly.
Why Your Superstar Already Has One Foot Out the Door
- ▶ 30:58 Sean Weisbrot And I think that that's really important, especially when I've had some team members who are from India and Pakistan and the Philippines, where they're used to really not getting praise.
Webflow Calls Itself No-Code But Here Is What They Leave Out
- ▶ 37:24 Sean Weisbrot And he's 19 from the Philippines. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 47:16 Sean Weisbrot And then the other two guys, one is in Malaysia and one is in the Philippines. 3 times in the scene
Why the Best Feedback Sounds Like a Personal Attack
- ▶ 22:28 Sean Weisbrot My CTO is from the Philippines and he's worked with like a French company and some Americans and all that.
$500K Profit With Time for Family Beats $1M and Misery
- ▶ 41:20 Ray Blakney I'm going to have to contact her after this podcast and see, uh, see if we can get on that for the next time I visit the Philippines.
600 Employees Later, He Still Creates Roles for the Right Person
- ▶ 2:35 Pavel Stepanov We have over 600, uh, employees in the Philippines and in the United States.
- ▶ 4:15 Pavel Stepanov And since I had the connection in the Philippines, I was able to do that.
- ▶ 6:30 Pavel Stepanov Well, if you're hiring a virtual assistant who's located in the Philippines, look for a relevant
- ▶ 8:46 Sean Weisbrot Which is very common in the Philippines. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 13:55 Pavel Stepanov We have a bank account in the Philippines, so we pay from the Filipinos bank account, but depending on your volume and how many VAs you have, if you have one or two, you can obviously pay them with a PayPal. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:10 Pavel Stepanov In the Philippines, they have a 13th month pay. 2 times in the scene
300 Portfolio Companies Later, 22 Became Unicorns Without Diluting
- ▶ 14:54 Sean Weisbrot That's why my company is Singapore and my team is in the Philippines.
The Thank-You Letter Trick That Shook 10 Top Managers
- ▶ 3:31 Michael Podolsky I tried Philippines, I tried India, uh, and then I went back to Ukraine.
- ▶ 7:22 Michael Podolsky After about a year and a half, we went to Philippines. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 9:13 Michael Podolsky As we were finishing work, uh, in Philippines, and we've made the decisions that we
The 3 Things She Gives Her Team That Nobody Ever Gave Her
- ▶ 15:13 Sean Weisbrot Because some people like in the Philippines, for example, have to give one month's notice or two months notice.
The Truth About Funding 2,400 Companies in 70 Countries
- ▶ 15:06 E-Ling Lim The problems that you see in Indonesia, the problems that you see in Singapore, the problems that you see in Philippines or in Korea, they are all different.
- ▶ 40:47 E-Ling Lim Some of my students have gone on to form their own entrepreneurship clubs at school, gone on to form their own, you know, Young Founders Summit in the Philippines.
The Hidden Cost of 9-9-6: Why Bay Area Engineers Are Spoiled
- ▶ 11:07 Sean Weisbrot I also see this in Japan and Korea and Philippines and most Southeast Asian countries that I look at.