MORE BEACH MEETINGS

We sat down with David Dawoud, Head of People at Demo Desk to discuss the remote hiring process in more detail, as well as their less is more approach to retreat planning and the key to finding a balanced fit between culture and competency.

How do you manage a physical product while remote? That's what we get into here on this week’s episode of More Beach Meetings.

As more and more companies are shifting to a remote style of work, the value of organized annual retreats is becoming increasingly clear to many organizations.

When we think of creativity and innovation, it’s often expected that the process of idea development is a simple black and white framework.

It’s no surprise that Cardiologs collects a lot of feedback around their team retreats. Cardiologs is a medical technology company that uses AI to improve cardiac diagnostics.

Remote companies know that culture is important. But few companies spend as much time investing in culture as 15Five.

It’s not all poolside meetings and taking calls on the beach: remote work is serious business for this week’s podcast guest.

How do you manage a physical product while remote? That's what we get into here on this week’s episode of More Beach Meetings.

“Remote work” and “coaching” are often mentioned in the same breath. But, on today’s More Beach Meetings episode, it won’t be in the manner you expect.

What do you do when you have a successful SaaS company with 15 team members, serving 250,000 customers around the world?

There are companies that do staff retreats, and then there are companies that live and breathe for them.

Michelle Ardiel is the Director of Photographer Operations at Flytographer, the very first platform created for vacation photographers that now works with 500 photographers in 300 cities around the world.

‍Melissa Ng is a digital nomad, Product UX Designer and the CEO & founder of Melewi, a fully remote design company that’s worked with clients such as McDonalds, Visa, and Samsung.

Meet Kristi DePaul. She's the CEO of Founders Marketing, a company that creates bold content strategy for the future of learning and work, and a regular contributor on Remote.co blog, where she's written over 160 blog posts.

If you work remotely, you’ve probably tried finding a coworking space before. Nowadays there’s plenty of options, but finding one that doesn’t suck or drain your wallet is a whole different story.

There's an overwhelming agreement that culture impacts every corner of your business. 94% of executives and 88% of employees believe a distinct workplace culture is important to business success.

It's no secret that we believe remote work is the future.Remote work has gone from a "nice-to-have" to a "must-have" if a business wants to 1. reduce costs and 2. hire the best talent.

When working in a fully remote company, the question that outsiders ask most often is: how do you keep the company culture alive?

Leaving life as you know it to travel the world and become a digital nomad can be a pretty scary thought.What about doing the same, with your entire family?

Unless you’ve been living under a proverbial rock, you’ve most likely heard of Buffer. Besides being one of the most successful social media management platforms out there, Buffer is also a fully distributed company and one of the most vocal proponents of remote work.

‍Davide is a Speaker, Coach, and Design Principal in Automattic's Design Operations team.Previously he designed various parts of the WordPress experience – across web and mobile – and the upcoming WooCommerce mobile apps.

‍Sebastien Grosjean founded BookingSync with a view of turning his passion for vacation rentals into a leading, high-quality product. As a totally distributed company, we spoke with Sebastien about what it’s like working fully remote, and also some of the difficulties he has faced with this process.

‍Noel Tock is the Chief Product Officer at Human Made, one of thirteen WordPress VIP agencies. We had an incredibly interesting chat with Noel, discussing open source platforms, the problems that come with being a digital nomad working for a distributed company, and the benefits of company retreats

Deborah is a People Success Manager at Buffer, a company that is renowned for the way it's revolutionised social media. We all know how vital social media is in the marketing world, with many an influencer agency making the most of the platform, but Buffer has taken a different approach.

Laila is a designer at Hanno.co, a digital product design team all over the world. We spoke with Laila about remote work, where she sees the industry heading, and her awesome & growing ‘remote workshops’ project.

‍Sissel has been an entrepreneur since a young age. We discussed her story in greater depth, and how it’s led to her current project; Startup Guides. Looking for some inspiration? Look no further.