Episode description

With 2020 and (hopefully soon) the global pandemic coming to a close, both existing and new companies everywhere will soon face a choice of how to operate going forward. Embrace the "future" that was pulled forward by the pandemic and remain remote? Or return fully/partially to a physical office environment? For those who choose the future (and investors who are considering betting on them), Doist and its CEO Amir Salihefendić provide a 10-year case study of both the challenges that arise and the opportunities unlocked by embracing the internet to its fullest extent in growing and running an organization. And oh yeah — along the way they built a profitable, double-digit $m ARR business with 100 employees, that's been completely bootstrapped on $0 capital invested. We dive into it all!

Sponsors:

• Vanta

Topics Covered:

• Amir and Doist's journey from side programming project to bootstrapped, double-digit million ARR global business
• How they've operated as remote-only company for the past 10+ years, with 100 people across 35 countries and 10+ time zones
• Why just going remote but keeping the same tools and culture as in-person doesn't solve any problems and just creates more
• Why the temporal nature of work is just as (if not more) important than its physical location, and how the new modality of "asynchronous" work takes advantage of that
• How remote + asynchronous unlocks massive opportunities both for new companies and the tools to serve them

Links:

• Doist: https://doist.com
• Doist's "remote setup guide": https://twist.com/remote-work-guides/remote-company-setup
• "The CEO with an Empty Calendar":  https://superorganizers.substack.com/p/the-ceo-with-an-empty-calendar
• Packy's "We're Never Going Back" post: https://notboring.substack.com/p/were-never-going-back
• Amir on Twitter: https://twitter.com/amix3k