Remote Workforce Quotes

How can you have a director that doesn't go to work with the crew every day and talk to them?

Probably, if I created a venture fund, I would create a firm with virtual services not too different from the a16z model, but without employing people. So I would get CPOs, engineering talent, marketing people who wanted to be involved with the venture fund and provide services.

You can't run a multinational business from your desk.

The same technologies enabling us to work together at a distance are creating the expectation to do better at governing ourselves.

Shopify was built as a company that could be run remotely anywhere.

Globally, as work is re-distributed to various countries, infrastructure will have to be managed remotely.

One of the secret benefits of using remote workers is that the work itself becomes the yardstick to judge someone's performance.

I've decided to take advantage of outsourcing. My next novel will be written by a couple of guys in Bangalore, India.

Numerous studies show that people derive more personal satisfaction and are more productive when they engage at a deeper level. In the past, we did that through live, in-person interactions, but it's more of a challenge for distributed workforces to maintain that level of engagement.