Rapid Response: Remote teams as an intentional choice, w/Wences Casares of Xapo

Masters of Scale

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Reid Hoffman, Mindset, Diversity & Inclusion, Jeff Berman, Bob Safian, Startups

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Many of us will be working remotely for a long time to come. So: How do you turn March's temporary scramble into a long-term benefit? Bitcoin pioneer Wences Casares runs a fully distributed company at his unicorn bitcoin startup, Xapo. For Wences, remote work is an intentional choice, one that celebrates the creativity and freedom of being released from geographical boundaries – and turns remote work into a striking advantage. Hear Xapo's battle-tested guidelines for communication styles, hiring – and supporting home offices that really work.

You can check out Xapo's guidelines for remote work here: https://mastersofscale.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/xapo-workplace-guide.pdf

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, you may have heard read talking about the future of AI and chat GPT on
0:04.8	Master's of Scale recently.
0:06.6	If you're interested in learning more, I want to recommend Wired's new podcast Have
0:10.6	a Nice Future.
0:12.0	Each episode explores the future of AI through illuminated conversations, featuring top technologists,
0:17.7	thinkers, and creators who share stories of how politics, culture, commerce, and more
0:22.3	are all touched by technology.
0:24.8	New episodes of Have a Nice Future are released every Wednesday.
0:28.2	You can listen and follow now wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.4	If you and I were going to play soccer, football, match to the death, you're giving $10 million
0:39.3	and you can hire any players you want and I am giving $10 million and our teams are
0:43.6	going to play and whoever loses dies.
0:47.3	And then there's a little catch which is I can only hire a Buenos Aires, or in São Paulo
0:53.0	and you can hire all over the world.
0:54.8	You will kill me.
0:56.3	No matter what.
0:57.4	And this is no different when it comes to a start.
1:00.1	I think that's the biggest advantage.
1:02.8	It's just that when you have no geographical fencing, you will find better people, period.
1:12.3	Hi listeners.
1:13.3	We are currently hard at work on the next season of Master's of Scale.
1:17.3	And just like everyone else, we are grappling with the challenges brought on by the Corona
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