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TheFamily code: lamifasisi
WIFIWIFI
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DISAGREE ON TWITTER!
#SDT
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TONIGHT
DAMIEN MORIN CEO @SAVE @DAMIENSMS
RODOLPHE DUTEL BIZDEV @BUFFER
@RDUTEL
SYLVAIN UTARD VP OF ENGINEERING @ALGOLIA
@SYLVAINUTARD
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Rodolphe Dutel @rdutel
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@rdutel
At Google, 5 years ago
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@rdutel
At Google, 5 years ago
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@rdutel
After Google, 3 years ago
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@rdutel
At Buffer, 2 years ago: 15 people
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@rdutel Pic. Buffer
At Buffer, today - 65 people
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@rdutel
Life on the road
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Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel
@rdutel
Working on the road
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Remote worker, or Nomad?
@rdutel Pic. Buffer
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Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel
No Office Required
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Cultivating our Culture, Remotely.
@rdutel
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Culture & Values (Version 0.6)
@rdutel Pic. Buffer
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@rdutel
Setting expectations
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Culture through Transparency
@rdutel Pic. Buffer
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Culture through Transparency
@rdutel Pic. Buffer
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Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel
@rdutel
Culture through Transparency
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Meeting in Person every 6 months
@rdutel Pic. Buffer
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@rdutel
Adapting our Tools
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Expanding Remotely - Hiring Remote Workers
@rdutel
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@rdutel
Finding Candidates
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@rdutel
Finding Candidates buffer.com/salary
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Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel
Hiring Remotely
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Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel
Hiring Remotely
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Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel
Hiring Remotely
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Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel
Hiring Remotely
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Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel
Hiring Remotely
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Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel
Hiring Remotely
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@rdutel
Interviewing Remotely
Pic. Baremetrics blog
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@rdutel
6-week Bootcamp
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@rdutel
Meeting face to face
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Going Forward
@rdutel
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@rdutel
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@rdutel
January 2016 in Hawaii
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@rdutel
10,000+ people read Remotive.io
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@rdutel
Q&A @rdutel
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APPENDIX All following slides = unlikely to be used
@rdutel
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Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel
@rdutel
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@rdutel
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@rdutel
Life on the road - 101
Pic. Unsplash
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@rdutel
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Culture through Empathy
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@rdutel
Long-term Disconnecting
Pic. Thur
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@rdutel Pic. Unsure
Long-term Disconnecting
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@rdutel
Long-term Disconnecting
Pic. Thur
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@rdutel
6-week Bootcamp
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@rdutel
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EXPANDING OUR TEAM & CULTURE ABROAD
Build Unique Search Experiences
Sylvain Utard VP of Engineering & 1st employee
[email protected] @sylvainutard
Startup Dream Team - Nov 2015
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@algolia
A hosted search APIWe enable developers to deliver outstanding search experiences.
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@algolia
Algolia Today
14 regions 28 data centers
1100+ customers in 100+ countries
30B+ Write operations per month
8B+ User-generated queries per month
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Back in 2012 Bootstrapped in Paris
• 2 co-founders • Engineering backgrounds • Building a mobile SDK
• Offline search engine • Aiming to build a “culture-first” company
• “Free Your Employees”
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From SDK to SAAS From local-ish to global-ish
• Pivoted to a SAAS company • Easier to target global customers • Beta, September 2013, team of 4
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US relocation First attempt
• Following YC W 14 (April 2014) • US-based HQ • Not ready to split the team
• Team of 6 • Still too focus on the product • Especially with 9h of timezone offset
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Non-FR employees Our first non-french hire
• September 2014, team of 7 • Opportunistic (received an email) • One of our best move ever :)
• English only in our Paris Office
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Keep working US company in Paris
• May 2015, team of 15 • 2nd non-french hire • New (bigger) office
• Hard to keep using English • Especially in an open-space • A few warnings/reminders!!!
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US relocation Second attempt :)
• July 2015, team of 18 • After series A • Team was ready :)
• Our CEO moved there • + 1 (french) CFO • + 1 (french) marketing
• Hard to hire non-french people :/
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Hiring Scaling the US team
• Smaller hiring network • Still perceived as a “french company”
• September 2015, our first US employee • People/operations
• October 2015, more US employees • + 1 recruiter • + 1 marketing
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Remote We partially came back
• From full to less-remote :) • Culture of “ownership” hard to learn • Tech product hard to master • Better to start with 6-12 months in
the office
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Scaling the team From 22 to 34 - Before 1st day
• Culture = Big part of the hiring process • 1 skype screening • 1-3 skype interviews • 1 on-site day
• Meet with every employees • 1 NOGO = NOGO
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Scaling the team From 22 to 34 - After 1st day
• New hires’ first week • Meeting with every employees • Sales calls shadowing • Onboarding project
• Shared with the team after 2-3 weeks
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Scaling the culture Between SF and Paris
• New US hires • At least 3 weeks in our Paris Office • Algolia spirit/culture immersion
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@algolia
Questions?
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