We covered:

  • 2:27 — How Hiten Shah started his very early internet business
  • 4:00 — Why Hiten and his co-founder Marie Prokopets wrote the Remote Work Report
  • 6:10 — The most surprising finding from the Remote Work Report
  • 8:10 — How a remote manager can help remote team members figure out their ideal daily structure
  • 10:10 — What exactly is “overcommunicating”?
  • 12:37 — Why understanding people is the most important challenge remote companies need to tackle
  • 14:00 — Hiten’s hiring process and the biggest differences in hiring remotely between then and now
  • 24:00 — Questions people should ask themselves when they’re building a remote team.
  • 29:09 — Where Hiten usually does his best work

Mentioned resources:

  • FYI
  • Kissmetrics
  • Crazy Egg
  • Quick Sprout
  • The Remote Work Report
  • The Startup Chat Podcast
  • The Remote Show Podcast episode with Hiten Shah
  • Notion
  • Marie Prokopets
  • 11 Best Practices for Working Remotely
  • 58 Must-Read Remote Work Resources
  • Automattic
  • Buffer
  • How To Build Social Connections and Trust in Remote Teams with Claire Lew
  • Why Hiring Outside Silicon Valley is the New Normal with Andreas Klinger
  • Hiten’s Twitter