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258: Andrea Loubier – Building Mailbird from Bali
Category: Business
Duration: 00:48:23
Publish Date: 2018-05-20 19:00:00
Description:

Podcast highlights:

  • 22:56 Cultural fit when hiring - if you don't limit your hiring pool to one location, you open up doors to amazing talent
  • 30:40 The scalability of a remote company and Andrea's transition plans to help with that
  • 44:35 If money is not a deciding factor, would Andrea still choose to have a remote and distributed team?

Podcast notes:

  • 00:05 Welcome Andrea Loubier to Asia Tech Podcast Stories, hosted by Graham Brown
  • 00:37 Andrea talks about her current location of Canggu, Bali and the coworking scene in Bali
  • 03:42 Why did Andrea choose Indonesia as a base?
  • 06:47 Graham reminisces his experiences backpacking in Indonesia back in 1994
  • 10:11 All about Mailbird, an email management app created by Andrea
  • 14:24 The different roles played by the three creators of Mailbird and the story of how the co-founders met
  • 16:48 The turning point - when did Andrea know that it was time to pack her bags and move to Bali?
  • 18:22 Why did Andrea choose Bali instead of the Silicon Valley as a place to start her company?
  • 20:32 Graham shares an anecdote about a Google employee who commuted from Bend Oregon to San Franscisco to save costs
  • 22:56 Cultural fit when hiring - if you don't limit your hiring pool to one location, you open up doors to amazing talent
  • 24:53 The lack of a pervasive start-up culture in Bali and how that impacts Andrea's experience of running a business
  • 26:16 Is the idyllic tropical island vibe dulling Andrea's aggressive entrepreneurial drive?
  • 28:44 Andrea's experience of time management as a digital nomad
  • 30:40 The scalability of a remote company and Andrea's transition plans to help with that
  • 33:16 The customer happiness team at Mailbird and how it works
  • 38:23 What kind of qualities does Andrea look for when recruiting new team members? From a cultural fit interview, skills test, final interview to a 3 month probationary period
  • 42:00 The challenges of hiring remotely and how Andrea deals with them
  • 44:35 If money is not a deciding factor, would Andrea still choose to have a remote and distributed team?
  • 47:08 Find out more about Andrea on Googleplus, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or email her al@getmailbird.com
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