Let go of "geographical fencing" & find the best team — Xapo’s Wences Casares

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English - April 22, 2020 16:55 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 50 ratings
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Your team is likely working remote. Now what? Can you turn a temporary scramble into a long term benefit? Bitcoin pioneer Wences Casares runs a fully distributed company at his unicorn bitcoin start up, 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. His ideas on remote work, recorded with Reid Hoffman in December 2019 — but never before released — have much to offer all of us now.

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