Kieran Flanagan (HubSpot) - Remote Work as a Growth Lever

Welcome back to Outside The Valley! For our first episode in 2020, we have Kieran Flanagan, VP of Marketing at HubSpot and host of the Growth TL;DR podcast!

In this episode, Kieran talked about how remote work had helped him in his life, why he thinks career opportunities should not be limited by geographical location, and one of the hardest parts of being a distributed team leader.

Kieran also shares his insights on why remote hiring is one of the best things you can do for growth, avoiding too many processes in distributed teams, and the “goldfish face” problem in remote meetings.

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Topics also covered on the podcast episode: 
How remote work helped Kieran in his career and personal life
Why geographical boundaries shouldn't limit career opportunities 
The hardest part of remote leadership
Why remote hiring is one of the best things you can do for company growth.
Using "squads" in distributed teams
Avoiding too many processes in distributed teams
The "goldfish face" problem in meetings
How presenting on Zoom can be awkward
Things HubSpot do to recreate the “watercooler feeling”
Kieran's advice to companies who want to hire remotely
Mentioned resources:
HubSpot
Salesforce
Marketo
Andreas Klinger of AngelList: Normalizing Hiring Outside Silicon Valley
Kevan Lee 
Buffer
Nicholas Holland
How to Be a Remote Leader with Nicholas Holland
Wade Foster
Zapier
How to set your growth team up for success
Paul Thompson
Megan Chinburg of HelpScout: A Look Into HelpScout’s Hiring Process
Balsamiq
Peldi Guilizzoni of Balsamiq: Continuous Learning as A Company’s DNA 
The GoldFish Face? 5 Truths about Remote Working
Airtable
Donut
Growth TL;DR
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