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How to build the next great startup with remote work, with Andreas Klinger (fmr CTO of Product Hunt)

Garry Tan
277K subscribers
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Andreas Klinger was CTO of Product Hunt and now runs Remote First Capital. He's a great engineer turned investor and we just sat down in May of 2020 for a hang session. Posting it now in December, the things we talked about have become only more relevant. Hear lessons about building a remote team, practical guidelines on how to compensate and hire these teams, and also what the future of San Francisco might be as a state of mind. 00:00 Intro 00:39 Meet Andreas Klinger 01:42 Remote engineer compensation 03:18 Regional differences (how to handle time zones) 04:33 Andreas's recommendations on how to build a remote team 05:52 Remote w …...more
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How to build the next great startup with remote work, with Andreas Klinger (fmr CTO of Product Hunt)
Andreas Klinger was CTO of Product Hunt and now runs Remote First Capital. He's a great engineer turned investor and we just sat down in May of 2020 for a hang session. Posting it now in December, the things we talked about have become only more relevant. Hear lessons about building a remote team, practical guidelines on how to compensate and hire these teams, and also what the future of San Francisco might be as a state of mind. 00:00 Intro 00:39 Meet Andreas Klinger 01:42 Remote engineer compensation 03:18 Regional differences (how to handle time zones) 04:33 Andreas's recommendations on how to build a remote team 05:52 Remote work is now normal 11:08 What is Andreas investing in? 12:29 Macro effects of remote work are just beginning 16:21 What does Andreas wish he knew when he was just entering tech? 17:06 Sell a product, not your hours 21:53 Write down a personal vision for yourself 24:04 How to reach out to Andreas You should follow Andreas on Twitter here —   / andreasklinger   -- I’m Garry Tan, venture capitalist and cofounder at Initialized Capital. We were earliest investors in billion dollar startups like Coinbase and Instacart, and I’m a Forbes Midas List Top 100 venture capitalist in the world. We want these videos to be about helping people build world-class teams and startups that touch a billion people. Our startups have gone on to create more than $40 billion in market value so far, and Initialized has over $770M in assets under management. I’m doing my own one man YouTube channel with no staff or crew — we're going for raw and unfiltered, not perfect. For 2020 I’m donating all proceeds from my YouTube channel (Ads + affiliate links) to Code2040 to fight for racial equality in tech. Join me in donating at https://code2040.org For startup advice - Follow and DM me on Instagram   / garrytan   Please like this video and subscribe to my channel if you want to see more videos like this!

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Garry Tan

277K subscribers