Wade Foster, CEO of Zapier, about his upcoming talk at Running Remote 2020.

Name: Wade Foster, CEO of Zapier, about his upcoming talk at Running Remote 2020.
Uploaded: 2020-02-24T13:44:14+00:00
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Description: In this brief video, Wade Foster, co‑founder and CEO of Zapier, introduces his upcoming session at the Running Remote 2020 conference in Austin. He…

24 Feb 2020 · 1 min

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In this brief video, Wade Foster, co‑founder and CEO of Zapier, introduces his upcoming session at the Running Remote 2020 conference in Austin. He outlines Zapier’s evolution as a fully remote company since its 2011 founding, noting its growth to over 300 employees spread across 36 U.S. states and 27 countries. Foster acknowledges that while distributed teams bring many advantages, they also create challenges such as employee loneliness. He promises to share the specific practices Zapier uses to combat isolation, strengthen bonds, and create a sense of closeness among remote teammates. The clip serves as a teaser for his talk on the benefits, drawbacks, and cultural solutions for fully remote organizations.

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Hey folks, I'm Wade Foster. I'm the co-founder, CEO at Zapier. I'm really excited to join you all at Running Remote this year in Austin, Texas. If you're not familiar with Zapier, we're one of the easiest ways to automate your tedious work. We've been a fully remote company since we were founded in 2011. We now have over 300 employees in 36 states and 27 countries across the world. We founded the company in 2011, and at that time, doing fully distributed teams was uncommon. Now it's a little bit more popular, which is nice to see, and glad to have a community like Running Remote to support us. Obviously, there's a lot of benefits for running a distributed team. That's why all of us are trying to do it, but it's not without its drawbacks. And so I'm gonna share a little bit about how we've combated feelings of loneliness in a remote team. So I'll talk a little bit about how we make it work, how we have people feel bonded, and ultimately how people— we help folks feel close to their teammates here at Zapier. See you in Austin.