Today, my guest is Ryan Malone (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmalone/).

Ryan is the Founder and CEO of SmartBug Media (https://www.smartbugmedia.com/)

SmartBug is the #1 rated inbound marketing agency and a Diamond HubSpot partner.

Ryan started the agency over 10 years ago when building a distributed team was something that most people thought was absolutely crazy.

Now approaching 60 full time employees, Ryan and his team are redefining what a successful agency looks like.

In this episode, we cover:

-The terrible former boss that influenced Ryan’s future cultural values

-How SmartBug has scaled their recruiting while running a distributed team

-How SmartBug completely shuts down 1x per quarter to crush professional development

And much more