I’ve been having quite a few conversations about being a remote company lately, so I thought i’d continue on the topic.

Running a software company certainly has its lifestyle advantages, I must admit. Being able to work from literally anywhere in the world is pretty awesome. Mostly I work from my home office, but sometimes I like to get out and work from a coffee shop. If I’m away or on vacation, all I need is my laptop and an internet connection, and I can be plugged in, with absolutely no impact to the company or any of our team members. So that part, is definitely pretty cool.

In this episode I lay out 4 main benefits of working remote. Number 3 is definitely my favourite! ;)

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One of the most common questions I get is regarding how Web4Realty came to be a remote company. Something that’s so normal from my perspective, is very uncommon from the average person’s viewpoint, which will certainly change over time, as more companies realize the benefits of going remote.

About three years ago, I began to read a lot of content about remote companies like Chargify, Buffer and Zapier. To this day, I’m very thankful that more and more companies are opening up and becoming transparent. I think that transparency has such a positive ROI in the overall business and startup ecosystem. That’s one of the main reasons I started opening up and sharing my experiences.

So, as I started reading and learning from other successful remote companies, we started applying some of their ideas into our business. We started implementing a lot of similar tools and apps that they were using, which made our operations more and more efficient. Slowly but surely, we were setting ourselves up to being a remote company, without even knowing it.

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Bootstrapping is one of my favourite topics to discuss. Probably due to the fact that Web4Realty is 100% bootstrapped and revenue financed, and has been since we launched. That alone is one of my proudest achievements thus far. I have so much respect and admiration for other bootstrapped companies, because I can relate to how difficult it is, and the sacrifices that have to be made.

In my opinion, bootstrapping is one of those terms that get thrown around loosely, and means different things to different people. My definition of bootstrapping has four components:

In this episode, I break down what bootstrapping means to me.

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One thing I’ve learned while managing a growing company, is that hiring the right people isn’t easy. My hiring and interviewing process has evolved quite drastically over the years. I’ve learned that hiring is a true skill that gets better over time and with experience.

In the last 12 months, I've hired 6 team members, so I thought I’d document my hiring process into 10 steps:

10 Steps to Making Your Next Hire: http://www.founderviews.com/the-hiring-process-in-10-steps/

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A metric often overlooked, which is extremely important to the health and growth of a SaaS business, is expansion revenue. Most SaaS folks are fixated on the basic top-line metrics such as new business MRR revenue, and MRR revenue churn.

Tucked in between these figures is a very important metric called Expansion Revenue.

There are a lot of tremendous benefits of expansion revenue, which I will list off.

SaaS Metrics for Dummies: http://www.founderviews.com/saas-metrics-for-dummies/

Expansion Revenue: http://www.founderviews.com/dont-sleep-on-expansion-revenue/

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Churn is arguably the single most important metric for the longevity, growth, and profitability of a Saas business. In this episode, I discuss 6 ways you can reduce churn.

Blog: http://www.founderviews.com/how-to-reduce-churn-in-saas/

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I recently consulted a very talented and gifted tech-entrepreneur. This individual is a highly-skilled developer who’s built several successful apps and business. For the longest time, I wrongfully assumed that sales was an innate ability that all entrepreneurs come equipped with. After all, how else would an entrepreneur get their app or business off the ground other than sell and hustle, right?

Blog: http://www.founderviews.com/the-importance-of-sales/

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