On this episode Abadesi talks to Ryan Simonetti, co-founder and CEO of Convene. They call themselves commercial real estate’s first workplace-as-a-service platform. He co-founded the company in 2009 and have raised $260M in funding to date. He is also an investor in and advisor to tech startups.

In this episode they talk about...

* The story of founding Convene and his advice for finding a co-founder.

* How they have created a strong company culture and the importance of gratitude at Convene.

* Ryan’s predictions for the future of work in an increasingly distributed world.

He also talks about some of his favorite products and a great book that he read that helped him as he scaled Convene.

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