That Remote Life | Interviews with Digital Nomads and Location Independent Entrepreneurs

Today on the podcast I am joined by Chase Warrington, the head of business development for Doist, the company behind the popular task management app Todoist which at the moment has a team of over 120 people spread across 40 different countries, and they are all fully remote. Chase is a long time digital nomad who has been living in Spain with his wife and dog and joined us for this interview from their van, just down the street from the beach in Xabia, Spain.

During this interview Chase and I got to discuss how they approach remote work at Doist and he shared their strategies around communication, community building, and systemization. Chase is also the host of the fantastic podcast About Abroad which focusses on sharing the stories of people who followed their dreams of living internationally.

Show Notes

💬  Topics Discussed:
  • How Chase went from growing up in Western North Carolina to traveling full time
  • How Chase discovered Doist and got his job there
  • Most important lessons from running a large distributed team
  • How do you apply trust and transparency within a company in the real world?
  • How can companies transition from tracking time to tracking results
  • How to use time tracking effectively in your company
  • How does the battle between Gig work & Salary work play out
  • How can non-product companies apply some of these lessons
  • How to make your team communication more asynchronous
  • Some ideas around how to keep documentation and SOPs in a remote company
  • Why you should post a memo when you make a change around how you tackle a certain problem
  • How Doist fosters a strong community in their company and how can small companies with a smaller budget do this
  • Why only 10% of digital nomads are actually nomadic
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That Remote Life is a podcast focused on helping you become location independent in order to live life on your terms. Serial entrepreneur and traveler Mitko Karshovski interviews some of the most successful entrepreneurs and digital nomads to help uncover the strategies and skills to help you reach the same success. Follow Mitko's journey in real-time as he builds his own location independent business and shares all the lessons and experiences. If you are someone who wants to get out of a desk job, start your own business, and become a location independent entrepreneur, then this show is for you. Visit the show online at ThatRemoteLife.com/podcast