Makes Remote Work

E16: John Dietz Makes Remote Work

Makes Remote Work

Show Notes

From startup nights and weekends to two acquisitions and a fully remote team. John Dietz of Civo shares how their team built a distributed culture, adopted a 4 day workweek, and made their Roam virtual office the center of everything.

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