In this episode I talk to Louis Font of Zyncro. We talk about his internationally distributed team and how they, as a company, seek to be available to customers 24/7 no matter what time zone they are located in, solving communication gaps between businesses and social networks, and how important physical communication is in the world of remote work.
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00:40 – Introduction
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- Louis Font of Zyncro, an enterprise social network
- Employees around the world: Spain, France, Argentina, USA
- Develop local relationship with customers no matter what time zones customers are in
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02:22 – Louis’ background
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- Entrepreneur out of Barcelona that creates, grows and sells companies for profit
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04:20 – Distributed team structure and background
09:08 – Challenges working distributed
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- You have to meet other team members that you’re working with to establish fluent relationships
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10:30 – Cultural differences between team members
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- Human interaction is important no matter where you are
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12:00 – Zyncro as a company
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- Trying to solve communication gaps between businesses and social networks
- Enhances software using collaboration tools
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16:22 – Advice for distributed teams
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- Communication minimum two times per day
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17:20 – Future of distributed teams
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- Will become more common
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