Startup Dream Team with Save, Buffer and Algolia
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Startup Dream Team is back! This edition will feature talks by 3 awesome startups: #SCALING: Damien Morin, CEO @Save will explain how to establish a culture mindset when you're basically hiring a new employee every day. He knows this topic pretty well: his team grew from 8 to 600 in less than a year. #REMOTE: Rodolphe Dutel, BizDev @Buffer, will talk about building your culture when employees work remotely. Indeed, Buffer is known for hiring remote team members. Rodolphe will present tools that get employees work closer together. #INTERNATIONAL: Sylvain Utard, VP of Engineering & 1st employee @Algolia, will talk about how to recruit people & build a culture when you're expanding abroad. From Paris to San Francisco, Algolia has been growing their team in these 2 cities and will share their tips on how to do it right.
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- 4. TONIGHT DAMIEN MORIN CEO @SAVE @DAMIENSMS RODOLPHE DUTEL BIZDEV @BUFFER @RDUTEL SYLVAIN UTARD VP OF ENGINEERING @ALGOLIA @SYLVAINUTARD
- 21. @rdutel At Google, 5 years ago
- 22. @rdutel At Google, 5 years ago
- 23. @rdutel After Google, 3 years ago
- 24. @rdutel At Buffer, 2 years ago: 15 people
- 25. @rdutelPic. Buffer At Buffer, today - 65 people
- 26. @rdutel Life on the road
- 27. Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel @rdutel Working on the road
- 28. Remote worker, or Nomad? @rdutelPic. Buffer
- 29. Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel No Office Required
- 30. Cultivating our Culture, Remotely. @rdutel
- 31. Culture & Values (Version 0.6) @rdutelPic. Buffer
- 33. Culture through Transparency @rdutelPic. Buffer
- 34. Culture through Transparency @rdutelPic. Buffer
- 35. Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel @rdutel Culture through Transparency
- 36. Culture through Communication & Empathy rodolphe@dutel.fr@rdutelPic. Buffer
- 37. Meeting in Person every 6 months @rdutelPic. Buffer
- 39. Expanding Remotely - Hiring Remote Workers @rdutel
- 42. Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel Hiring Remotely
- 43. Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel Hiring Remotely
- 44. Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel Hiring Remotely
- 45. Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel Hiring Remotely
- 46. Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel Hiring Remotely
- 47. Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel Hiring Remotely
- 51. @rdutel Meeting face to face
- 54. @rdutel
- 55. @rdutel January 2016 in Hawaii
- 56. @rdutel 10,000+ people read Remotive.io
- 58. APPENDIX All following slides = unlikely to be used @rdutel
- 59. Rodolphe Dutel - @rdutel @rdutel
- 60. @rdutel
- 61. @rdutel Life on the road - 101 Pic. Unsplash
- 62. @rdutel
- 63. Culture through Empathy @rdutelPic. Unsplash
- 68. @rdutel
- 69. EXPANDING OUR TEAM & CULTURE ABROAD Build Unique Search Experiences Sylvain Utard VP of Engineering & 1st employee sylvain@algolia.com @sylvainutard Startup Dream Team - Nov 2015
- 70. @algolia A hosted search API We enable developers to deliver outstanding search experiences.
- 72. @algolia Algolia Today 14regions 28data centers 1100+customers in 100+ countries 30B+ Write operationsper month 8B+ User-generated queriesper month
- 73. Back in 2012 Bootstrapped in Paris • 2 co-founders • Engineering backgrounds • Building a mobile SDK • Offline search engine • Aiming to build a “culture-first” company • “Free Your Employees”
- 74. From SDK to SAAS From local-ish to global-ish • Pivoted to a SAAS company • Easier to target global customers • Beta, September 2013, team of 4
- 75. US relocation First attempt • Following YC W 14 (April 2014) • US-based HQ • Not ready to split the team • Team of 6 • Still too focus on the product • Especially with 9h of timezone offset
- 76. Non-FR employees Our first non-french hire • September 2014, team of 7 • Opportunistic (received an email) • One of our best move ever :) • English only in our Paris Office
- 77. Keep working US company in Paris • May 2015, team of 15 • 2nd non-french hire • New (bigger) office • Hard to keep using English • Especially in an open-space • A few warnings/reminders!!!
- 78. US relocation Second attempt :) • July 2015, team of 18 • After series A • Team was ready :) • Our CEO moved there • + 1 (french) CFO • + 1 (french) marketing • Hard to hire non-french people :/
- 79. Hiring Scaling the US team • Smaller hiring network • Still perceived as a “french company” • September 2015, our first US employee • People/operations • October 2015, more US employees • + 1 recruiter • + 1 marketing
- 80. Remote We partially came back • From full to less-remote :) • Culture of “ownership” hard to learn • Tech product hard to master • Better to start with 6-12 months in the office
- 81. Scaling the team From 22 to 34 - Before 1st day • Culture = Big part of the hiring process • 1 skype screening • 1-3 skype interviews • 1 on-site day • Meet with every employees • 1 NOGO = NOGO
- 82. Scaling the team From 22 to 34 - After 1st day • New hires’ first week • Meeting with every employees • Sales calls shadowing • Onboarding project • Shared with the team after 2-3 weeks
- 83. Scaling the culture Between SF and Paris • New US hires • At least 3 weeks in our Paris Office • Algolia spirit/culture immersion