Remote-First Small Business with Liam Martin

Remote-First Small Business with Liam Martin.

Remote-first small business (26:19) with Liam Martin, a serial entrepreneur, speaker, writer and co-founder of TimeDoctor, Staff.com and RunningRemote. We begin the conversation with Liam sharing his entrepreneurial journey, how he launched his first small business, and his insights on building and growing a remote-first business.

Liam Martin is a serial entrepreneur, a speaker, writer, and the co-founder of TimeDoctor, Staff.com & RunningRemote. Liam is an expert on the remote business model.
Time Doctor offers time tracking solutions for remote and co-located teams. Staff.com is an outsourcing company that concentrates on providing companies with long term outsourced labor relationships. Running Remote is the world’s largest conference on building & scaling remote teams. Their second event will take place on June 29-30, 2019 in Bali, Indonesia.

Liam lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Topics and questions addressed in this episode of The How of Business podcast include:

Please define what you mean by a “remote first business”?
Why should I consider building a remote small business? What are the benefits? (Benefits of hiring talent, without geographic constraints.)
What types of people is a remote business model best suited for? Both from the small business owner’s, and the employees perspective.
What types of businesses are ideal for a remote model?
What are some of the tools you use and recommend for working with and managing a remote team?
How important is it to have process and business systems in place?
If you “hire people you like spending time with”, how do you avoid hiring only people who are like you?
How do you effectively build a culture and communicate your vision in a remote small business?
What are some of the big challenges with a remote company? What are some of the misconceptions? Communication challenges?