Introduction

In 2019, with a belief that work was becoming increasingly borderless, Alex Bouaziz and his cofounder Shuo Wang started Deel. They built a global compliance and payroll solution that helps businesses hire anyone in over 150 countries. Fueled by a shift to distributed work unlocked by the pandemic, Deel has experienced unprecedented growth: the company has raised over $600M in funding, scaled to over $100M in ARR, and now has over 1,000 employees in 75 different countries. Alex shares why he holds two KPIs sacred (monthly growth and customer satisfaction), the importance of keeping money in the bank and spending like you're a round earlier, and why larger companies are beginning to think more about output than input.