The Remote Work Tribe Podcast: Alex Panagis

Exciting projects Alex is working on these days? (00:30)

How did the ScaleMath team decide to build a product? (1:30)

Mindset shifts from managing clients as an agency to building a product. (2:43)

How does Alex split his time between both client work and product work? (4:03)

The importance of hiring people who own their work entirely. (5:39)

How did they improve their hiring process to find suitable candidates? (7:42)

How is the ScaleMath team structured today? (9:50)

Some mistakes ScaleMath made when hiring at the beginning. (15:20)

How does he determine when someone would fit well in async cultures? (17:04)

Determining how someone is ready to move into a leadership position (19:19)

Alignment in async work cultures. (21:09)

Resources that helped him level up and become a better manager and improve hiring processes. (25:55)

Promoting accountability and self-management in remote teams. (26:45)

Approaching situations where teammates are struggling. (29:35)

The importance of humility for founders. (34:00)

Transparency in an async first culture. (35:30)

Lighting round questions. (39:49)