Episode 17 - Jakob Knutzen - Lessons From Building a Fully Remote Tech Start-Up

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Ok, so for the final time for the current format, I have been joined by an AWESOME guest, Jakob Knutzen, to talk all things start-up life, culture and team dynamics in fully remote multi country business and of course, thriving in life and work

Jakob (and Co-Founder Christopher) have built something really cool!

Not just their remote facilitation platform , Butter,  which really is next level 🙌🏻 but also the fully remote team they have put together and continue to grow in all senses of the word.

We had a really great conversation diving into Jakob's personal journey in life and work, start-up failures and successes, right through the practical insights on how to set teams up for success in a fully remote organisation 🚀

Some of the themes we cover:

🎢Start-up life (successes and failures)
🌞Orienting around Happiness in life and work
💪Positive action leads to positive change
🧠Informed Intuition
🤔Effective decisions making for fully remote teams
🚀Early stage start-up Culture
🖐️Personal Accountability

As always, I really enjoyed this conversation and I hope you do too.

Enjoy!

✌🏻& ❤️

p.s if you want to check Butter out, you can sign up for free, here! DO IT.


Guest Bio:

Jakob is Co-Founder & CEO of Butter, which is a full workflow tool for facilitating online collaborative sessions. Butter has a fully remote team of 17 people spread across 9 countries. 

Before that, Jakob founded StreamCrux, a game streaming startup that was also built as a remote company. Previously built and scaled one of South East Asia’s largest digital agencies as Managing Director for the Indonesian office and subsequently regional Group Director. Part of an exit in late 2016. Prior to this spent several years at Bain & Co.

Contact Luke:
Email: luke@sapienx.co.uk
Luke O'Mahoney | LinkedIn
Sapienˣ, Website

Contact Jakub:
Email: jakob.knutzen@butter.us
Jakob Knutzen | LinkedIn
Butter, Website

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