Entrepreneur Conundrum

How SafetyWing is Redefining Remote Work Benefits for Digital Nomads

Oct 7, 2024

36:30

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Episode Notes

Guest: Sondre Rasch, co-founder of SafetyWing
Key Topics:
- Sondre's journey from politics to entrepreneurship
- The inspiration behind SafetyWing and its mission
- Overcoming challenges in building a remote-first company
- Fundraising experiences and insights from Y Combinator
- Creating a global social safety net for digital nomads and remote workers
- Strategies for organic growth and scaling a startup
- Thoughts on the future of remote work and international benefits
Learn More: Visit SafetyWing and Plumia for more information on their initiatives

Key Questions

(01:19) Can you tell us a little bit about your journey and how you ended up to where you are today?

(04:59) When you say you serve with SafetyWing, who's your ideal client?

(07:15) How do you get in front of your ideal clients?

(11:53) Do you do any posting on social media? Even though you don't run ads or anything, are you guys getting that?

(13:02) What are some big goals that you guys have in the next year or two?

(19:00) So what do you feel is your number one roadblock that is stopping you from reaching your goals?

(21:09) So what's the best advice that you have ever received?

(23:18) What's the best advice you've ever given?

(31:34) With working remotely, what are your thoughts with the financial benefits or just benefits in general? Because you're being pushed back on that, too, right? But what are your thoughts with just... What are your thoughts on that?

(34:29) Is there anything that we haven't touched on yet that you would like to talk about?

(34:51) Your number one roadblock to reaching your goals?

(35:49) So where can we learn more about you, what you do, what Safety Wing is?