Welcome to the International Expansion podcast. My name is Ramsey Pryor, and I spent the past five years taking one of Silicon Valley's fastest growing startups into new markets all around the world. Tech companies are able to expand overseas faster than ever before. But there's quite a lot that goes into getting it right, and each new market has its own unique and fascinating set of quirks and challenges. The best way to prepare is to learn from people who have been there before, so I start ...
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Default Global Podcast: Navigating Global Expansion, Remote Teams, and International Talent
Vit Koval
👋 Welcome to Default Global, the podcast hosted by Vit, a seasoned expert with over a decade of experience assisting tech companies in building global teams. Join us as we dive into insightful conversations with remote and global-first entrepreneurs, founders of international tech companies, and HR specialists who share their expertise on business expansion, global hiring, and remote work strategies. 🔍 Explore topics crucial for US & EU Entrepreneurs: ✔️International Market Entry, ✔️Global H ...
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In this episode of Default Global, I sit down with Frederic Branczyk, the founder and CEO of Polar Signals. Frederic has an incredible story, he went from leading cutting-edge observability projects at Red Hat to raising $10.8 million for a startup that’s redefining continuous profiling for cloud-native environments. Key Takeaway: The fundraising s…
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149 Rejections, 1 Yes: The Truth About Fundraising
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🔊 Startup founders raising capital in 2024, this one’s for you. In this episode of Default Global, I sit down with John Corrigan, Co-Founder and COO of Kurve, to unpack the challenges and lessons of raising venture capital. With 18+ years of experience, including a successful exit and raising $35M in climate tech, John delivers hard-earned insights…
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Scaling Startups Globally: Hard Truths from 30+ Companies
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🔊 In this episode of Default Global, I sat down with Vladimir Baranov, an Executive Coach and founder of Human Interfaces. With 20+ years in FinTech, DeepTech, and SpaceTech, Vladimir has worked with leading names like PayPal, NASA, and startups that have achieved successful exits. Key Takeaway: What Vladimir learned from working with 30+ companies…
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From a $1,500 Credit Card Loan to a $7M Raised
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🔊 In this episode of Default Global, I chat with Ivan Burazin, Co-Founder & CEO of Daytona, to learn more about his amazing story. Ivan discusses how he established CodeAnywhere on a shoestring, turned the SHIFT Developer Conference into one of Europe's largest gatherings with over 5,000 attendees, and made $7 million for Daytona in only 16 months.…
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How can you raise $11 million for a hardware startup?
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💰 Getting funding for hardware startups in 2024 is no walk in the park. But Michael Corr, CEO of Duro Labs, shows it’s absolutely possible—even in a space most investors usually avoid. In this episode of Default Global, we uncover Michael’s inspiring journey, from bootstrapping his startup to closing an impressive $11M seed round. He explains how D…
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How He Raised $3 Million Pre-Seed in Just 3 Weeks
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🔊 In this episode of Default Global, I sit down with Marty Ringlein, co-founder of Agree.com and an investor known for spotting high-potential startups like Stripe, SpaceX, Roblox, Coinbase, Deel, Uber, and others. Marty has backed over 10 unicorns at the seed stage, bringing a wealth of experience in identifying what makes a startup ready for subs…
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How to Raise Seed Funding for Cybersecurity Startups
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🔊 In this episode of Default Global, I talk with Garret Grajek, CEO of YouAttest and a veteran in identity governance within the cybersecurity space. With over 30 years of experience and 13 patents, Garret shares actionable tips on securing seed funding, navigating today’s valuations, and finding the right investors. He also discusses the challenge…
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How to Raise Your First $2M in Pre-Seed Funding
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In this episode of Default Global, we dive deep into the fundraising journey of Kristian Kamber, Co-Founder and CEO of SplxAI, a company breaking new ground in the generative AI cybersecurity space. Kristian shares how he raised $2 million in pre-seed funding, navigated over 200 VC meetings, and successfully scaled his global-first AI company with …
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How He Raised $4M from Slack and Okta founders
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🔥 In this episode, we dive into the playbook that helped Chris Port, Co-Founder of Noded AI, secure $4M in seed funding in 2024. Chris, with leadership experience at Boomi and Dell, shares how he approached his fundraising journey—from creating an alpha version of his product to building investor relationships with major players like Bold Start Ven…
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How He Raised Over $7M from investors like Bling Capital and Sam Altman
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What does it take to have Sam Altman as an investor❓ In this episode, we sit down with Tyler Maloney, CEO of TeachMe.To, a company revolutionizing how people master new skills—from sports to music. With the support of top investors like Sam Altman and Bling Capital, TeachMe.To has skyrocketed, achieving tenfold growth in just one year, raising $5 m…
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How He Raised $14M, Generated $30M in Revenue, and Helped 500K Patients
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❓ How do you generate $30 million in revenue while supporting over 500,000 lives? Meet Dr. Sanjay Doddamani, Founder and CEO of Guidehealth in this episode of Default Global Podcast, to explore his recent journey raising a $14 million seed round. He also reflects on his experiences with Upstream Care, where he raised over $140 million, and contrast…
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How he raised $100M across two companies
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🎙 In this episode, Niko Skievaski takes us behind the scenes of his impressive fundraising journey, sharing how he successfully raised over $100 million across two companies. 💰 From leading Redox through a $45M Series C round to securing $1.5M in seed funding for Althea in 2024, Niko offers actionable insights for founders navigating the venture ca…
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How She Helped Zillow, and Lyft Expand into Mexico
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Curious about U.S. companies tapping into the Mexican tech talent market 🌎 Discover what’s behind the successful hiring expansion of U.S. giants like Zillow and Lyft into Mexico. You’ll learn efficient strategies as well as common misconceptions and blockers U.S. companies face during their hiring expansion into the region. If your company is plann…
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From $1M Salary to $2.5M Funding After 150 Rejections
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From Uber and Hilton to creating a $300M AI platform. → The real challenges of Silicon Valley fundraising. → How he raised $2.5 million after meeting 130+ investors. → Why focusing on customer feedback changed everything. That’s what Paul Kleen, founder of Pitchlt, an AI startup will share with us in our podcast episode. Whether you're a first-time…
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How to Join YC, Raise $2M, and Land Fortune 500 Clients After Setbacks ft. Philippe Noël
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Ever wondered what it takes to pivot from a failed startup to a promising new venture, all while navigating the complexities of global hiring and remote work? Meet Philippe Noël, the Co-founder and CEO of ParadeDB, a YCombinator-backed company shaking up the database industry. Join us as he shares the highs and lows of his entrepreneurial journey, …
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How We Foster Community and Career Growth for Latiné in Tech ft. Joliz Cedeño
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Unlock the power of diversity and community-building in the tech industry in this electric session of Default Global! Tune in as today's guest, the vivacious Joliz Cedeño, Executive Director of Techqueria, charts her journey from the orchards of Puerto Rico to the tech parks of New York and how it has fuelled her fight for equity in the tech space.…
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How Enable's CEO grew the company 20x and raised $290M
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🔊 Join us in this spectacular episode of Default Global with Andrew Butt, the ringleader of a rebate management revolution and the CEO of Enable. Tracing back to Andrew's early fascination with flying and computing, we explore how this unique blend spiraled into the birth of a trailblazing software category adopted by industry titans worldwide. 🌎 G…
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How We Built a Leader in Fintech with 26M Active Accounts ft. Ohad Samet
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🎧 Unearth the gripping journey of Ohad Samet, the Co-founder and CEO of TrueML, in this riveting episode of Default Global. Hear Ohad unravel his exhilarating professional odyssey which spans from being a fresh graduate to starting his own venture in the fintech industry, offering a truly captivating and enlightening perspective on fintech's evolut…
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How We Create a Tech-Culture that Transcends Borders ft. Jason Loyola
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🎧 Tune into this riveting episode of Default Global where we converse with the Head of Information Technology, Jason Loyola, at InDebted. Jason navigates us through his dynamic tech journey, which began with a help desk role and led him to be the leading IT personnel at a global pioneer of smart debt collection. Get an insider's view on Indebted's …
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From Developer to CTO: Leading a 260+ Global Remote Team ft. Ian Crosby
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🔊 Buckle up for a rollercoaster ride through the cloud-native tech landscape with our guest, Ian Crosby, Field CTO at Aptum! Join us as Ian recounts his captivating journey from writing software for the Canadian Navy to playing a pivotal role in a cutting-edge managed services organization. 🤿 We delve deep into the evolution of cloud-native technol…
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How We Found Quality Talent in 17 U.S. States and Globally ft. William Uranga
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Dive into the dynamic world of global hiring and remote work with William Uranga, Director of Talent Acquisition at Spokeo, in this insider look at the tech industry. Unearth the secrets behind successful team building in a tech-driven environment, as Uranga shares his unique perspective from working in tech powerhouses such as Groupon and GoDaddy.…
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Engineering Greatness: Tactics for Efficient Team Scaling ft. Karim Fanous
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Immerse yourself in the world of global hiring, remote work, and tech leadership in this compelling episode of Default Global. Our guest - Karim Fanous, Senior Vice President of Engineering at StrongDM, unravels fascinating insights about scaling engineering organizations, dealing with the challenges of remote hiring, and fostering an inclusive wor…
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How We Built a Remote Food Empire in Four Continents - Eran Mizrahi
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🌟 Crack open the international hiring playbook with Eran Mizrahi, the culinary wizard of Ingredient Brothers, on our latest episode of Default Global. Eran takes us a step deeper into the global-first hiring world, dishing out his distinct hiring recipe that has allowed his company to scale across different continents. 🎧 Listen in as he shares a ta…
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How to Successfully Integrate Remote and Onsite Tech Teams ft. Jeremy Thomas
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🌟 Pack your bags folks, because we're going on a journey around the world of global hiring and remote work with VP of Engineering at Bonusly, Jeremy Thomas. Discover how an arts major ended up in the tech space, and the lessons he picked up in the process. Find out how a bookstore in Australia changed his life and the surprising element of creativi…
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How We Grew Our Global VC Platform by 3X in a Year - Nik Talreja
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🔥 Are you ready to dive headfirst into the dynamic world of global hiring, remote work, and venture capital? Join us in this fascinating episode with Nik Talreja, the CEO of Sydecar, who breaks down his journey from law to venture and shares how he's shaking up the private market space. 🌎 Nik shares intimate insights from his upbringing that shaped…
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How We Became a Global Leader in Business Localization ft. Bryan Murphy
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🌎 Journey with us to the global frontier of language AI, as we chat with Bryan Murphy – CEO at Smartling, in the latest episode of Default Global. This linguistic virtuoso, known for his prowess in translation and AI, unravels the interconnectedness of language and technology, and how it impacts global enterprises. 🔊 From discussing the potential o…
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Leveraging AI for Global Payroll: A Deep Dive ft. Albert Owusu-Asare
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🎙 Leap into a riveting conversation on global hiring and the evolution of remote work, as host Vitaly Koval discusses the ins and outs of global business expansion and distributed teams with Albert Owusu-Asare, Co-Founder & CEO at Cadana. This episode unfolds like a novel, as Albert shares his journey from Ghana to the U.S., his tryst with Goldman …
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Jobgether: Pioneering the Global-first Approach in Remote Work ft. Alexandre Hernandez
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🎙 Embrace the power of global hiring and remote work with this extraordinary episode where we journey across borders with Alex Hernandez, the co-founder of Jobgether. Tune in as we delve into Alex's career odyssey that led him to revolutionize the recruitment field. Despite starting out in traditional recruitment, his journey took a dramatic turn w…
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Embracing Diversity in Global Teams: Insights from MailerLite
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🎧 Grab your airpods and settle in for another thrilling episode of Default Global featuring Remigijus Golubevas, the Chief People and Culture Officer at MailerLite. Get behind the scenes of a truly global, remote-first company that's firing on all cylinders across 40 countries! Remigijus unveils the strategic prowess that allows MailerLite to attra…
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Scaling Internationally: Secrets from Praxent's Recruitment Playbook ft. Molly Middleton
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🌎 Discover an unseen realm of global recruitment with Molly Middleton, Head of Recruiting at Praxent, on this thrilling episode of Default Global. Accompany us as we venture into her fascinating career journey - from early beginnings at a hospital to shaping the future at tech giants like Capital One and Google, and now leading recruitment at Praxe…
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How to Build a Powerful People Function Across Multiple Countries ft. Jessica Begley
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🔥 Get ready for a globetrotting adventure without leaving your seat! In our newest podcast episode, we switch into warp speed with Jessica Begley, Chief People Officer at Very. From her start in retail to building the people function in a fully distributed, multinational tech company, Jessica shares her unique perspective on the thrilling world of …
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Postgres+AI+Global Talent: A CTO’s Blueprint for Worldwide Growth
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🔥 Immerse yourself in a riveting discussion with Samay Sharma, CTO at Tembo, as he divulges his unwavering affection for Postgres, its profound transformation, and its potential to spearhead the digital revolution. 🌎 With a rich history stretching back to his college days, Samay has devoted years to exploring the Postgres ecosystem, propelling him …
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The Great Talent Migration: Shifting from Oil & Gas to Tech - Giles Lewis
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🌎 Jet-setting across the globe, swapping oil rigs for Silicon chips and completely mastering the art of global talent acquisition in the process - join Giles Lewis, seasoned Talent Acquisition Leader, on a thrilling ride from Saudi Aramco to South Korea's answer to Amazon, Coupang. This episode of Default Global is a passport to the unchartered ter…
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The Art of Effective Remote Recruitment with Victoria Vega
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🔥 Get ready to redefine the way you perceive global hiring and remote work! In this illuminating episode of Default Global, we plunge into an engaging conversation with Victoria Vega, a talent acquisition specialist at eSimplicity. Victoria transports us on a fascinating journey, revealing how her path, starting in non-profits, led her to the world…
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Exploring HR & Financial Synergy in Tech Companies with Yan Gelman
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🎙 Leap into the world of global hiring and remote work as we sit down with Yan Gelman, a distinguished Senior Global HR Leader. In this enthralling episode, Yan paints a picture of his unconventional journey to becoming an HR extraordinaire, revealing how his career started with number-crunching in accounting before transitioning gradually towards …
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Mastering Remote Leadership: Lessons from Skillable's Head of Remote Operations
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🎙️Dive into the world of global hiring and remote work with Jessica Zeba-Snow, Head of Remote Operations and Culture at Skillable, in an exciting episode of Default Global. 🌏 With her background in public health, Jessica unravels how her unique career trajectory has shaped her approach to fostering a globally inclusive culture and operational prowe…
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Driving Business Success through AI: Insights from Slang AI
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🎙 Check out this episode of Default Global, where we chat with Celine Hu, Chief of Staff at Slang AI, who switches lanes from consulting into the fast-paced world of tech. Learn about her career trajectory, where she dabbled into different industries before docking at the operational shores of Uber and later shifting to Slang AI. 🤿 We dig deep into…
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How to Hire & Scale Globally - Lusely Martinez
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🗝 Unlock the secrets of remote and global hiring with Lusely Martinez, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner and founder of FirstGenLab. In our latest Default Global episode, Lusely paints a vivid picture of the journey she embarked on from being a rookie in HR, to building entire recruiting teams for companies like CodeSignal and Syndio. Not only did …
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Engineering Leadership in the Age of Decentralization
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🎙 Buckle up for a deep dive into the intricacies of global hiring and remote work, with pioneering technologist, Ashwin Baskaran, VP of Engineering at 0x in today's episode of Default Global. 🧭 Ashwin bravely navigates us through his storied career journey, starting from the nerve centers of industry giants like VMware, Citrix, and Cisco, to the in…
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Inside Look at SafetyWing: Building a Global Social Safety Net
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🎧 Break the mold with this groundbreaking episode of The Podcast, where we traverse the nooks and crannies of global hiring, remote work, and more. Get ready to zoom into the world of Sondre Rasch, Co-founder and CEO of SafetyWing, a company that's pioneering a global social safety net. Get an insider's sneak peek into the fated Christmas evening o…
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Building Trust & Culture in a Global Tech Startup
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🎧 Buckle up, Default Global listeners, for an exciting journey into the world of international talent acquisition and remote work with the Senior Director of People at Immuta, Andy Olsen. Dive into how his career has evolved from counseling to executive recruiting, from Fortune 500 companies to startup environments, and learn about his unique perso…
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Building Global Engineering Teams with Will Kessler
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🎙 Unearth the art of assembling a thriving global team with our inspiring guest, Will Kessler, former product and engineering leader at Sydecar. In today's episode, Will takes us on a riveting journey of creating a star-studded international team, sharing his wisdom right from the trenches. Through the lens of his rich career in leading product dev…
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Diversifying Talent Acquisition: A Fresh Perspective
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🌎 Journey into the compelling universe of global talent acquisition with Vanessa Raath, Founder of The Talent Hunter, in our exciting episode of Default Global. Delve into Vanessa's unique voyage, from schoolteacher to scuba diving instructor, all acting as stepping-stones towards her current position as a global talent sourcing trainer. Vanessa’s …
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Building Remotely: The Shopify for Financial Advisors
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🌎 Explore the entrepreneurial world of global hiring and remote work with Patrick Kelly, Co-Founder and CEO of Signal Advisors, as he picks apart the intricacies of international business expansion. Born in Singapore and raised in the States, Kelly has always had a knack for creating businesses; a knack that eventually steered him towards a success…
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How AI and Vector Searches are Transforming Global Business
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🔊 Dive into a cosmic expedition of global hiring and remote work with our guest of the day, Prabhat Jha, the engineering virtuoso behind DataStax. Born and raised in Nepal, in a village devoid of electricity, Prabhat took leaps and bounds to study computer science, eventually leading global remote teams at Red Hat. Join us as Prabhat, a true global…
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The Power of Networks: Exploring tofu's Unique Recruitment Model
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🔥 Ready to break the borders of traditional hiring? Join us as we catch up with Jason Zoltak, Co-founder of tofu, on our latest episode of Default Global. Jason gives us an exclusive peek into how he's redefining the tech recruitment landscape, forging connections between global-first entrepreneurs, and venture-backed firms across the world. 🎧 Dive…
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The Art of High-Stakes Recruitment: A Masterclass with Google's Ex-Talent Guru
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🎙 Unleash the Power of Structural Synchrony in Talent Acquisition with Adam Redlich. In this thrilling episode, we delve deep into the cosmos of global hiring and remote work with none other than Adam Redlich, founder of Redlich Talent Advisors, a titan in the talent acquisition industry with a career spanning over three decades. Adam unsheathes a …
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Demystifying AI in Recruitment: Moonhub
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🎙 Immerse yourself in the intriguing world of AI-powered recruitment as we reveal how Moonhub is reshaping the global hiring landscape. Sit back as we pick the brains of Teddy Owen, Chief of Staff at Moonhub, an AI-human hybrid recruitment platform. Discover the 'secret sauce' behind Moonhub's unique sourcing capabilities and learn how they're harn…
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Redefining Work Culture: 4-Day Work Week
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🎙️Looking to tap into the global talent pool and build a remote-first team? In this information-packed episode, our guest Ryan-Mae McAvoy, Director of People Operations at Blackthorn, shares her hands-on experience in managing globally-distributed teams and reveals how her company has redefined traditional work dynamics to create a thriving remote …
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Cracking the Code on Candidate Trust
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🎙 In this invigorating podcast episode, allow us to take you through the digital landscapes of global recruitment with our esteemed guest - Troy Sultan, the innovative mind behind Guide. Troy shares the intricate details of his journey, transiting from leading talent operations at Google to crafting ingenious platforms like Resource and Guide. 🌎 Ex…
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