The Transatlantic Struggle

Presentation about FullContact & it's values for TechHub Riga March 2015 meetup.

Transcript

1. The Transatlantic Struggle Building great products on both sides of the pond Kārlis Lauva // FullContact
2. • We are solving the world's contact information problem • Consumer apps for the web, iOS and Android • APIs for enterprises • Raised 19M in funding from some of the best investors on the planet Who we are?
4. December 2012: Cobook for iOS
6. February 2015: FullContact for iOS
9. How we got there? From 6 people in TechHub To 52 people in Denver & Riga
10. By being awesome with people And having company values!
11. “We are a team”
13. Fixing global problems & working globally
15. “Respect every person”
16. “Move at the speed of trust”
17. Without trusting each other, it would be impossible to operate on a global scale
18. “Communicate with candor”
19. Communication across 9 time zones • Slack • Google Docs & Hangouts • Pivotal Tracker • 7Geese • GitHub
21. “Never stop improving”
22. Employees grow with the company • Investing in employee improvement • Presence in related tech communities • Code reviews and internal training • Paid paid vacations & getting off the grid
23. “Be customer focused”
24. Helping customers succeed around the clock • 5 CS people in both Denver and Riga • Days on the helpdesk for all employees
25. “Keep shipping”
26. What we have in store • Business Card Reader for iOS and Android • FullContact webapp • FullContact for Gmail • Contact data APIs • FullContact for iOS
27. Coming soon! Up-to-date contacts everywhere.
28. We're hiring! • Like to solve challenging problems? • Believe that coding is an art? • Engineering positions in Riga • Android, iOS and JVM-based backend systems
29. Thanks! Kārlis Lauva, 2015 @FullContactInc