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Clarity

Ricardo Sousa

Porto, Portugal

Growing a digital studio (web/mobile development) to over $2M revenue, while managing a growing team of 35+ fully remote, while delivering work for entrepreneurs as well as Fortune 500's (Deloitte, Microsoft etc)

Can probably talk a bit about building digital products from the ground up, growing an agency, selling to startups and big corps as well as managing remote teams.

$2.50/min

5 Calls

2 Reviews

31 minutes
Avg. call

Web development Web Applications Team Building Digital Marketing Strategy Digital Agency Digital Transformation Working Remotely Agency Leadership

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Managing Remote Teams

I've built a team of 35+ people working from across the globe successfully. I've had to hire, fire and manage (expectations, motivation, team building, workflows) over 50 people over the last few years. There's a ton "remote work" books won't teach you.
How to create or keep culture?
How to hire across the globe and get people paid?
How to ensure employees are engaged?
How to make sure people are working for you and not someone else?
Where are the hidden gems (sites, platforms, places) to find remote talent?
I'd love to hear challenges and help you through my own experience.

Managing Engineer Teams as a Non-Engineer

I'm not a CS graduate, heck... I'm not even a *anything* graduate. However, I've been able to directly oversee and manage teams of engineers working on mission-critical projects for banks, big corporations and startups.

Technology Stack Choice
Controlling Quality
Timelines & Estimates
Engineer Career Development
Creating and Maintaining a Shared Language
Growing Engineering Team

Growing a Web / Mobile Development Studio / Agency

I've grown ColorElephant from nothing to $2M/annual revenue and a team of 35+.
Growing an agency is a pain. Managing clients, managing the team, deadlines, cashflow, when to grow the team, how to keep doing business development.

I'm no expert — but I can probably answer some of your "been there, done that" questions. We've been successful at creating a steady pipeline and growing our (fully remote) team.

Some questions I can answer:
1. When to grow the team?
2. How to create relevant positioning to attract leads?
3. Taking a lead from contact to closing.
4. Closing 200k+ projects.
5. How to create a culture everyone feels a part of.
6. Deadlines and how to manage them (internally and with client)

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Received very insightful advice on running and growing an agency. Ricardo was very professional and organized. Thanks

Edwin Merino Source: Clarity

Ricardo was well prepared, studying our business beforehand from the information we provided him and doing his own research from our website and web presence.
He focused on the areas that we needed most help with and gave us some good actionable advice. Highly recommend booking a call with Ricardo .

Franco Frenette Source: Clarity

Member since January 2018