Ricardo Sousa Growing Digital Agency ($2M) and Remote Team (35+)

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  Managing Remote Teams

  Ricardo Sousa • Porto, Portugal

  Created 5 years ago in Skills & Management / Leadership

  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.
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  Managing Engineer Teams as a Non-Engineer

  Ricardo Sousa • Porto, Portugal

  Created 4 years ago in Skills & Management / Leadership

  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
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  Growing a Web / Mobile Development Studio / Agency

  Ricardo Sousa • Porto, Portugal

  Created 4 years ago in Sales & Marketing / Growth Strategy

  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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