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Kārlis Lauva
March 12, 2015
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The Transatlantic Struggle
Presentation about FullContact & it's values for TechHub Riga March 2015 meetup.
Kārlis Lauva
March 12, 2015
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Transcript
The Transatlantic Struggle Building great products on both sides of
the pond Kārlis Lauva // FullContact
• 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?
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December 2012: Cobook for iOS
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February 2015: FullContact for iOS
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How we got there? From 6 people in TechHub To
52 people in Denver & Riga
By being awesome with people And having company values!
“We are a team”
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Fixing global problems & working globally
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“Respect every person”
“Move at the speed of trust”
Without trusting each other, it would be impossible to operate
on a global scale
“Communicate with candor”
Communication across 9 time zones • Slack • Google Docs
& Hangouts • Pivotal Tracker • 7Geese • GitHub
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“Never stop improving”
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
“Be customer focused”
Helping customers succeed around the clock • 5 CS people
in both Denver and Riga • Days on the helpdesk for all employees
“Keep shipping”
What we have in store • Business Card Reader for
iOS and Android • FullContact webapp • FullContact for Gmail • Contact data APIs • FullContact for iOS
Coming soon! Up-to-date contacts everywhere.
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
Thanks! Kārlis Lauva, 2015 @FullContactInc