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
   

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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?
   

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4. December 2012: Cobook for iOS
   

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6. February 2015: FullContact for iOS
   

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9. How we got there?
   From 6 people in TechHub
   To 52 people in Denver & Riga
   

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10. By being awesome with people
    And having company values!
    

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11. “We are a team”
    

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13. Fixing global problems & working
    globally
    

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15. “Respect every person”
    

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16. “Move at the speed of trust”
    

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17. Without trusting each other, it
    would be impossible to operate
    on a global scale
    

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18. “Communicate with candor”
    

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19. Communication across 9 time zones
    ● Slack
    ● Google Docs & Hangouts
    ● Pivotal Tracker
    ● 7Geese
    ● GitHub
    

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21. “Never stop improving”
    

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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
    

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23. “Be customer focused”
    

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24. Helping customers succeed around
    the clock
    ● 5 CS people in both Denver and Riga
    ● Days on the helpdesk for all employees
    

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25. “Keep shipping”
    

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26. What we have in store
    ● Business Card Reader for iOS and Android
    ● FullContact webapp
    ● FullContact for Gmail
    ● Contact data APIs
    ● FullContact for iOS
    

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27. Coming soon!
    Up-to-date contacts everywhere.
    

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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
    

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29. Thanks!
    Kārlis Lauva, 2015
    @FullContactInc
    

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