The Transatlantic Struggle

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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?
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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

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

11. “We are a team”

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13. Fixing global problems & working globally

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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
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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