8 Things I’ve Learned From Running a Fully Remote Company

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I’ve held leadership roles at 2 fully remote companies: Square and FutureFund, the free fundraising platform for K-12 school groups that I founded.

But there was a big difference between these two organizations: Square became remote during COVID-19, whereas FutureFund started out fully remote. Here’s what I learned from Square’s transition and applied to my current venture.

1. Not everyone can work remotely

Square had 12,000 people who were all hired to work in an office. But not everyone who’s hired to be on-site will be equally successful in a remote context.

“If you can do it in the office, you can do

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