Virtual High Fives:Maintaining Company Culture

in a Remote Organization

Chris Byers, CEO of Formstackwww.formstack.com

May 21, 2013

Who are you?

Building software to get you back to business

Easy to collect and manage data

And now for a live survey…

What is Culture?

the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particularsocial, ethnic or age group

What is Company Culture?

Why culture?

great cultural adoption makes a company successful

culture=getting stuff done

Concernsconcerns

vs

What is remote/fully distributed?

Our history with remote

Coming soon: Bloomington, Los Angeles, Charlotte

Remote Success Stories

Your remote stories…

How we make remote work.

Old New

Tools of the trade.

Communication is KEY.

How YOU can make remote work

(from Formstack employees).

A culture of freedom.

∧Freedom ∧Responsibity

Know your remote

working style first.

Schedule non-work

chats.

Check in with each other during the

day

When you hit a wall, get out of the

house.

My remote tips.

Where is my CEO?

Any questions?

Chris Byerschris.byers@formstack.com

Twitter: @rchrisbyers

Links & Picture CredsStackExchange Remote Article: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2013/02/why-we-still-believe-in-

working-remotely/37Signals Remote Book: http://37signals.com/remote

GitHub: http://gigaom.com/2012/03/26/tales-from-the-trenches-github/

Starbucks Logo - http://www.campusdish.com/NR/rdonlyres/B92759C9-CA17-4148-8998-39C785627114/86143/starbucks.gif

Various Maps: http://maps.google.comMarissa Mayer: http://media.salon.com/2013/02/marissa_mayer2.jpg

London Tube Map: http://datavizblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/tube_map.gifKrakow: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Krakow_rynek_02.jpg

Indianapolis Colts Field: http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/8d/54/e7/indianapolis-visitors.jpg

Whereismyceo Screenshot: http://www.whereismyceo.comMy Calendar: http://www.whereismyceo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/photo-16.jpg

Various Images: http://www.formstack.com