Building Better Products by Building Better Startup-
summary
Contact Light runs a six-person distributed team (three Melbourne, two Sydney, one Brisbane) that bases hiring on seven operational principles including work where you want and don’t set an alarm, and claims that removing commutes equals an approximate $55,000 pay rise per person in perceived value. Workflow uses Google Apps, Slack, Trello, GitHub and AWS. Products shipped: Auto bus‑tracking and campus friend‑sharing (2–3 months to build, friend feature in two weeks) and embark commuter app with patented screen‑proximity tech for contextual offers.
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- 0:00Introduction
- 1:47Productivity vs hours worked
- 3:33Seven productivity principles
- 7:05Results over clock time
- 12:20Examples of modern work models
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