A fireside chat with Job van der Voort
Job van der Voort · Co-founder / CEO, Remote
At this fireside chat, Remote's founder Job van der Voort joined us to talk about 1) building Remote from zero to a multi-billion company, and 2) approaching the AI-first era that’s in front of us.
The most important takeaways?
- He'd hire 0 people if he started a company today.
- Intellectual honesty is the most important founder trait — founders should live in the future and experiment with it, but decide in reality. Intellectual honesty > narrative.
- differentiation is moving beyond software, into infrastructure, distribution, and real-world complexity.
- Most companies aren’t competing on the edge yet. There’s still a lot of opportunity in solving real, messy problems (e.g. robotics).
- You can’t just say “use AI”. People need tools, space, and a safe environment to figure it out (access control).
Job is the Founder and CEO of Remote, scaled from zero to unicorn status, raising over $300M and serving thousands of companies worldwide.
