Mastering Productivity, Scaling Remote-First Companies, and Managing Staff in 32 Countries with Liam Martin (Ep 52)

Learn how hiring, systems, communication, and culture keep distributed teams productive across countries and time zones. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Liam Martin tells his story of being ranked one of the top 30 figure-skaters in the world before breaking his knee cap at age 21 and having his dreams dashed. He then pivoted into academia but, after receiving the worst teaching evaluations in the department’s history, he pivoted again, this time into remote entrepreneurship. Liam takes us on his business-building journey, that ultimately culminated in the creation of “Time Doctor”, a productivity software that he scaled into a 7-figure remote-first business which now has over 100 staff in 32 countries. He takes us behind the scenes of his company operations and gives detailed tips on remote hiring, building systems and processes, training and running a remote sales team, project management and communication across time zones, detailed marketing and SEO tactics that are working today. He also shares his approach to executive leadership, remote management and building company culture in remote-first companies. Liam then details his personal productivity and time mastery techniques, as well as the way he manages stress and approaches business problems or setbacks. Liam then talks about co-founding “Running Remote”, the world’s largest conference on building and scaling fully remote teams. He discusses who should attend, what to expect, and where/when the next conference is happening. He then talks about his passion for international travel and explains his travel cadence, how he decides on his remote work locations, what travel really means to him at this point in his life, and shares his favorite travel app and the #1 gadget he never travels without. → Full show notes with direct links to everything discussed are available here. ============================ FIND YOUR NEXT EPISODE Explore The Maverick Show Starter Packs — some of my favorite conversations curated by theme so you can easily find the episodes that match your interests. ============================ FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU See my Top 10 Travel Apps See my Top 10 Books that Shaped the Way I Travel See my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual) Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn See the Travel Gear I Use and Recommend See How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use) ============================ ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram and DM Matt to continue the conversation Please leave a rating and review — it really helps the show and I read each one personally Support the show by buying me a coffee — espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes!