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Running Remote Community

Learn, connect and get support from other remote-first founders & executives
Running Remote Community is a membership for remote-first leaders building & scaling their companies while getting the support they need, when they need it.
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There are three types of people that join

Remote-first Founders & C-level executives

People who actively run remote operations for their established companies of min 5+ employees. Whether you’ve been remote-first from the start or just transitioning now it’s a place for you. Founders who are scaling & building their business and need help with remote management.

People Ops Executives for remote-first companies

Executives who “design work” to enable employees to bring their best to the job every day. They are pro-actively involved in shaping strategic decisions around work by understanding high-level business objectives and crucial aims for remote-first companies.

Heads of Remote

Executives who are focused on making remote work as easy and rewarding as possible for the company’s employees. People who serve as a cross-functional internal consultant to evolve key pillars e.g. L&D, knowledge management, and onboarding so that each function becomes more effective in a distributed setting.

Join a network of remote-first founders 
& executives

Every member of our diverse community has been in your shoes. They’ve built remote companies like HotJar, HelpScout, Toggl and MURAL. They understand the struggle of building and running a remote-first company.

Annie Dean
VP of Team Anywhere
Ryan Chartrand
CEO
Niamh McGarty
Director, Digital First
Casey Fenton
Co-Founder
Tyler Sellhorn
Head of Remote
Dethra Giles
CEO
Chase Warrington
Head of Remote
Paul McKinlay
VP of Communications and Remote Working
Mine Dedekoca
Head of Community
Rachel Lanham
Chief Customer Officer
Leah Knobler
Dir. Talent Acquisition
Ken Weary
COO
Sara Sutton
Founder & CEO
Darren Murph
Head of Remote
Laïla von Alvensleben
Head of Culture & Collaboration
Sacha Connor
Founder & CEO
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Continuously level up and & find solutions to common challenges remote teams face

Establish strong remote culture

Learn how to cultivate a thriving remote company culture that helps employees stay connected and fosters the communication that builds trust. Help employees feel seen, even as they work remotely.

Learn how to collaborate across time zones

Find ways to optimize the company’s structure and operations to better align with the demands of diverse teams working across time zones. Learn relevant tools & best practices.

Build rapport amongst colleagues

Get insights on team camaraderie & learn how to make sure people feel a sense of respect and appreciation. Develop processes and platforms for scalable connections.

Change management

Navigate changes in remote settings. Find out how others transitioned from office-base to remote-first companies and avoid mistakes they’ve made.

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Darren Murph
Head of Remote at Gitlab
Chase Warrington
Head of Remote at Doist

I’ve been a member of this community for several years, and it never fails to deliver high-quality first-hand advice. From the peer-to-peer masterminds to the 1:1 connections made with members who are going through similar challenges I’m always grateful for the extra layer of guidance I receive here. 

David Brittain
CEO at concepts.app

Running Remote Community is a great place to connect & learn from other remote-first founders & leaders, I couldn’t recommend it more. I especially loved being paired with peers for mastermind sessions. It was invaluable and reassuring to hear that others shared some of the same challenges as we have, and inspiring to hear how they had tackled them. 

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Rachel Lanham
CCO at Voodle.com

When we took our company fully remote in 2020, I joined a number of remote-work focused groups to fast track my network and knowledge base. Running Remote stood out as the place I was able to tap into the expertise and guidance from leaders around the world and became my go to resource. I’ve left all the other groups I joined behind.

Olesia Horodniuk
Head of People & Ops at ElevenYellow

What an amazing platform for exchanging remote work challenges and learning with and from others through open discussions, conferences, and great content! I love the office-hours channel that features a different remote work expert bi-weekly who answers any questions about building & running your remote company.

Features

Join a community that has your back whenever you need

Slack workplace

Get access to a community of remote-first leaders for immediate support & first-hand advice

Matchmaking

Get tailored connections with other members of the community based on your unique challenges

Masterminds

Participate in curated peer-to-peer masterminds to help you resolve challenges & achieve goals

FREE Ticket

Get a FREE ticket to the live Running Remote conference in 2023 (applies to yearly membership)

Ask Me Anything sessions

Join Ask Me Anything events with industry experts & ask your burning questions live

Knowledge Base

Get access to an ever-growing curated library of advice, insights & remote tools shared by other members

Office hours

Week-long async AMA with senior, experienced remote-first founders & leaders in our Slack workspace

Actionable, now

A highly interactive deep-dive workshops into practical tips, concrete tools, frameworks, methods, and strategies to solve common challenges remote companies face

Want a sneak peak?

Want a sneak peek?

Every 3 months, we bring in an expert to dive into advanced topics that you can’t find anywhere else. This is your ticket into a conversation with some of the most successful remote-first founders and executives. Previous speakers include:
  • Darren Murph, Head of Remote @ GitLab
  • Job van der Voort, CEO @ Remote.com
  • Ken Weary, COO @HotJar
  • Sara Sutton, Founder & CEO at FlexJobs
  • Tara Vasdani, Founder & Principal Lawyer @ Remote Law Canada

See upcoming events below. Join yourself or invite your team as some of these events are open to the public.

Upcoming community events

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February 28, 9:00 am
ET
Applications are now open for Founders
Mastermind for Founders
What you can learn
  • Building a strong company culture remotely
  • Tools and best practices to manage your remote team
  • Collaboration across time zones
  • Building rapport & team camaraderie
Learn more
  • Mastermind
  • For community members
February 23, 10:00 am
ET
Douglas Ferguson, Founder & President @ Voltage Control
Managing Transition: Scaling and systematizing change
What you can learn
  • Voltage Control’s 6 Principles of Change
  • Explore a more empathetic model for resistance to change
  • Develop your own change journey map
Learn more
  • Workshop
  • Open to public
February 8, 10:00 am
ET
Community members
Community chat
What you can learn
  • Maybe you just want to listen in
  • ​Maybe you have challenges you'd love to explore
  • Maybe you want to provide some updates on what you've been working on
  • Whatever it is, we will be here to talk
Learn more
  • Networking
  • For community members

Peer-to-peer Masterminds

Navigate your challenges supported by intimate masterminds with trusted peers

Regular & structured sessions

We work together during a monthly live video group coaching session with the structure and focus you need to resolve your challenges

Private channel

A private Slack channel gives members always-on support and an easy way to keep up the momentum created together during live sessions

First-hand advice​

Get practical tips and guidelines in a safe environment from individuals who’ve been there

Rigorous application​

We invest a lot of effort in carefully curating each cohort to make sure you level-up

Learn how to build and scale your remote company

From building remote hiring, communication and collaboration, team engagement through to remote tools & payroll, you’ll find over 200 advice & recommendations by the likes of HotJar, Doist, MURAL & more in our growing Notion library.

Some of the topics covered include:

  • Measuring remote team performance
    Practical tips for successful communication
  • Virtual team bonding activities
  • How to translate your culture to remote
  • Remote retreats – lessons learnt
  • How do you compensate your remote team

Apply for our community today

If you’re a founder, CEO, Head of Remote, or People Ops executive at a remote company, apply today.

Access to Running Remote Community is $490/year and includes a free ticket to the Running Remote conference.

No payment will be asked of you until your application has been approved.

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Choose a subscription plan

6 Months
$300
/ 6 months
  • Free ticket to the upcoming Running Remote conference
  • Access to a private Slack workspace
  • 1 on 1 personalized introductions
  • Access to curated library of advice, insights & remote tools shared by other members
  • Access to "Actionable,now" deep-dive workshops
  • Participate in peer-to-peer masterminds
  • Weekly community digest with best practices from community members
Apply now*
Yearly
$590
/ year
  • Free ticket to the upcoming Running Remote conference
  • Access to a private Slack workspace
  • 1 on 1 personalized introductions
  • Access to curated library of advice, insights & remote tools shared by other members
  • Access to "Actionable,now" deep-dive workshops
  • Participate in peer-to-peer masterminds
  • Weekly community digest with best practices from community members
Apply now*
None
Free
  • Free ticket to the upcoming Running Remote conference
  • Access to a private Slack workspace
  • 1 on 1 personalized introductions
  • Access to curated library of advice, insights & remote tools shared by other members
  • Access to "Actionable,now" deep-dive workshops
  • Participate in peer-to-peer masterminds
  • One email in a month with resources to help you run your remote / hybrid company
Sign up

*We only accept founders, CEOs, COOs, People Ops executives and Heads of Remote at a remote & hybrid companies to the community.
  No payment will be asked of you until your application has been approved.
  Ticket to the Running Remote conference is valued at $990.

FAQs

Who is the Running Remote community for?

Running Remote Community is for founders & executives (i.e. C-level executives, HR and People Ops professionals, Heads of Remote) who are actively running and leading remote-first (or hybrid) companies with over 5 employees.

Who is it not for?

The community is not intended for non executive managers, junior employees, marketing & sales professionals, remote work consultants and companies with less than 5 employees (whether that be contractors or full-time employees).

What is the application process like?

We are vetting every application to ensure high-quality connections and opportunities. To apply, we ask you to fill in a short questionnaire to understand your unique challenges and expectations. We’re reviewing applications on a weekly basis, so expect an answer from us within 5 working days.

Once accepted, we will send you a link to pay for your membership so that you can get access to our Slack workspace and other resources and we can begin the onboarding process.

What is the time commitment?

We understand that your time is valuable, so it is absolutely up to you how much time you’ll spend in the community.

However, we have consistently seen that you get out what you put in: Often, the biggest contributors are the biggest beneficiaries.

How much does membership cost?

The feedback we consistently receive is how much our remote leaders appreciate the true unity and collaboration within our community. They also especially love getting together at our annual Running Remote conferences, as it feels like a face-to-face reunion of people they’ve gotten to know so well online.

Given that the yearly membership includes a free ticket to the Running Remote conference, the community is priced to be accessible for remote leaders at $590 per year. 

In order to maintain the quality of connections, opportunities, and information, all applications are thoroughly vetted and only founders & leaders of remote-first established companies are eligible to join. 

Do you offer free trials for the community?

Trials make more sense with things like SaaS products, where once you’re in you get a general understanding of what a full commitment will look like and the capabilities that are available to you.

We work to make sure that the community stays a relationship-centric thought exchange and relationships cannot be built in a short month-long trial period.

However, while we do not offer trials, you have an option to sign you up for a free monthly community newsletter so that you can see what members are talking about and get a feeling what it’s like to be a member.

Why is it a paid membership?

We value the time of our community members as well as the content that is distributed. Part of the vetting process is to make sure that people who join will actively contribute to the community, can relate to the caliber of what is discussed, and are not there purely to sell their own projects or perceive it as a great leads list.

Financial commitment is asked to support the effort from our team that goes into curating this community, organizing monthly events, peer-to-peer masterminds, personal introductions and more. We do provide a script to send to your employer if the Running Remote Community is something you’d like reimbursed as part of your education credits or benefits.

The yearly membership includes a free ticket to the Running Remote conference, making it a fantastic investment for a business into their remote work efforts.

Can I earn SHRM personal development credits (PDCs) by participating in the community?

While we cannot grant you SHRM credits for participating in the community, you can earn them by attending our Running Remote conference (for which you get a FREE ticket to with your yearly membership). Earn 1 credit per 1 hour of conference learning time.

Join industry leaders at Running Remote events and awards to learn how they’ve taken their companies to the next level with remote work. It’s your time to reshape the workplace.

HR professionals can now earn continuing education credits for the SHRM certification by attending our Running Remote conference. Earn 1 credit per 1 hour of conference learning time.

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