Introducing Hans Kjellby, the COO of Safety Wing, a company that offers travel insurance for digital nomads but that plans to change the way (in the future) all digital nomads live around the world.
Hans is a lawyer. A former head of legal and compliance in Auka, ranked the fastest growing FinTech company in Europe.
Show Notes:
03:30 – Why did Hans move from a law career to a startup focused on digital nomads?
05:50 – Can a lawyer be entrepreneurial?
07:30 – How risky is it to start a company/startup?
09:00 – What can a government do to push entrepreneurship and minimize the risk to entrepreneurs?
11:00 – Should governments pay maternity leave to women?
11:45 – Was there a moment were Hans doubted that he made the right move?
13:00 – How did Safety Wing grow so far?
14:20 – The power of content in the company growth
15:30 – What’s a digital nomad?
17:30 – Lisbon and digital nomads
18:50 – The future of nomadism
20:00 – The future of remote work and why companies will have to apply for remote work in their policies
20:50 – Where are the employees from Safety Wing? A fully distributed team
21:45 – How does Safety Wing manage their communication? Tools?
24:20 – How to build a culture in remote companies
25:50 – Hans advice to companies going remote
28:00 – Safety Wing Products and the future of the company
30:00 – The announcement of the Safety Wing next product. EXCITING thing here
32:00 – The pain most of the digital nomads have and how to fix it
36:40 – Investing. Should a company accept VC money? Who and When?
40:00 – Is being a remote company damaging when trying to get VC money?
42:42 – What excites Hans about the future?
43:40 – Will digital nomad trend die soon?
45:30 – What can governments do to embrace the digital nomad trend?
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