Enabling efficiency has always been at the heart of Zapier’s mission: the automation software startup was founded specifically to serve as the lynchpin platform between myriad web apps, allowing people to focus on their core projects without getting bogged down with mundane tasks. Moreover, the company has been distributed from the get-go, and has found that the requisite digital tools, meeting structure and business strategies that make remote work possible also happen to be the most proactive, pragmatic and productive ways to run a business. Zapier CEO and co-founder Wade Foster sat down with Greylock general partner Sarah Guo to discuss what he’s learned in the nine years since the company was founded, and how he sees the widespread shift to remote work affecting the way companies operate in the future. This episode is part of the #WorkFromAnywhere series hosted by Sarah Guo and David Thacker. Chapters 0:00 Introduction 1:03 Background 3:15 Being a Remote Company 7:55 Scaling While Remote 11:24 Managing a Time Difference 15:39 Attitude Towards Work 18:29 Interesting User Cases 22:16 Creating Artifacts 24:30 Digital Native Work 29:19 Encouraging New Product Ideas 32:50 What Works in the New Age of Work 35:42 Content Recommendations