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How Superside uses global hiring to build a team of top creative talent with Fredrik Thomassen

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Carmen Amador Berreiro
Community Lead & Podcast Host
Fredrik Thomassen
Founder and CEO at Superside

Welcome back New World of Work!聽 In this mini-series, we are focusing on the power of distributed teams to take companies at all growth stages to the next level.

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How do start-ups and entrepreneurs leverage global hiring to build teams made up of top talent? Host Katie McCauley is in discussion with Fredrik Thomassen, founder and CEO of Superside. Superside has been a distributed company since its inception, and uses a global hiring strategy to recruit the best creative talent the world has to offer.聽 Frederik discusses why a global hiring strategy is part of Superside鈥檚 core mission, the importance of competitive wages, and where distributed teams and global hiring are going from here.

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