I’d be interested in hearing about challenges in keeping employees around, both on the local and international side. If there were cases where employees from the developed world quit after trying to live in Africa, what seemed like the major factors behind their not wanting to continue? If there were cases where local employees didn’t fit in well, what happened? What has Wave done to improve comfort/productivity for both kinds of employee?
Hi Ben! I second this comment; I would love to learn more from your experience. In particular, I would love to learn more about how you have balanced working in Silicon Valley and implementation contexts during different stages of your venture, as well as more about some of the initial challenges you faced with developing/launching the product that are specific to the start-up space in development context. I am personally also very interested in this kind of career trajectory!
Fantastic! I like everything about this post, except its length. I wish it were longer as I think there is a ton to learn from your experience.
Haha this is probably the first time someone said that about one of my essays—I’m flattered, and excited to potentially write follow ups!
Is there anything in particular you’re curious about? Sometimes it’s hard to be sure of what’s novel vs obvious/common knowledge.
I’d be interested in hearing about challenges in keeping employees around, both on the local and international side. If there were cases where employees from the developed world quit after trying to live in Africa, what seemed like the major factors behind their not wanting to continue? If there were cases where local employees didn’t fit in well, what happened? What has Wave done to improve comfort/productivity for both kinds of employee?
Hi Ben! I second this comment; I would love to learn more from your experience. In particular, I would love to learn more about how you have balanced working in Silicon Valley and implementation contexts during different stages of your venture, as well as more about some of the initial challenges you faced with developing/launching the product that are specific to the start-up space in development context. I am personally also very interested in this kind of career trajectory!
I second this—really interesting post and I would love to hear much more about this!