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AV4 | ‘Self-Serve’ HR and Building a Remote-First Organisation | Jason Kan, Virtual Internships

21 Mar 2023

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Getting your team to embrace the culture you want to build is challenging especially when they are remote and distributed across the world. How do you create structures and processes without making it heavy and bureaucratic?In This Episode(02:00) How Jason joined Virtual Internships(05:11) Forming the early team(08:06) Being intentional about culture (12:31) Getting newcomers to embrace the company culture(17:01) Leveraging and developing junior hires to maximise their contribution(21:54) Delegating work the right way(25:47) Setting up a distributed team for success(28:52) Socialising new hires in a remote-first environment(31:39) Making HR a ‘self-serve’ process before building out the People function(34:03) Hiring the right people for the stage of business(36:08) Building transparency through the ‘VIP guide’ for job-seekers(37:34) Finding the right hires by understanding their MITsThe AVV Founders and Friends podcast is a Top 10 podcast in Vietnam. If you’re an entrepreneur or interested in the Vietnamese and SE Asian startup ecosystem, subscribe now so you never miss an episode LinksFull transcript for the episodeOur GuestJason Kan is COO for VI where he has helped design and scale the org from 3 to 130+ over the past 3 years. This has included building "minimal viable teams" in areas such as Host Companies, People Operations, Talent Acquisition, IT/Systems Management, Operations, and Demand Generation Virtual Internships ("VI") is the number one platform for guaranteed internship placements. Interns can unlock a network of global opportunities with talent-seeking companies, gain real-world work experience and gain an unbeatable advantage in the working world. Your HostsHau Ly is the partner at Ascend Vietnam Ventures focused on portfolio success and has been in the VC space for six years. Adrian Latortue is portfolio manager at 500 Startups Vietnam, prior to which he was a founder himself and an early member of the Uber team in Southeast Asia. He’s lived in Vietnam, working with Vietnamese startups for 12 years.—-In this podcast we interview successful founders in Vietnam and South East Asia to discuss their journeys, especially the stories and challenges of their first few months. Learn and be inspired by how some of the hottest startups in the region made early hires, raised funds, found product-market fit and so much more. If you're a startup founder in South East Asia or aspiring to be one, please follow the show, share it with fellow entrepreneurs and send in your stories. We'd love to hear from you!—This podcast is powered by CrazyTok: We help experts become influencers. Find us on our Website, LinkedIn or Instagram

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3ª PARTE | 17 DIC 2025 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

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AV4 | ‘Self-Serve’ HR and Building a Remote-First Organisation | Jason Kan, Virtual Internships

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