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ScaleUp & UpHow We Built a Calm Company – Without the Chaos (Amir Salihefendic)How do you scale your company to millions and billions in ARR? Well, if you ask your average founder or a VC, there are a couple of steps one must take to quickly scale the business after finding the product market fit.On the other hand, some founders don't take the usual route but rather build their company over time — often bootstrapping and investing the profits back into the company rather than raising money and aiming for an exit a few years down the road.One such company is Doist which is behind a popular pr...2024-12-0549 min
The Only Thing That MattersBootstrapping to $20M with Amir Salihefendic (Todoist)What if you could build a leading brand in a highly competitive market and grow to $20M in annual revenue without raising venture capital? In this episode, I chat with Amir Salihefendic, the brain behind Doist and its popular task management app, Todoist. Amir reveals his journey of bootstrapping Doist from a side project to a full-blown business. He shares his experience of assembling a top-notch team on a shoestring budget and underscores the importance of a remote-first strategy. Amir also discusses Twist, Doist’s innovative communication tool, and its potential to revolutionize as...2024-07-011h 04
Traveling with KristinSlow Traveling Europe + Van Life with Chase Warrington from About AbroadThe host of About Abroad podcast joins the show again this week for a fireside chat about slow-traveling through Europe and why he and his wife want to move from Spain to Italy. Chase explains the issues you could have changing your residency from one European country to another and why the Italian Dolomites is one of his favorite places to live in the world. Plus, Kristin gives Chase a glimpse into the Nomad Cruise experience and they both give insight into their future plans for travel, work, retreats, citizenship, and residency. (Hint: Kristin is...2024-04-021h 35
saas.unboundAmir Salihefendic @Doist. 17 years of bootstrapping with $200k revenue per employeesaas.unbound is a podcast for and about founders who are working on scaling inspiring products that people love, brought to you by https://saas.group/ . I'm your host Anna Nadeina, Head of Growth for saas.group. In this episode #42, we talk with Amir, Founder & CEO at Doist, specializing in productivity software that simplifies and organizes the workday. Amir takes us back to the origins of Doist as a personal project and shares how it blossomed into an application relied upon by millions. He emphasizes the crucial role of customer feedback in shaping the product and the...2024-02-0142 min
Üretim BandıÜretim Bandı’nın 2023 YılıBu sezon sponsorumuz Sanction Scanner ile tanışın, “Breaking Bad” de gördüğümüz kara para aklama sahnelerini hatırlarsınız. Senede 2 trilyon dolarlık kara para aklanıyor.İşte burada Sanction Scanner’ın yazılımı devreye giriyor. Yapay zeka ve makine öğrenmesi ile desteklenen ürünleri, banka ve benzeri finansal kuruluşlara gerçek zamanlı AML, yani Anti-Money Laundering, taramaları yaparak finansal kuruluşla iş yapmak isteyen kişi ve işlemlerin sıkıntı olup olmadığını analiz ediyor. Sanction Scanner hakkında daha fazla bilgiyi buradan ulaşabilirsin: https://sanctionscanner.com/---Brick Institute eğitimleri...2024-01-181h 07
Life on Mars - A podcast from MarsBased075 - Bootstrapped Businesses, with Amir Salihefendic (Founder @ Doist)What can you achieve as an entrepreneur without leaning on venture capitalist funding? How can we communicate more effectively in the modern work landscape? Today's episode is a deep dive into the riveting world of bootstrapped businesses, communication, and entrepreneurship with our esteemed guest, Amir Salihefendic, the CEO and founder of Doist.Amir breaks down his journey as a solo founder and unveils the secrets behind thriving in a competitive market without VC funding. He unveils the role of community and transparency in his business, highlighting the power of sharing and building in public. Our conversation also...2023-12-011h 10
Unicorn Bakery - Wie Startup Gründer erfolgreiche Firmen aufbauen“CEOs sollten keine Meetings haben” – 5 Millionen User, 20M ARR ohne Investoren und mit leerem Kalender! – Amir Salihefendic, doistAmir Salihefendic hat doist komplett gebootstrappt und selbst im Markthoch 2021 keine Investorengelder reingeholt – doch warum nicht? In dieser Folge bekommst du einen tiefen Einblick in Bootstrapping Mindset und die Kunst, einen riesen Markterfolg auch ohne fremde Hilfe am Leben zu erhalten.Todoist ist das wohl bekannteste Produkt der Gruppe und hat mehr als 5 Millionen User.Grundsätzlich spannend finde ich, dass Amir fast keine Meetings macht und nicht nur von Termin zu Termin hetzt. Definitiv spannende Einblicke in das Leben eines CEOs, der einiges anders macht.Was du lernst:
Wieso ist es man...2023-04-0753 min
Unicorn Bakery - For the World's Most Ambitious Founders & Teams"CEOs shouldn't have meetings" - 5 million users, 20M ARR with no investors and empty calendar! - Amir Salihefendic, doistAmir Salihefendic completely bootstrapped doist and didn't bring in any investor money even at the market high of 2021 - but why not? In this episode you'll get a deep insight into bootstrapping mindset and the art of keeping a huge market success alive without outside help.
Todoist is probably the best known product of the group and has more than 5 million users.
Basically, I find it exciting that Amir has almost no meetings and doesn't just rush from appointment to appointment. Definitely exciting insights into the life of a CEO who does things differently.
2023-04-0753 min
Üretim BandıAmir Salihefendic | Doist - Bootstrapping to $20M ARR CompanyBrick Institute eğitimleri, deneyimli eğitmenleri ve seçkin katılımcılarıyla birlikte Ürün Yönetimi Temelleri, Ürün Analitiği ve Ürün Liderliği programları çok yakında başlıyor. Bu eğitimler, gerçek hayat uygulamaları ve vaka çalışmaları üzerine odaklanarak, ürün yönetimi alanında uzmanlaşmak, ürün geliştirme süreçlerini kuvvetlendirmek isteyenler için oluşturuldu.Kontenjan sınırlıdır, bu nedenle hemen www.brick.institute adresinden başvuru yaparak yerinizi garantileyin ve eğitime katılmak için kaydolun!----Üretim Bandı'nın Slack grubu olduğunu b...2023-03-3047 min
The Quiet Light PodcastAn Uncommon Exit StrategyAmir Salihefendic is the Founder and CEO of Doist, a productivity software company. He is the Creator of both Todoist, an online task-manager and to-do list app, and Twist, an asynchronous messaging app that makes collaboration easy from anywhere using threads to organize your conversations. Amir was the Co-founder and CTO of Plurk Inc. and a Developer of Bioinformatics research activities at the University of Aarhus. In this episode… What if you could create a plan without pulling your hair out? How can your brand outlast and compete in a thriving market? When Ami...2023-01-0344 min
About AbroadEscaping Bosnia as a refugee to becoming CEO of Doist, with Amir SalihefendicAmir Salihefendic is known by many as the Founder & CEO of Doist, one of the pioneering remote-first companies, and the creators of Todoist & Twist, two leading tech products in their respective spaces. What fewer people know, is that he comes from a truly global upbringing. Born and raised in Bosnia, his family was forced to escape the war as refugees. He eventually found himself in Denmark, and later went on to live in places like Taiwan, Chile, Portugal, and others. Despite episodes which involved buying fake passports and sleeping in makeshift refugee camps, today he leads a team of 100...2022-11-2245 min
A Productive ConversationKatie Stoddart talks about The Focus BeeIn this episode, I am joined by Katie Stoddard.Katie is an award-winning international coach whose mission is to support entrepreneurs, founders and executives world-wide to reach higher levels of performance.She is the person behind The Focus Bee. She hosts a super informative podcast, The Focus Bee Show and is the writer behind The Focus Bee Blog. During this conversation, primarily around focus, we talk about precision, resilience, and the fascinating idea of equanimity.I enjoyed talking to someone who has a passion for productivity, and especially an element of productivity and its f...2022-09-0728 min
A Productive ConversationFROM THE VAULT: What Goes Into a Task App with Amir SalihefendicMike is back once again with an episode from the vault. If you're a Todoist user or you just love To-do list apps, then you're going to love this episode.Amir Salihefendic is the founder and CEO of Doist (the makers of Todoist). We discuss what prompted him to create Todoist, what system he uses to complete his tasks, and dive deeper into what it’s like to work on developing a task management application in today’s age.Links Worth Exploring
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Systemist: A modern productivity...2022-08-0340 min
Bootstrapped StoriesHow to run a remote-first company | Amir Salihefendic, co-founder & CEO of DoistCan you be a CEO with no meetings at all?
How do you run a remote-first company successfully? What’s the mindset you need to have?
Amir Salihefendic shares with us his journey growing Doist as a fully remote company to $20M in ARR, while having almost no meetings in his calendar at all.
We learn his mindset on async communication and high-trust environments, and his challenges in growing his company.
⏱ What you’ll find and when:
00:00 Intro
01:14 Growing Doist
07:20 Amir’s mindset on setting business goals
12:30...2022-07-2849 min
Workflow, en podcast om fremtidens arbejdslivEpisode 19: Sådan hænger hverdagen sammen for virksomheder helt uden...Skal alle have det samme i løn, uanset om de bor i Californien eller Svendborg? Er det nødvendigt at have overlappende tidszoner for at kunne samarbejde? Og kan man skabe en firmakultur, hvis man kun mødes nogle få dage om året?
I denne episode af Workflow har vi talt med tre personer, der alle er ansatte i firmaer, der er 'fuldt remote.' Dvs. at firmaerne ikke har noget hovedkvarter, og medarbejderne mødes kun meget sjældent i den fysiske verden, fordi de bor og arbejder fordelt rundt omkring på hele kloden.
Mø...2022-06-0158 minLife on Mars - A podcast from MarsBased045 - Async & full-remote work challenges, with Amir Salihefendic (CEO & Founder @ Doist)OK - this one is a BANGER. It's got everything we like: async work, remote, hard opinions on corporates and VC-backed businesses, disruptive management styles, calendar & meetings management, how to grow company culture in fully-distributed teams and lots, lots of product.Amir has been spearheading Doist, the remote company behind Todoist and Twist, two tools that every remote company - mostly on the async side - should implement, for many years. He's become a fundamental thought leader on Twitter and on podcasts and events to talk about what we cover in this episode. At MarsBased, we truly...2022-02-011h 03
The $100 MBA ShowMBA1923 Extended Interview: Amir Salihefendic – Building a 25 Million User BusinessHow can you build what you really want to build?
Do you have the courage to put your vision ahead of metrics? The work ethic to give it your all? The flexibility to figure out what works for your company, even if it’s a little different?
If that sounds like you, you’ll probably love Amir Salihefendic. The founder and CEO of Doist (that’s the parent company of Doist and Twist), Amir built something that tens of millions of people love — and just might represent the future of remote work.
Today, Omar sits...2021-11-2255 min
Mailman Podcast[3-2-1] Amir Salihefendić - Founder of DoistAmir's Twitter- https://twitter.com/amix3kDoist- https://doist.com/🎁 Start Mailman free trial at mailmanhq.com🐦 Follow us on Twitter – https://twitter.com/Mailman_HQ2021-07-2910 min
Startup HandMeDownsEpisode 95: It's Not Enough to Build Something You Have Think About Distribution with Amir Salihefendić of DoistToday's interview was with Amir Salihefendić the CEO and Founder of Doist and Twist. Amir has viewed life a little differently ever since his family fled war-torn Bosnia for Denmark. He began to see the world becoming borderless and that worldview has influenced his mission to shape the future of work as Founder and CEO of Doist, a fully distributed, bootstrapped company that creates productivity tools used by over 25 million people globally.
Amir has always believed that the future of work is remote way before covid 19 and that innovation doesn’t only happen in offices. From day one...2021-06-301h 13
Leading from afarAsynchronous communication. How to do it & who can use it w/ Amir Salihefendic, CEO @ DoistIn today's episode, we chatted with the king of asynchronous communication, Amir Salihefendić, CEO & Co-founder @ Doist We spoke about how to when, and how companies should use async communication. At what stage/size companies can use async communication. Why Doist created their own tool built for async communication and more. If your team is contemplating using async communication, you'll learn a lot. Amir & Doist have pretty much written the book on the subject. For a full transcript click here. To learn more about the show click here.
This is Part One of our series on async communication. For Pa...2021-05-0932 min
The Jesse Mecham ShowHow to Have the Most Productive Year Ever with Amir Salihefendic (Doist)Jesse chats with Amir Salihefendic, CEO of Doist, the company behind the popular productivity tool Todoist. Between running a company and being a father, Amir has a very busy life. He explains how he keeps everything moving smoothly, including the importance of managing your energy throughout the day, not just your schedule. https://todoist.com Sign up for a free 34-day trial of YNAB at www.youneedabudget.com2021-02-1726 min
ACQ2 by AcquiredWhat Remote Work Looks Like in 2021 (and Beyond) with Doist CEO Amir SalihefendićWith 2020 and (hopefully soon) the global pandemic coming to a close, both existing and new companies everywhere will soon face a choice of how to operate going forward. Embrace the "future" that was pulled forward by the pandemic and remain remote? Or return fully/partially to a physical office environment? For those who choose the future (and investors who are considering betting on them), Doist and its CEO Amir Salihefendić provide a 10-year case study of both the challenges that arise and the opportunities unlocked by embracing the internet to its fullest extent in growing and running an organization. A...2020-12-2156 min
Productivity like a Pro!Todoist vs ClickUp vs Notion - Interview with Amir SalihefendicIn this interview, we dive deep into all-in-one vs one-purpose tools with Amir Salihefendic, CEO and founder of ToDoist.🎓Todoist Online Course: https://pplmvm.com/coursesAbout Amir Salihefendic (his own words):"Delivering services and applications that users want."---Subscribe to my Youtube ChannelJoin my Inner Circle at www.paperlessmovement.comFollow me on Instagram and Twitter: @paperlessmoveJoin the Paperless Movement Facebook CommunityPlease take a second to rate this show in iTunes. ❤ It will mean a lot to me.2020-11-2948 min
Selling with LoveProductivity Tips From The Founder Of Todoist - Amir Salihefendic"If you are looking for your next idea, pick a problem that you have, and solve that.” Have you been snowed under with work recently? Do you find it hard to keep track of all the tasks that need to be done? Amir Salihefendic, the Founder and CEO of Doist is here to introduce us to the easiest way to get all those tasks done, making sure you don’t miss anything. Listen out for: The benefits of working remotely. How Todoist is managed. Productivity principles. The Best Productivity Methods ever. Bonus: Find t...2020-11-2623 min
Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigAmir Salihefendic, Doist: Best Practices for the Remote Work Revolution, Ep 126This is the second time I sit down with Amir to talk about the future of work. In this episode, Amir talks about how he experiences remote work in a post-COVID world and provides tips to those who have only recently transitioned into this modality. We also discuss the power of asynchronous work and how to build culture in a remote-first company.2020-11-1035 min
Greater Than Code205: Breaking Silos and Creating Opportunity Via Remote Work with Amir Salihefendić02:16 - Amir’s Superpower: Learning
The Value of Knowledge Work
05:42 - Growing Up As a Refugee
Maintaining Focus During Change
11:04 - A Founder’s Mindset
Trauma: Makes You Stronger
Shadow-Side Psyche
Reboot by Jerry Colonna (Book)
Reboot.io (CEO Coaching)
19:06 - Remote Work
Opportunities and Implications
Handling Skepticism
Impact on Local Community
Remote-First Companies
Salary Transparency
Hiring Based on Mission
More Resources on Remote Work From Amir:
What Most Remote Companies Don’t Tell You About Remote Work
Why We Don’t Have an Exit Strategy
Asynchronous Communication: The Real Reason R...2020-10-2148 min
Greater Than Code205: Breaking Silos and Creating Opportunity Via Remote Work with Amir Salihefendić02:16 - Amir’s Superpower: Learning
The Value of Knowledge Work
05:42 - Growing Up As a Refugee
Maintaining Focus During Change
11:04 - A Founder’s Mindset
Trauma: Makes You Stronger
Shadow-Side Psyche
Reboot by Jerry Colonna (Book)
Reboot.io (CEO Coaching)
19:06 - Remote Work
Opportunities and Implications
Handling Skepticism
Impact on Local Community
Remote-First Companies
Salary Transparency
Hiring Based on Mission
More Resources on Remote Work From Amir:
What Most Remote Companies Don’t Tell You About Remote Work
Why We Don’t Have an Exit Strategy
Asynchronous Communication: The Real Reason R...2020-10-2148 min
MakeWorkWorkMWW 27: Homework... For Your BirthdayAfter a few exciting updates about professional campaigns involving beverages and niche podcast industry fangirling, Habbi and Hailley get to the bottom of why time feels so weird in 2020, share their new work setups, and elaborate on a few changing work processes.
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Timestamps:
00:27:30 Time
00:49:11 Making the most of our surroundings
01:36:02 Work processes
02:17:38 Shoutouts
Mentioned during the show:
Habbi’s least favourite emojis...2020-09-112h 21
Founder Coffee044 Amir Salihefendić - DoistFor this forty-fourth episode, I talked to Amir Salihefendić, Founder and CEO of Doist, the company behind the leading to-do app Todoist and the asynchronous team communication platform Twist.
Amir started working on Todoist in 2007 while he was a student, got some immediate coverage and a good amount of users, but then worked on other things for a while. He was the CTO of a social media company called Plurk and then tried building a project management system called Wedoist. Then in 2011, he decided to focus back on Todoist, which had hundreds of thousands of users by then and he’s b...2020-08-1853 minFounder Coffee - Intimate SaaS Chats044 Amir Salihefendić - DoistFor this forty-fourth episode, I talked to Amir Salihefendić, Founder and CEO of Doist, the company behind the leading to-do app Todoist and the asynchronous team communication platform Twist.
Amir started working on Todoist in 2007 while he was a student, got some immediate coverage and a good amount of users, but then worked on other things for a while. He was the CTO of a social media company called Plurk and then tried building a project management system called Wedoist. Then in 2011, he decided to focus back on Todoist, which had hundreds of thousands of users by then and he’s b...2020-08-1853 min
Build with Maggie CrowleyBuilding Moats With Doist's Amir SalihefendicCrowded markets mean both money to be made but also way more competition, which is why distribution channels and figuring out how to create moats for your product are so important. Today, Maggie talks with Amir Salihefendic, CEO and Co-Founder of Doist, to get his take on distribution models, moats, and different strategies companies have used to defend their position within a market (plus a bonus foray into disruption), from his long history as an entrepreneur. Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the pod with your friends! You can connect with Maggie on Twitter @maggiecrowley @HYPERGROWTH_Pod2020-08-1423 min
The Sanity PodSurviving What Drives Us with Doist CEO Amir SalihefendicIn this episode we welcome Amir Salihefendic. Amir is the founder and CEO of Doist, maker of one of the world’s most widely used task-management apps, ToDoIst. Amir bootstrapped Doist to millions of customers and tens of millions in revenue. But that’s not why I’m excited for you to meet him.I’m excited because of the honestly and openness he brings to some of the biggest questions that haunt each of us. What makes me valuable? How do I know if I’m doing or achieving enough? What is enough? What actually makes my life va...2020-06-1742 min
The Talent Economy PodcastDistributed Work Can Be a Competitive AdvantageThe best products are those built to address and solve a problem. Amir Salihefendić did just that in his college dorm 13 years ago. He built a simple task management app to help him stay organized. That app would eventually become Todoist, one of the world’s most popular to-do list apps with nearly 25 million users.Salihefendić, Founder and CEO of Doist, leads a fully distributed team of more than 70 people located in 30 countries. Doist went on to address its own challenges with productivity and collaboration with the launch of Twist, an asynchronous communication platform that offers a calm...2020-06-1529 min
Bits vs Bytes085 – Todo’s, Asynchronous and Remote Work with DoistAmir Salihefendic is the Founder and CEO for Doist (https://doist.com/), the company behind popular tools like Todoist and Twist. In this podcast we will talk about their beginnings, their remote-first culture and asynchronous work. Enjoyed this podcast? You will also like the one I did with Job van der Voort from Remote.com.2020-06-0940 minBits vs Bytes085 – Todo’s, Asynchronous and Remote Work with DoistAmir Salihefendic is the Founder and CEO for Doist (https://doist.com/), the company behind popular tools like Todoist and Twist. In this podcast we will talk about their beginnings, their remote-first culture and asynchronous work. Enjoyed this podcast? You will also like the one I did with Job van der Voort from Remote.com.2020-06-0940 min
BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech: Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand & Malaysia Startups, Founders & Venture Capital VC (English)Amir Salihefendic: Being a Parent-Founder & Building a Remote-First Company and Community - E7Amir Salihefendić is the founder and CEO of Doist, the remote-first company behind the productivity app Todoist and Twist, a team communication app. Todoist keeps track of all your tasks, projects, and goals in one beautifully simple place. It syncs across all your devices and integrates with all your favorite apps. This app is for people who need less chaos and more peace-of-mind. Todoist has helped millions of people complete over 1.5 billion tasks in 150+ million projects.
Todoist is the top-ranked productivity app. It is Google Play’s “Editor’s Choice” with 4.7 stars across 187K+ reviews. It is on the Appl...2020-05-2921 min
The SaaS Revolution ShowHow asynchronous communication will transform your remote work with Amir Salihefendic, DoistDoist is a remote-first, fully-bootstrapped company - and has been for 10 years. Amir Salihefendic shares his advice for adopting and adapting to asynchronous communication - and how that can help your team master the shift to remote work. He discusses how transparency and asynchronous work go hand-in-hand, and why written communication is a key skill for successful async communication.
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abrupt future. navigating the digital, distributed & disruptive workplace07 - On Asynchronous Communication, a conversation with Amir SalihefendićA conversation with Amir Salihefendić, Founder and CEO of Doist. (https://doist.com) The backstory – how Amir came with Doist, what the experience is like for the user How to balance synchronous and asynchronous communication Upside and downside of async Suggestions on adopting async for an organization that is not used to it Creating a culture and a sense of community in a remote workplaceRemote Work Guides: https://doist.com/blog/remote-work-guides/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/abruptfuture/message More content at abruptfuture.com Connect with Benoit on LinkedIn Follow our page...2020-05-2128 min
The Product ExperienceRemote Working For Product Organisations – Amir Salihefendić on The Product ExperienceFor obvious reasons, most of us are currently working from home, along with teams that are also all remote. Even if you’ve worked from home before, even if you’ve done it under tough conditions, this is different. Amir Salihefendić should know. As the founder and CEO of Doist (makers of Todoist and Twist), his company [...] Read more »The post Remote Working For Product Organisations – Amir Salihefendić on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product.Our HostsLily Smith enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing s...2020-04-1537 min
The GrowthTLDR Podcast. Weekly Conversations on Business Growth.EP99: How Todoist went from a Side Project to Millions of Weekly Active UsersIn this episode of the GrowthTLDR, we have another excellent founder story. We talk to Amir Salihefendic, the founder and CEO of ToDoist, a productivity app with over one million active users. We talk to Amir about: - How it took him four years to realize his side project Todoist could be a real business and the investments he made when he had that realization. - Why founders need to be great salespeople to attract talented employees who have a plethora of other options. - What were Amir's most significant challenges...2020-03-1742 min
Business of Software PodcastEp 9: Hiring Remotely Is A Superpower (with Amir Salihefendic)Amir Salihefendic is the founder and CEO of Doist, a fully remote company. In this talk, Amir shares ten lessons from his entrepreneurial journey, including why he thinks hiring remotely is a superpower. There's a lengthy Q&A after the talk with some great practical advice on running remote teams and company retreats.
If you're interested in remote working, check out our episode from a couple of weeks ago with Wade Foster, Founder/CEO of Zapier, on running a remote company.
Recorded at Business of Software Europe 2019. To listen to more BoSTalks from all conferences...2020-03-1753 min
Entrepreneur WeeklyJoyce Shulman on Walking to Loosen Your Brain, Amir Salihefendić’s Remote First MovementDo you know what Aristotle, Charles Darwin, and Steve Jobs all had in common? They all made walking a regular part of their personal and professional lives. Founder and CEO of 99 Walks and Macaroni Kids, and Author of “Walk Your Way to Better”, Joyce Shulman, shares how their app, 99 Walks, aims to combat women’s loneliness, loosen our minds, and reward you along the way. Joyce also has tips for couples that are thinking about or have made the plunge into business ownership together. Next up, Founder and CEO of Doist, Amir Salihefendić, discusses how working remotely can lead to more...2020-03-1140 min
Entrepreneur WeeklyJoyce Shulman on Walking to Loosen Your Brain, Amir Salihefendić’s Remote First MovementDo you know what Aristotle, Charles Darwin, and Steve Jobs all had in common? They all made walking a regular part of their personal and professional lives. Founder and CEO of 99 Walks and Macaroni Kids, and Author of “Walk Your Way to Better”, Joyce Shulman, shares how their app, 99 Walks, aims to combat women’s loneliness, loosen our minds, and reward you along the way. Joyce also has tips for couples that are thinking about or have made the plunge into business ownership together. Next up, Founder and CEO of Doist, Amir Salihefendić, discusses how working remotely can lead to more...2020-03-1139 min
Running RemoteAmir Salihefendic, Founder and CEO of DoistAmir Salihefendic, founder of Doist, started Doist to as a remote first company. Not only does Doist have a remote team, but they support remote teams. Amir details how important hiring is for their team and why trust is the most important aspect of their hiring process.
Listen in as Amir talks about hiring, process and the Doist culture. Read more at www.runningremote.com2020-02-2514 min
Running RemoteAmir Salihefendic, Founder and CEO of DoistAmir Salihefendic, founder of Doist, started Doist to as a remote first company. Not only does Doist have a remote team, but they support remote teams. Amir details how important hiring is for their team and why trust is the most important aspect of their hiring process. Listen in as Amir talks about hiring, process and the Doist culture. Read more at www.runningremote.com 2020-02-2514 min
Postlight PodcastManage Your Tasks: An Interview with Doist Founder Amir SalihefendicKeep it simple: There are a million different to-do apps, what makes one stand out? This week on Track Changes Paul and Rich chat with Doist founder Amir Salihefendic. He tells us about how he grew Todoist from a side project he would work on in his dorm room to an app that now reaches 20 million people. He also tells us about his struggle with venture capitalists and about the importance of persistence and simplicity. Links:2020-02-1125 min
Catalyst PodcastManage Your Tasks: An Interview with Doist Founder Amir SalihefendicKeep it simple: There are a million different to-do apps, what makes one stand out? This week on Track Changes Paul and Rich chat with Doist founder Amir Salihefendic. He tells us about how he grew Todoist from a side project he would work on in his dorm room to an app that now reaches 20 million people. He also tells us about his struggle with venture capitalists and about the importance of persistence and simplicity. Links: Hello, World! - Wikipedia Todoist Amir Salihefendic - Twitter Wunderlist Any.do 2020-02-1125 min
Inside RemoteAmir Salihefendic on Hard things about hard thingsAmir, founder and CEO of Doist is sharing with us lessons he learned while he is building one of the more known remote first companies. Listen to what he has to say on the difficult topics. We talk about: How to hire How to fireManaging yourself Links:The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of LeadershipHigh Output ManagementFarnam StreetThinking, Fast and SlowTwistTodoistGithubZendeskSketchZoomGoogle DocsPaperVimBeariAWriterOura RingCredits:Gramatik for music2020-02-0600 min
The Pathless Path with Paul MillerdA Remote Company With 40 Vacation Days?! (Amir Salihefendić, CEO Doist)Amir Salihefendić is the Founder and CEO of Doist, a fully distributed, remote company that creates productivity tools (Todoist & Twist). We dive into his story of moving from Bosnia to Denmark as a child and how he started Doist while in college. He’s built a growing technology company in a fully remote setting, often experimenting with different ways of working and sharing the thinking behind the decisions as he goes on the doist blog as a major supporter of the remote work movement.
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Like the podcast? Show some love on twitter or become a pat...2019-12-1047 min
Build Your SaaS"Launched" with quotation marksWe shipped our new feature!American Express called Justin twice at 5amThe new enhanced podcasts feed is live.Pete Marcano: “I’ll be honest, when I listened to the Build Your SaaS episode on this feature being launched, I didn’t really think much of it. Listening to this episode connected the dots. This is awesomely game changing.”Now we’re technically in a “cool down” cycle” - is this how this should feel?When should you push back on customers' feature requests?We're looking into SSO - what a rabbit hole!What happened to Spots.fm?How could we help in...2019-10-2243 min
The Art of Product107: Becoming a Multi-Product Company (with Amir Salihefendić)Derrick and Ben welcome Amir Salihefendić, founder and CEO of Doist. Ben was able to break away from Slack and uses Doist’s Twist app at Tuple for team communication.
Also, Ben and Derrick share updates and experiences about their businesses that spark familiarity and advice from Amir based on his entrepreneurial adventures.
Today’s Topics Include:
Founder Therapy: Derrick helped talk Ben off the ledge and figure things out with Tuple
Live and Learn: An entrepreneur starting a business is on a psychology rollercoaster
Ben’s path forward to break past lull via positiv...2019-10-1726 minInside RemoteEpisode 2: Power of Synchronous Communication with Rajiv AyyangarRajiv Ayyangar is a CEO of Tandem, app which is making remote collaboration easier. Being an avid climber and wine enthusiast coming from San Francisco, Rajiv has a rich background in startups. Recently he started solving a problem of communication for remote workers.
Notes and links:
Tandem
Amir Salihefendic
Asynchronous work
Slack
Discord
Loom
Synchronous vs asynchronous communication
Figma
Written Agenda
Meeting Notes
War Room
Tandem Remote OS stack:
Notion
Google Docs
Asana
Linear
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Shaping Chaos03 — Remote work, asynchronous communication and creative management with Ana Ferreira from Doist [Former Captico Talks Episode] [Former Captico Talks Episode] Doist is the fully fledge remote company behind the productivity tools Todoist and Twist. Ana shares incredible insights on async communication, managing creativity remotely, from first designer to design management, mental health, hire remote talent and much more.
✨Show Notes ✨
Start up Chile happen in 2012 and not in 2009 as mentioned in the show.
👨🎨👩🎨People Mentioned
Amir Salihefendić - @amaix3k - Founder of Doist
Alex Muench - @alexmuench - Product Design at Doist
Margarida Mouta - @nargaridamouta - Illustrator at Doist
Ben Breckler...2019-06-061h 03
Tools They Use45: The Future of Todoist with Amir Salihefendić, Doist FounderToday, we chat with Amir Salihefendić, the founder at Todoist & Twist - one of the most popular to-do list tools.
You can follow Amir on Twitter: follow here (https://twitter.com/amix3k).
This was recorded at the Business of Software Conference in Cambridge.
Thank you to their team for hosting us and it was great fun!
Special Guest: Amir Salihefendić.2019-05-1000 min
Join Up Dots - Business Coaching Made Easy (With A Bit Of Life Coaching Too)Working Wherever You Want In The WorldToday's guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast is the co-founder and CMO of TimeDoctor.com and Staff.com.These are tools that help manage remote employees productivity. Liam is also the co-organizer of RunningRemote.com which is the largest conference on remote work that’s held in Bali each year in June. Running Remote has had speakers such as Joel Gascoigne from Buffer, Dmitriy Zaporozhets founder of Gitlab and Amir Salihefendic founder of Doist.Many more influential speakers and attendees too. Liam has been working in the remote work space for over 8 years with Time Doctor and St...2019-04-2956 min
Makers WeeklyJustin Mitchell - YACIn this episode, we speak with Justin Mitchell, founder of SoFriendly who recently launched his new award-winning product, YAC (yelling across cubicles). YAC won Product Hunt's Maker Festival in 2018 as a weekend side project, he then received overwhelming amounts of demand for YAC and needed to act fast!Justin reveals tons of useful insights including:🗣his perspective on how real-time audio communications will help reduce meetings📊how they use product analytics to inform their roadmap💸with early traction, how he is thinking about funding growthand much more 🦋2019-04-2428 min
The HeartbeatInterview with Amir Salihefendić, CEO + Founder of DoistWith over 13 million customers all over the word, Amir talks about his motivations as a leader and the importance of constant learning. Every few weeks as part of The Heartbeat, I asks one question to a founder, CEO, or business owner I respect about their biggest leadership lesson learned. This week, I interviewed Amir Salihefendić is the… Read the full article2018-12-1900 minThe HeartbeatInterview with Amir Salihefendić, CEO + Founder of DoistWith over 13 million customers all over the word, Amir talks about his motivations as a leader and the importance of constant learning. Every few weeks as part of The Heartbeat, I asks one question to a founder, CEO, or business owner I respect about their biggest leadership lesson learned. This week, I interviewed Amir Salihefendić is the… Read the full article2018-12-1925 minTools They UseThe Todoist CEO's morning routine and app habitsThis week’s episode is brought to you by Amir Salihefendic, the Founder and CEO of Doist, the company behind Todoist and Twist. Amir works remotely from Barcelona.
What does your day-to-day job and work look like?
- Amir wakes up around 7 or 8 am, takes care of his son, has a coffee, then get to work around 9 am until 5 or 6 pm, taking 1h for lunch break.
What do you use to tally all of your most important tasks together?
- Todoist (https://todoist.com) (iOS/Android/Mac/Windows/Web)
Do you take notes across your day? If so, what tool do...2018-08-2700 min
The HeartbeatInterview with Hiten Shah, Founder of KISSmetrics, CrazyEgg, FYI and Product HabitsAs the founder of multiple successful SaaS companies, Hiten shares the pitfalls of being too nice as a leader. Every few weeks as part of The Heartbeat, I asks one question to a founder, CEO, or business owner I respect about their biggest leadership lesson learned. This week, I interviewed Amir Salihefendić is the founder and CEO of Doist.… Read the full article2018-07-3100 minThe HeartbeatInterview with Hiten Shah, Founder of KISSmetrics, CrazyEgg, FYI and Product HabitsAs the founder of multiple successful SaaS companies, Hiten shares the pitfalls of being too nice as a leader. Every few weeks as part of The Heartbeat, I asks one question to a founder, CEO, or business owner I respect about their biggest leadership lesson learned. This week, I interviewed Amir Salihefendić is the founder and CEO of Doist.… Read the full article2018-07-3115 min
The HeartbeatInterview with Jordan Buckner, Founder and CEO of TeaSquaresAs a Forbes 30 under 30 founder of a two-year-old snack company now sold in Whole Foods, Jordan shares the importance of vision. Every few weeks as part of The Heartbeat, I asks one question to a founder, CEO, or business owner I respect about their biggest leadership lesson learned. This week, I interviewed Amir Salihefendić is the… Read the full article2018-07-1200 minThe HeartbeatInterview with Jordan Buckner, Founder and CEO of TeaSquaresAs a Forbes 30 under 30 founder of a two-year-old snack company now sold in Whole Foods, Jordan shares the importance of vision. Every few weeks as part of The Heartbeat, I asks one question to a founder, CEO, or business owner I respect about their biggest leadership lesson learned. This week, I interviewed Amir Salihefendić is the… Read the full article2018-07-1217 min
The HeartbeatInterview with Aynn Collins, Director of Talent Strategy at MailChimpAn expert on employer brand and recruiting at the 900+ person company, Mailchimp, Aynn shares what she wishes she learned earlier. Every few weeks as part of The Heartbeat, I asks one question to a founder, CEO, or business owner I respect about their biggest leadership lesson learned. This week, I interviewed Amir Salihefendić is the founder and… Read the full article2018-06-2918 minThe HeartbeatInterview with Aynn Collins, Director of Talent Strategy at MailChimpAn expert on employer brand and recruiting at the 900+ person company, Mailchimp, Aynn shares what she wishes she learned earlier. Every few weeks as part of The Heartbeat, I asks one question to a founder, CEO, or business owner I respect about their biggest leadership lesson learned. This week, I interviewed Amir Salihefendić is the founder and… Read the full article2018-06-2900 min
Founder ChatsAmir Salihefendic (Doist)This week I talk with Amir Salihefendic, Founder of of Doist, which makes Todoist and Twist! Amir and I talk about growing up in Bosnia, being a refugee in Denmark and how that’s influenced his views on building a remote company, along with building multiple products to solve a large problem plus so much more. Enjoy!
http://doist.com
http://todoist.com
http://twistapp.com
https://baremetrics.com
https://founderchats.com/amir-salihefendic-doist-aaf9b82efd5a
2018-03-0642 min
Indie Hackers#039 – Success Ten Years in the Making with Amir Salihefendic of DoistWhen he wrote the first lines of code in his dorm room for his personal to-do list app, Todoist, Amir had no idea that it would eventually become one of the most popular apps of all time. Learn about his winding path to building a successful company, and how he got there by doing things he loved.2017-12-0752 min
Crossing Borders with Nathan LustigEp 32 Amir Salihefendic, Working Remotely is the Way of the FutureAmir Salihefendic joins me on this episode of Crossing Borders to talk about why working remotely is the way of the future. Listen to hear how he helped bootstrap a fully remote company, his perspective on funding a startup and how to create products that help solve real problems. Amir also shares how companies can gain a competitive edge, find outstanding talent and increase workplace productivity by being fully remote. Fully bootstrapped and fully remote Amir is the founder and CEO of Doist, a productivity software that helps simplify and organize daily tasks. Doist was fully bootstrapped and is fully...2017-11-0752 min
Streamlined Solopreneur: Business Systems That Free Up Family TimeBuilding Healthy Communication Habits and Doist and Amir SalihefendicAmir Salihefendic is the founder and CEO of Doist, maker of the popular Task Management app, Todoist. Today we are talking about their new chat app Twist, which was create as a way to combine email and Slack-like functionality. We talk about all sorts of great topics, but most notably, Work/Life Balance and how always being connected with apps like Slack are unhealthy. Thus, the idea for Twist came to be. It's a great episode, and if you like it, you can catch Part 2 over on Patreon, where we talk more about the making of Todoist and adapting...2017-10-2433 min
How I Built ItEpisode 56: Amir Salihefendic & Twist / DoistAmir Salihefendic is the founder and CEO of Doist, maker of the popular Task Management app, Todoist. Today we are talking about their new chat app Twist, which was create as a way to combine email and Slack-like functionality. We talk about all sorts of great topics, but most notably, Work/Life Balance and how always being connected with apps like Slack are unhealthy. Thus, the idea for Twist came to be.
It’s a great episode, and if you like it, you can catch Part 2 over on Patreon, where we talk more about the making of Todoist and...2017-10-2433 min
work.flow - med Anders Høeg NissenEpisode 6: Verdensborgerens todo-listework.flow ep 6 amir todoist
Jeg har brugt task manager-værktøjer Todoist i flere år, sådan lidt on and off ganske vist, men har som regel været rigtig glad!
Derfor synes jeg også det var sjovt at opdage, at manden bag, Amir Salihefendic, faktisk er vokset op i Danmark og fandt på ideen til appen da han studerede i Aarhus.
I dag bor Amir i Barcelona, men taler stadig flydende dansk - og jeg fangede ham for nylig på en netforbindelse til en snak selvfølgelig om Todoist, men også om firmaets nye app Tw...2017-06-0850 min
The Growth ShowYour productivity app isn’t the problem. You are.On Monday, you download a new productivity app. On Tuesday, you load it up with all the tasks you need to accomplish. By Friday? You’ve abandoned that list - and you’re in the market for the next new app that’s sure to change your life. That’s why Amir Salihefendic, the founder and CEO of the productivity startup Doist, says his company is out to solve a psychological problem, not a product problem.2017-05-2325 min
Rocketship.fmInterview: Amir Salihefendic of TodoistAmir Salihefendic talks with us about his inspiration for creating Todoist, a productivity app for individuals and teams. he walks us through some of his personal habits that help him stay sharp, focused and productive as well as how he's empowered his team to be more productive day after day.Todoist keeps track of all your tasks, projects, and goals in one beautifully simple place. It syncs across all your devices and integrates with all your favorite apps. For people who need less chaos and more peace-of-mind.***This show is...2017-01-1032 min
The Reboot Podcast#47 Embracing Both Sides of Yourself - with Amir Salihefendic & Jerry Colonna“I am not what has happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” - Carl Jung Amir Salihefendic, the founder and CEO of Doist, is the creator of the powerful and popular productivity tool, Todoist (which is awesome). He comes to Jerry feeling torn between two seemingly different directions for his business. On one side, he feels the ambition to do big, world changing things and to be on every smartphone and desktop. But on the other side, as the son of entrepreneurial parents who owned a grocery store, he knows how important it is to just keep the...2016-09-0542 min
The Reboot Podcast#47 Embracing Both Sides of Yourself - with Amir Salihefendic & Jerry Colonna“I am not what has happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” - Carl Jung Amir Salihefendic, the founder and CEO of Doist, is the creator of the powerful and popular productivity tool, Todoist (which is awesome). He comes to Jerry feeling torn between two seemingly different directions for his business. On one side, he feels the ambition to do big, world changing things and to be on every smartphone and desktop. But on the other side, as the son of entrepreneurial parents who owned a grocery store, he knows how important it is to just keep the...2016-09-0539 min
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and LifeAmir Salihefendic on Crafting Your Personal Productivity SystemAmir Salihefendic is the Founder & CEO of Doist, the company behind Todoist. Doist specializes in productivity software, creating tools that simplify and organize your day.Mentioned in this episode:
Task List Zero
Eat That Frog!
iaWriter
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.2016-07-2536 min
Ambition Today, Startup Stories with Kevin Siskar#18 Amir Salihefendic Grew The Todoist App From Solo Project To Millions Of People By BootstrappingThe most ambitious people “Get. Sh*t. Done.” and that is what today’s guest Amir Salihefendic specializes in. Joining us from Portugal, Amir is the founder of Doist, the company which makes the very popular Todoist app. With millions of users, Todoist is one of the top to-list apps in the Apple App Store & Google Play Store. Amir grew up in an entrepreneurial family in Denmark after his family moved from Bosnia. Starting projects seems to have been in Amir’s blood from an early age. When he was fifteen he sold his first website and invested the money he...2016-07-2034 min
A Productive ConversationWhat Goes Into a Task App with Amir SalihefendicThis week on the podcast I speak with the founder and CEO of Doist (the makers of Todoist), Amir Salihefendic. We discuss what prompted him to create Todoist, what system he uses to complete his tasks, and dive deeper into what it’s like to work on developing a task management application in today’s age.
Relevant Links
Todoist
Systemist: A modern productivity workflow | Todoist Blog
How to create sub-tasks? | Todoist
Todoist Business
Amir Salihefendic (@amix3k) | Twitter
As a special bonus, the promo code "Productivityist" can now be redeemed at todoist.com/redeem for 3 months of free premium.
Want to di...2016-03-2141 min
The SaaS Podcast - SaaS, Startups, Growth Hacking & Entrepreneurship085: Part 2 - How a Neglected Side Project Turned Into a Multi-Million Dollar Startup - with Amir SalihefendicAmir Salihefendic is the founder and CEO of Doist.io, the makers of Todoist, an online and mobile task management app. He started Todoist in 2007 when he was still a student with two programming jobs on the side. He needed a way to manage his own work and productivity but couldn’t find the right tool. So he decided to build his own tool. He didn’t see it as a startup and he didn’t have any big ambitions. It was just a tool. Today, the company has over 4 million of users and Todoist is also used by a numb...2015-07-2139 min
The SaaS Podcast - SaaS, Startups, Growth Hacking & Entrepreneurship085 Part 2 - How A Neglected Side Project Turned Into A Multi-Million Dollar Startup - With Amir SalihefendicAmir Salihefendic is the founder and CEO of Doist.io, the makers of Todoist, an online and mobile task management app. He started Todoist in 2007 when he was still a student with two programming jobs on the side. He needed a way to manage his own work and productivity but couldn't find the right tool. So he decided to build his own tool.Links, Resources & People Mentioned
Doist.io
Todoist
Hacking and Gonzo
Slack
Rob Rawson - @RobertRawson
Amir Salihefendic - @amix3k
Omer Khan - @omerkhan
Enjoyed this...2015-07-2042 minThe SaaS Podcast - SaaS, Startups, Growth Hacking & Entrepreneurship084: Part 1 - How a Neglected Side Project Turned Into a Multi-Million Dollar Startup - with Amir SalihefendicAmir Salihefendic is the founder and CEO of Doist.io, the makers of Todoist, an online and mobile task management app. He started Todoist in 2007 when he was still a student with two programming jobs on the side. He needed a way to manage his own work and productivity but couldn’t find the right tool. So he decided to build his own tool. He didn’t see it as a startup and he didn’t have any big ambitions. It was just a tool. Today, the company has over 4 million of users and Todoist is also used by a numb...2015-07-1635 minThe SaaS Podcast - SaaS, Startups, Growth Hacking & Entrepreneurship084 Part 1 - How A Neglected Side Project Turned Into A Multi-Million Dollar Startup - With Amir SalihefendicAmir Salihefendic is the founder and CEO of Doist.io, the makers of Todoist, an online and mobile task management app. He started Todoist in 2007 when he was still a student with two programming jobs on the side. He needed a way to manage his own work and productivity but couldn't find the right tool. So he decided to build his own tool.Links, Resources & People Mentioned
Doist.io
Todoist
Hacking and Gonzo
Plurk
Dropbox
Airbnb
Amir Salihefendic - @amix3k
Omer Khan - @omerkhan
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