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Zimbabwe-born entrepreneur Dave Thompson, co-founder of Hometime and founder of RunRemote, didn’t grow up around traditional career paths. He grew up around entrepreneurs, everywhere, all the time. That foundation shaped a career built on freedom, leverage and the belief that business should serve your life, not swallow it.
In today's episode, Dave shares how he took a Bondi Airbnb experiment and turned it into a multi-country, 200-person operation with institutional investment… and then walked away to build an entirely new model of entrepreneurship. Through RunRemote, he’s helping ecommerce teams hire top global talent without the middleman, bloated margins or opaque BPO models.
Today, we're discussing:
- How Dave built Hometime from a Bondi Airbnb listing into a 200-person, multi-country operation
- The formula behind his “zero-to-one” founder mindset and venture studio approach
- Why global talent is becoming ecommerce’s biggest competitive edge
- How Run Remote is reinventing offshore hiring for quality, transparency and cost efficiency
- The systems, frameworks and mindset shifts founders need to scale without burning out
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Want to level up your ecommerce game? Come hang out in the Add To Cart Community. We’re talking deep dives, smart events, and real-world inspo for operators who are in it for the long haul.
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Chapters
1. The Hiring Playbook Delivering Ecommerce the Top 1% of Global Talent | #580 (00:00:00)
2. The Birth of Hometime (00:05:05)
3. Identifying Opportunities and Market Fit (00:10:23)
4. Scaling Hometime and The Secret Sauce (00:12:50)
5. Timing and Strategic Partnerships (00:15:21)
6. Reflections on Teamwork and Leadership (00:20:55)
7. A Trip Back to Zimbabwe (00:24:07)
8. Launching Freedom Ventures (00:25:10)
9. Building Capital-Light Businesses (00:27:07)
10. The Importance of Distributed Teams (00:29:09)
11. The Rise of Remote Work (00:33:24)
12. Case Study: Bailey Nelson (00:38:24)
13. Finding Top Talent in Ecommerce (00:41:02)
14. The Business Model of RunRemote (00:44:37)
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