Sahin Boydas: Streamlining remote work for international teams

Sahin Boydas is a serial entrepreneur, born in the US, grew up in Turkey, who most recently founded RemoteTeam, a startup building software for remote hiring and international payroll. RemoteTeam was acquired by Gusto back in 2021, and at the moment Sahin is Gusto’s head of RemoteTeam.

In our conversation we discuss Sahin’s entrepreneurial background, and his rich experience in finding the right ideas, building good products, and then exiting successfuly. Sahin shares the insights that made him start RemoteTeam back in 2019, just before the beginning of pandemic.

We also discuss how partnerships can turn into acquisitions, the aftermath of exiting RemoteTeam to Gusto, and why Sahin decided to work for someone, for the first time in his entrepreneurial career.

Sahin also speaks on growing and selling multiple business back when he was living in Turkey, his early days in the Silicon Valley, and he shares tips on hiring and fundraising for early startups.