#23 - Fadi Boulos: Hiring right and supporting local in companies

Today's episode is with Fadi Boulous, founder and CEO of Supportful. We have discussed several topics from supporting local talent, decreasing the brain drain, supporting companies efficiently, dealing with remote teams, hiring the right talent, and much more 00:00 Intro 00:44 Fadi's intro 01:13 Fadi's journey switching from academia to entrepreneurship 03:15 Lebanon's 2019 crisis 04:11 Key takeaway from entrepreneurship 04:38 Formal education is no longer critical 06:38 How Supportful started as a side hustle 09: 11 Creating connections with people 11:38 Supportful's mission 13:47 Maintaining strong remote teams 15:46 Criteria to prioritize when hiring new talent + company culture 17:15 Community influence on direction and growth 20:20 Key strategies for visibility, sales, and customer base 22:16 Personal accounts vs company accounts for authenticity 26:05 Balancing technical skills with sales 28:51 Strategies and practices in building a talent pool + keeping the team up to date 35:54 Culture difference between France and Lebanon 37:54 Customer feedback's influence on service development 39:13 Fadi's leadership philosophy 40:59 Where the tech industry heading towards in the next 5 years 47: 42 Advice for people to become founders 49:48 Work life balance for founders and CEOs 53:36 Mental health question 01:02:14 Outro If you wish to learn more about Supportful then feel free to check out their official website https://www.supportful.world If you are interested to stay up to date with upcoming podcast episodes then consider subscribing to our newsletter! We release every Wednesday interesting articles and podcast episodes releases, available at https://www.reconfigured.co/newsletter Follow us on: Website: https://www.reconfigured.co Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/reconfiguredco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reconfiguredco YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reconfiguredco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reconfiguredco LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reconfiguredco/