Marcelo Lebre, Co-founder & COO of Remote: Nearly $500 Million Raised to Power the Distributed Workforce of the Future

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Marcelo Lebre, COO and Co-founder of Remote, a global payroll, tax and HR compliance platform that’s raised nearly $500 Million in funding, about how supporting employers to recruit, hire and pay the best talent from across the world is building a better way of working for everyone. Their remote-first offering might have seemed outlandish just a few years ago, but in a post-pandemic economy it has quickly taken this young startup to unicorn status, a growth trend that sees no signs of slowing down any time soon. We also speak about what it was like growing up as a tech-obsessed kid in a small rural town, how Marcelo’s family responded to his rapid success, why it’s sometimes hard for him to comprehend the scale of what remote has become, why anxiety can be a superpower as much as a ‘super problem,’ and why, at the end of the day, for Marcelo it all comes down to problem-solving. Topics Discussed: The origins of remote, from a small village upbringing to a chance double date, and on to become a globally recognised brand Why working remotely means Marcelo sometimes struggles to get his head around the growth Remote has experienced in recent years How the COVID-19 pandemic supercharged the remote-work revolution, and how Marcelo’s vision put Remote ahead of the curve What it felt like to have friends and family recognise Remote’s astounding success Why Marcelo might call anxiety both a ‘super problem’ and superpower Why solving one problem after the next is still the main motivation for Marcelo to keep driving Remote forwards