The Crisp Blog

Guess where I wrote this blog post for Crisp? At a state park full of gorgeous waterfalls and bird song. That’s because I am officially a “digital nomad,” one of the many people around the globe fortunate enough to work remotely full-time while traveling and experiencing the world.

When my co-founder Dag Liodden and I started Crisp, the first thing we did was write down everything that didn’t work in our last company together. Our biggest frustration was the mountain of emails we received every day. I had 200 incoming emails per day, and they took up over 50% of my time. Compare...

Crisp is a decentralized company. We are excited about the opportunities that this way of working brings, and we want to make sure we get a set of tools and processes that make  collaboration effective, enjoyable and scalable as we grow. These are some of the things we strive for: No unnecessary interruptions. Synchronous communication...

When Dag and I started Crisp, our first step was to make a list of everything that did NOT work in our last company, Tapad. Tapad grew into a successful company with a great exit, but there are many things we, in hindsight, wish we had done differently. This blog post is about time. Whether...

Years ago, when a company needed to align its staff on a goal or mission, each employee had to type up notes and circulate them amongst each other. Employees would carefully study their co-workers’ notes before meeting together to discuss them. Ray Dalio – the legendary founder of the world’s largest investment company, Bridgewater –...