Tortuga
How We Calculate Base Salaries for Remote Jobs
Learn how we calculate salaries for remote roles at a U.S.-based company.
Decentralized Decision Making
> Like I Fucked Up [https://www.fredperrotta.com/i-fucked-up/], this post is the actual text of an email that I sent to the Tortuga team recently. I'm sharing it publicly because this is an important part of how Tortuga works and, in my view, most companies get
I Fucked Up (and You Can Too!)
> Below is the text of an email I sent to the Tortuga team recently. I've omitted a few numbers from the original email because they are for Tortuganaut eyes only. The most important one is still included. Hi Tortuganauts, I'm writing to share the story
Reinvesting in Our Products
> We want our products to be more premium. I said this to Patrick the first time we met [http://blog.tortugabackpacks.com/coming-soon-tortuga-v3-patrick-on-the-design-process/] over beers. A few months later, I saw that line again in the brief for Tortuga V3, which later became the Outbreaker backpack [http://www.tortugabackpacks.
Getting Specific: Tortuga's V3 Strategy
At Tortuga [http://www.tortugabackpacks.com], the V3 project was all about getting more specific. Going more niche. The Outbreaker backpack [http://www.tortugabackpacks.com/products/outbreaker-travel-backpack] isn't just a new product, it's the next iteration of Tortuga as a company. For the launch, we redesigned
A Team of Devil's Advocates
At Tortuga [http://www.tortugabackpacks.com], when we first discuss an issue, you might have a hard time telling where everyone stands. Surprisingly, this is a good thing. We've built a team and nurtured a culture of taking the "other" side in a discussion. At Tortuga,
Core-Value-Aligned Perks
Have we all accepted that beers and ping pong are not a company's culture? These "perks" have always reeked of: "Are we having fun yet?" What's the point of your company's perks? How should you choose those perks if the
9 Teammates, 0 Employees
Words matter. Notice how Travis Kalanick, CEO of Uber, uses "I" and "we" in this interview [http://www.businessinsider.com/travis-kalanick-interview-on-self-driving-cars-future-driver-jobs-2016-8] (emphasis mine). > Isn't that the thing? [Laughs] I could give you self-driving nirvana if it's in the desert, there'
Why We Work Remotely
I would love to tell you that we had a grand scheme to build a distributed company back in 2009. Before remote work was trendy. Before anyone other than Basecamp was talking about it. The truth is that our remote company was an accident. Jeremy and I had the idea