Insights from Houston & Ko

Hiring, outsourcing and the practical side of running a Swiss business with remote talent.

How to Choose the Best Freelance Platform: The Complete Guide

How to Choose the Best Freelance Platform: The Complete Guide

It helps to be a little naive when it comes to running a business because becoming VAT registered is an enormous pain…

9 Nov 2024 4 min read
Finding Balance After 5,000 Nautical Miles: Why Switzerland is the Perfect Homecoming

Finding Balance After 5,000 Nautical Miles: Why Switzerland is the Perfect Homecoming

It helps to be a little naive when it comes to running a business because becoming VAT registered is an enormous pain…

10 Oct 2024 3 min read
Reciprocity in the Workplace: Is It Entitlement or Just Give and Take?

Reciprocity in the Workplace: Is It Entitlement or Just Give and Take?

It helps to be a little naive when it comes to running a business because becoming VAT registered is an enormous pain…

27 Sep 2024 7 min read
Not the ‘Tinder of Recruitment’

Not the ‘Tinder of Recruitment’

It helps to be a little naive when it comes to running a business because becoming VAT registered is an enormous pain…

11 Jan 2024 4 min read
Freelancers to Hire for Your Team: 5 Key Roles

Freelancers to Hire for Your Team: 5 Key Roles

It helps to be a little naive when it comes to running a business because becoming VAT registered is an enormous pain…

6 Oct 2022 9 min read
12 Things 2021 Taught Us As Friends That Became Co-founders

12 Things 2021 Taught Us As Friends That Became Co-founders

It helps to be a little naive when it comes to running a business because becoming VAT registered is an enormous pain…

21 Jan 2022 2 min read
The things we love and don’t about our remote-working, semi-nomadic lifestyle.

The things we love and don’t about our remote-working, semi-nomadic lifestyle.

Just over one year ago Paula and I had two corporate careers, travelled to our offices everyday and lived full-time in Zurich...

21 Jan 2022 3 min read
Women in Business – Surviving the First Two Years: “Don’t be too shy, too proud, or too scared to ask for help

Women in Business – Surviving the First Two Years: “Don’t be too shy, too proud, or too scared to ask for help

It is a terrifying process to start before you are ready, we know that from personal experience, but you can never take…

21 Jan 2022 5 min read
The ONE Thing: Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan

The ONE Thing: Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan

How did you find out about the book? This book was a recommendation by Melanie Kovacks, Joypreneur Coach and fellow Swiss entrepreneur….

21 Dec 2020 2 min read