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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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...

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…

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….