Ilma Nausedaite-Tiki is CEO and co-founder of The Remote Company. The organization that invests in online businesses with remote teams. Its portfolio includes companies such as Ycode, MyZenTeam, and Partnero. The Remote Company was born on the grounds of the small Lithuanian product serving local customers - MailerLite. Co-founding and spearheading MailerLite’s marketing efforts Ilma created a global brand with more than a million customers. In 2022 the company was sold for over 90 million USD. Ilma attributes her team’s success to being a remote company and being very intentional about building the company’s culture. In 8 years a team of 140 people from 30 different countries developed ways to connect remotely, learned to communicate asynchronously, and refined team events to be meaningful and engaging.