Mihai Mărcuță and his cofounder came up with the idea for cloud platform NodeShift while hanging out in an Istanbul waiting room for 10 hours, keeping a friend company during a hair transplant. They’d originally met at Cisco Systems in San Francisco and kept in touch when Mihai moved to London. International was in their DNA from day one.

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March 27, 2024
How to build a global hiring strategy
Mihai Mărcuță of NodeShift shares his top tips for using location as a key component of a company’s hiring strategy
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