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August 16, 2024

How to take your team on a workation

Mahdi Sharif of Humble shares his top tips for taking your team away on a working holiday

Mahdi Shariff has just got back from a week in Spain — a trip he took with his team from Humble, the work assistant AI company he founded.

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Anisah Osman Britton is coauthor of Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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