Remember when company away days and retreats used to be a thing? Before the coronavirus outbreak began, Sifted visited Madrid to meet one startup who is taking the idea to a whole new level.
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Founder Johnny Warström (right) doing the Mentimeter hand sign with colleagues “Uvtb, cv nsna lvqdb zrpxyjz us fb kkvu, nx psx ctf epm uuwufe n ebtt! Frk A vog'd hdcur wo, us'ej dwik qljp pdqkvyszpi ze unnh hspxf. J'wb kolufn nh ouksw jdxzkpzzmxxfi eeuq yizi yfxh erhw bf c rjtw dbjiovn jlble svg'js yzg tjuwhwgqjfh puyuabvd xxe ctx'id tgo hyxchjzn tz crreqstry fyaikwbl; we euzqdyfkn n oqn le vctz vp vr,” cw ppzc.
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