Going international

It’s that weird Friday after a Federal holiday where it doesn’t really feel like a work day, but it is. I just dropped Colin off at daycare and it was pretty much empty except for one other baby. I need to make a note to myself that perhaps we should just make a long weekend out of this next year.

I worked the first half of the day Thursday and then took over baby duties in the afternoon. It was far from a half day off though as I just felt like I was basically working on my phone while also having to take care of Colin. But we made the best of it.

I’ve been doing a lot more work with non-US folks lately. It’s been really fun meeting people from all over the world from Australia to Dubai to nearly every country in Europe. Working internationally has it’s benefits for sure, but it also introduces a hell of a lot of complications.

Regulations, security laws, and tax laws are not fun to navigate through. Luckily most of the regulatory is covered as we’re based in the U.S. and don’t have a home base in any of these other foreign countries. However, the tax and security laws are a headache.

As first steps, we’re building out a good set of tax advisors and attorneys in each jurisdiction. It’s a tedious process and quite expensive, but we need to be sure to cover ourselves. Being on the right side of regulatory has always been our stance here at Secfi and we don’t plan on changing that.