Christian Carella is a serial entrepreneur with over 10 years of scaling start-ups. He is currently the Founder of Search Remotely, an online platform for remote workers, digital nomads and to help individuals find remote jobs and get the necessary skills required to start working remotely.

Where did you grow up? How did your upbringing influence your career?

I was born in Sydney, Australia and then moved to London when I was 13 years old. I grew up in London and then returned to Sydney 6 years ago.

Definitely the experience of moving to another country and starting again has helped me with gaining the resilience and tenacity that is required when building a business from the ground up.

What do you see as the biggest challenge in your market?

The biggest challenge I believe in my market is changing the employer mindset to understand that having a completely remote workforce can actually improve overall staff productivity and overall happiness amongst their employees. However this is moving in the right direction.

How do you continue to educate yourself?

I am a prolific learner of all subjects, I love learning and have a hunger for knowledge. I consistently read blogs, deep dive into various internet resources, take online courses and read books almost every day.

What role do partnerships and relationships play in your career?

I believe networking in the form of both relationships and partnerships are vital to happy life and business success. Great collaboration, working with others are super important if you want to scale up your operations.

True or false? Hard work solves almost anything. Tell us why you feel this way.

True! Hard work and just consistently going is so important, failure is just a stepping stone to something greater, the key is the learn from these failures and improve going forward. Without hard work, it will all just be a dream, you need to struggle and take action in order to reach your goals.

What achievement are you most proud of?

Search Remotely is definitely one of my proudest moments, we have seen huge growth and what makes me so proud is that we are helping others to achieve their dreams of working remotely.

What’s next in your career?

Next on the agenda is to scale our operations internationally and build further awareness of Search Remotely and to a wider audience.

What advice do you have for our readers?

The biggest advice I would give is to filter out negativity, surround yourself with positive individuals, keep learning and applying what you learn, it’s an inevitable cycle towards success.