Focused Space

Focused Space is a productivity platform built for team performance and wellbeing, designed specifically for remote teams. At a high level, it is a suite of facilitated experiences and tools that guides people through the best practices of working effectively in a remote setting, grows employees into high-performers through education and repeated practice, and boosts feelings of connection and camaraderie within teams.

CEO

Nodira Khossivniva

Nodira Khoussainova is the CEO of Focused Space, and a second-time founder (previously Streamlit). Prior to entrepreneurship, she was a software engineer and tech lead of the experimentation team at Twitter, and holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Washington. As the CEO of a remote company (and a new parent), Nodira understands the challenges of WFH: balancing productivity with wellbeing, and creating momentum within a distributed team. Her personal experience — combined with her passion for helping people do their best work — is what drives her to build tools and experiences for focus, excellence, and human connection.

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3317 SW 37th Ave, Miami FL 33133