Every company has a name for the week everybody flies in. The offsite. The summit. The all-hands. At Font Awesome, it's called the Snuggle. For real.
Recorded from a hotel room at the October 2026 Snuggle, this episode digs into the Podcast Awesome vault to tell the story behind the most ridiculous name in company meetups. Matt stitches together clips from Dave Gandy, Travis Chase, Rob Madole, Jory Raphael, Cory LaViska, Ed Emanuel, and Frances Botsford. Along the way you'll hear how four guys and a beach house on Cape Cod turned into a fully remote company that still flies everyone in, and what keeps coming out of that week together.
What We Cover
How the "Cape Cuddles" became the Snuggle, and why the name stuck
Rob Madole on the real tradeoff of remote work: focus is great, but coworkers can start to feel like a resource
The Icon Wizard, a feature that got its start at a Snuggle
Cory LaViska's whirlwind trip from a Twitter follow to a porch phone call to Arkansas, plus the "Snuggle Is Real" shirt
How the Icon Wizard grew into something bigger, with Ed and Frances
Snacktivities: bite-size projects you can only really build in person (and a feature name that, thankfully, got changed)
What it felt like when COVID canceled the Snuggles
Rob's change of heart, and why he stopped being annoyed
Dave Gandy at the 2024 Snuggle, somewhere between karaoke and game night, on how loyalty gets built
Why the ridiculous name has one great side effect
Timestamps
00:00 – Welcome to the Snuggle (yes, really)
01:10 – Cape Cuddles and the origin of the name
02:30 – Rob Madole on what remote work gives and what it costs
04:10 – The Icon Wizard's Snuggle roots
05:00 – Cory LaViska joins the crew
06:15 – "The Snuggle Is Real"
07:30 – Ed and Frances on pushing the Icon Wizard further
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