Communication habits of successful distributed teams Remote work is recognized as one of the most effective models of work. Companies like Basecamp, Doist, Github, Zapier, and Buffer prove that remote teams can be tremendously successful. While we...
In the past 18 months, I’ve been a solo nontechnical founder with remote dev teams for two startups. One failed fast. One got me into Y Combinator. My learnings are summarized in 7 points below. This Post Is Helpful for… …People building an early...
If you can distinguish between rook and bishop, chances are you’ve heard about Chess.com – the world’s #1 chess website. Chess.com is not only the most popular online chess service with over million games played every day in 8 different types...
Alex Muench is a Product Designer at Doist, a remote-first company that builds productivity software to ‘help people do more and stress less’. Their main products are Todoist and Twist apps, used by millions of people. The Doist team of 62 people is...
Ryan Hoover is the founder of Product Hunt, a community platform for people sharing, upvoting, and geeking out about new latest mobile apps, websites, hardware projects, and tech creations. Their team of about 20 members is distributed across three...
Craig Cannon is the Director of Marketing at Y Combinator. Before joining YC Craig co-founded Comedy Hack Day, wrote a field guide to shipping containers, and set a world record on his bike. Craig is an adept of remote work. The engineering team...
Even though remote software engineers can look similar on paper, why is it important to know exactly who will be working for you? What are their individual differences and idiosyncrasies which will either make them an excellent or terrible choice as...
When the topic of offshore development comes up in conversation it always leads to questions about how to make it successful. Offshore IT outsourcing is hot, and for good reason. Software development outsourcing services provided in the offshore...