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...

Tips from startups’ CEOs and CTOs managing distributed teams Remote work has been all the rage lately. People want more flexibility, less time wasted commuting. And it’s quite understandable. Still, many businesses are sceptical about hiring...

Best practices for running a remote team Despite multiple evidence proving the positive effect remote work has on the employee performance and overall happiness, workplace productivity is still considered one of the top concerns when hiring remotely...