I'm currently considering founding a new startup in a fully distributed fashion, where the first team members would be located across geographies and (to a less broad extent) across timezones.
A lot of the tips online about remote-first orgs are targeted towards orgs at a later stage where they already have a mature product and are focused on maintenance/growth. This new startup would be in the early discover (pre-product market fit) stage.
I'd like to hear experiences & tips from startup founders/employees that started from team member #1 as remote and before they found product-market fit.
What worked for you? What didn't? Would you found a remote-first startup again given the chance?
Other details, in case helpful to think about:
* NewCo's product would be in AI space and purely digital
* NewCo's customers would be globally spread out, with a decent concentration in San Francisco but otherwise very globally spread out
Thanks and keen to learn from the HN community!
A lot of the tips online about remote-first orgs are targeted towards orgs at a later stage where they already have a mature product and are focused on maintenance/growth. This new startup would be in the early discover (pre-product market fit) stage.
I'd like to hear experiences & tips from startup founders/employees that started from team member #1 as remote and before they found product-market fit.
What worked for you? What didn't? Would you found a remote-first startup again given the chance?
Other details, in case helpful to think about:
* NewCo's product would be in AI space and purely digital * NewCo's customers would be globally spread out, with a decent concentration in San Francisco but otherwise very globally spread out
Thanks and keen to learn from the HN community!