Hi HN! Co-founder & CEO of Zapier here. We wrote this book a little over a year ago. It's mostly up-to-date though there's a few things I need to update.
I'm unavailable for about ~2 hours but you can AMA and I'll respond later. :-)
I'm unavailable for about ~2 hours but you can AMA and I'll respond later. :-)
Find me as tjbarbour on twitter or Gmail.
Thanks!
I pinged you on twitter because I've been working remote for the past 6 years. :)
(I'm @pryelluw on twitter and snapchat)
Disclaimer: I'm lead developer on our replacement for Sqwiggle which is currently in open beta, PukkaTeam.
I'd be interested to know why you didn't "take to it"... was it because you were already using other tools that created functionality overlap? Price? Or were there more philosophical reasons like some teammates didn't like the camera being always-on or the ease of interruption?
btw: I really love your companies "chattyness" on all types of knowledge that you guys gain! :o)
Someday it would be good to release.
You can probably replicate it with P2 the WordPress theme which is where we started before building Async.
I've had dozens of institutional VCs say that they wont invest in us because we're a 100% remote company.
The first thought is to have a successful compang that'd be worthy of investment. Next, show they've thought about the trade-offs, which I'd say these docs prove. Lastly, don't hear no when a VC says they don't invest in remote companies, but be prepared the address in a short response how you understand why they feel that way, why it is a non issue, and then leave the door open to let them changd their minds.
The Zapier process is mostly outlined here: https://zapier.com/blog/how-to-publish-ebook/