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What’s a recent successful startup that’s totally WFH? I’ve been hearing a lot about OpenAI, Anthropic, etc., but they’re all in-person.
by buzzert 3y ago
What’s a recent successful startup that’s totally WFH? I’ve been hearing a lot about OpenAI, Anthropic, etc., but they’re all in-person.
- the_mitsuhiko 3y agoIsn’t the more important question which successful startup only hires in-person in SF? I would guess most startups these days have distributed setups quite early.
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- no_wizard 3y agoLinear Gitlab has been remote first since day one Github went fully remote earlier this year[0] (while not a startup, worth noting IMO) Close (CRM) Zapier (if I recall correctly) Sourcegraph Timescale Supabase I'm sure there's more [0]: https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/09/github-lays-off-10-and-goes-fully-remote/ https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/09/github-lays-off-10-and-goe...
- toomuchtodo 3y agoDropbox: https://jobs.dropbox.com/blogs/virtual-first-best-perk https://jobs.dropbox.com/blogs/virtual-first-best-perk Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/d/liveandworkanywhere https://www.airbnb.com/d/liveandworkanywhere EDIT: Automattic, Buffer
- buzzert 3y agoRespectfully, those aren't startups. They built their products in person.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoThat's a reasonable rebuttal. I suppose the crux of the argument is, "Can a startup become a billion dollar company fully remote?" Cleary, the answer to that is yes (Zapier, Hashicorp, Gitlab [two out of three which have IPOd, and all three are collectively worth >$10B]). So what's the rebuttal to that? So what? Office would be better? If so, bring the data and show that. Otherwise, it's an argument from emotion, PR, controlling the narrative, whatever, and not data driven.