Exactly this. We are a distributed company at The Hybrid Group (http://www.hybridgroup.com http://www.hybridgroup.com). There are a few challenges that exist f

Exactly this. We are a distributed company at The Hybrid Group (http://www.hybridgroup.com http://www.hybridgroup.com). There are a few challenges that exist for distributed teams/companies, if you can call them that. If anything, it may make sense to call them best-practices. 1) Communication is absolutely vital. We're on Skype consistently. 2) Standups (short) are absolutely vital. We have one every day for each project. 3) Getting together physically/seeing each other on video is important to reminding each other we are humans and not avatars. We have a weekly co-work day (opt-in). 4) Same timezone. We all work in the Americas. +-3hours timezone. Otherwise it is too difficult to stay in communication which is #1. It's nice having the luxury of not dealing with traffic and working in physical isolation. Distractions are plenty just with the internet, combine that with a physical workspace and you have a can of worms. Being distributed is working really well for us and it's a core piece of our culture.