The Virtual Office is here to stay

"Every company is a remote company." I said this on-stage at YC Demo Day in 2019, meaning that every company becomes distributed as it scales (multiple offices, travelers, working-from-home). I didn’t anticipate a global pandemic would make this plainly true. In weeks, Tandem usage jumped 30x...…

Why I climb

As I took the last rest, just above the second bolt, I looked up at the 45-degree-overhung crack system with familiar awe. I dug my thumbs into two convenient notches, inhaled crisp October air, and observed my forearms recovering, my torso tense, waiting patiently for the point of diminishing returns.…