Originally posted in Bookface (YC forum) as "Shutdown Bookface (kind of): Tandem S19 (virtual office)" tldr: We didn’t find a venture-scale market, perhaps because most people value the autonomy of remote work more than they miss the quick-syncs and high-paced collaboration of in-office work. When our runway…
I wrote a guest essay for Future.com (a16z’s new media site) that goes deep into the challenges and shifts we might expect with hybrid work—especially the rise of multiplayer apps and the importance of presence.…
"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...…
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.…