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At FYI we’ve been self-funded because we are able to fund the business ourselves. And our plan has always been to raise money when the time is right for us. This is basically when we’ve got an understanding of the market opportunity, have a product that people love and are ready to scale.
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My co-founder and I started remotely 17 years ago because it didn’t make sense for us to have an office. We were doing marketing work for other companies and were able to do it from home. It wasn’t a deliberate choice between office or no office, it was just the way we were able to do things effectively. We simply didn’t need an office. We used Skype. It worked fine to enable us to talk to people. And various Zoom-like solutions existed back then too when we needed to share our screen with customers. Also a lot was communicated via email back then too. It wasn’t as hard as you might think.
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Get early access to my product, FYI
because we not only help you find documents but also see what’s happening at work. Outside of that, especially for remote work, good management involves these three things being in-sync. Visibility, Communication and Alignment. What most folks who are new to working from home are missing is visibility and communication which leads to a lack of alignment. When people are working remotely, you have to make sure you have systems for visibility, communication and alignment. My best piece of advice for a manager is to evaluate how you and the team are getting work done along these three things, even score yourselves and then find ways to improve visibility and communication so you can all be aligned.
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