Great post about the plusses of having a distributed company. I’ve worked remotely now for 5 years, so this hits home for me (so to speak).
I’d dispute #3 somewhat as this certainly doesn’t force your team to use “better communication tools” (I have a founder who lives on the phone), but it’s certainly made me better at recording things (either by wiki or email – none of use chat much).
Really like idea #4, but currently all our developers are here in Portland, so there’s not much need (still think it’s a good idea, though).
For #5, we all meet once a week in a coffee shop. I like the idea of having something more permanent, though, and especially using the space for meetups and such.
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