The Memo: #25 (90+ remote jobs)

Nov 25, 2019

Hey folks,

In building this newsletter and community, I’ve been looking at lots of great examples of indie makers and startups that have figured something key out about building a community. As I continue to seek out the first sponsor for the free version of the newsletter and use those funds to support people in the community building their own side projects, I thought I’d share some of interesting examples over the next few newsletters.

Peanut, which recently announced a $5M funding round, is a community for mothers. The company’s explainer video has a series of women recite a poem on motherhood called “What’s my name again.” The video (on the landing page) is such a clear success in explaining the need for the community and they do it in a really novel way. If you’re thinking about your own side projects, which I know many of you are, I think this is a really great example of how to hook people on the need for what you’re creating.

A little while back, I asked this question:

As a remote worker, what's one thing that would make your life easier, make you more efficient, or reduce any obstacles that you've encountered?

One thing that came up, was that some of you felt that remote workers aren’t always treated the same as your on-premise colleagues. For example, needing to demonstrate how you’ve spent your time with weekly reports. Have others had a similar experience? If you have similar experiences that you’d like to share or would like add your add your own response to the question, you can do so here.

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