OK, so how about some ideas for a bootstrapped company that is no where close to making $40k a month (yet)? In fact, we work remotely for the freedom it offers, but also because we can't afford a space.
It comes down to whether you can afford the flights to bring the team together.
If you can, get a regular, non-luxury cabin/summerhouse in the countryside for a week. Beer in the fridge, hamburgers on the grill and a bonfire at night works every bit as well as Bangkok nightlife for bonding.
Good internet might be an issue, but if you bring a 3G modem and a router, and spend some time setting up a server, so you can bring a local repository, build-server, test-server etc., you should be able to get by.
I've thought about equipping a summerhouse for this model, as a business (good chairs, good desks, good internet aren't usually found in summer houses), mostly aimed at teams that need to get out of the office to bond, kick-start a project etc.
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OK, so how about some ideas for a bootstrapped company that is no where close to making $40k a month (yet)? In fact, we work remotely for the freedom it offers, but also because we can't afford a space.
It comes down to whether you can afford the flights to bring the team together.
If you can, get a regular, non-luxury cabin/summerhouse in the countryside for a week. Beer in the fridge, hamburgers on the grill and a bonfire at night works every bit as well as Bangkok nightlife for bonding.
Good internet might be an issue, but if you bring a 3G modem and a router, and spend some time setting up a server, so you can bring a local repository, build-server, test-server etc., you should be able to get by.
I've thought about equipping a summerhouse for this model, as a business (good chairs, good desks, good internet aren't usually found in summer houses), mostly aimed at teams that need to get out of the office to bond, kick-start a project etc.