The Power of 100+ Strangers: Our Secret Sauce for Startup Success!
In just a few days, over 100 people—all strangers to each other but united by a shared mission—have come together to build this startup. It's truly incredible to witness!
One of the foundational pillars of our rapid progress and future success is effective communication. For a distributed, open startup like ours, Internal Communications isn't just important; it's absolutely crucial for:
Building Mission & Culture: Helping everyone understand our purpose and get to know the amazing people behind it.
Ensuring Clarity: Making sure everyone knows what's going on, where to find information, and who to go to for help.
Empowering the Community: Equipping our contributors to actively help advance the mission.
Giving Everyone a Voice: Fostering a community where users are building the product they want for themselves.
Open Communication: Our Way of Working
Since day one, all our Product, Dev, Marketing, and Operations calls have been happening in the open, on Discord. Anyone on the team can join, listen in, and contribute. Beyond the specific topics, these calls are where strangers get to know each other. Strong bonds are forming, and commitments to each other are emerging out of our shared mission. It's our unique "divide and conquer" approach!
Shout-out to Our Ops & Comms Heroes! We have a powerful Operations (Ops) team forming, and beyond ensuring we run efficiently, Internal Comms is a fundamental part of their work. A huge thank you to Khairul Bahriah and André Veiga for taking the initiative to improve how we communicate, and to all the others who are offering to help bring order to our Ops: Adrian Coutinho, Sofia O. Frias, Francesca Giacomelli, and Gabriel Gama.
And to the incredible Marketing and communications experts who are helping shape how we communicate our mission internally and build our culture of collaboration and human-centered startup building: Mabel Orbea, Nátaly Dauer Fiege, and May Z.
Finally, special thanks to the domain experts like Helena Tender, who's helping Francesca on legal aspects and fleshing out the Dynamic Equity Model we envision for this startup.
This is what an open, community-driven startup looks like. It's messy, it's dynamic, and it's incredibly powerful.
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