Working remotely and running a remote team seems like black magic to many. Yet at Zapier, we’ve been working remotely since our founding in October of 2011. This bookshareseverythingwe’velearnedaboutrunningaremoteteam—oursuccesses andourfailures. Beginning as a series of posts on the Zapier blog, this book is an ongoing work about our experiences as a remote team, with much of the book written by Zapier CEO Wade Foster along with chapters from our team members and other remote employees. We’ll update it periodically so you can learn how our thinking and processes change as we’ve grown from three to 200+ people and beyond, and we’ll keeptheolderversionsofeachchapterarchivedsoyoucanlearnwithusovertime. WhoIsThisGuideFor? Whetheryoucurrentlyworkinorrunaremoteteam,oryouhopetoworkinorrun a remote team in the future, this book will have nuggets of wisdom that you can apply to your current situation. WrittenbyWadeFoster,withcontentfromDannySchreiber,MatthewGuay,Melanie Pinola, Bethany Hills, Alison Groves, Jeremey DuVall, and Belle Cooper. Edited by Danny Schreiber, Matthew Guay, and Melanie Pinola. Last updated on March 30, 2019.