How we work

We’ve been a fully remote, async-first team since our first hire in 2010, and we’re still just as committed to building the future of work – for ourselves and our customers.

Why We Don’t Have an Exit Strategy

What’s better than an exit strategy? It’s a long-term mission that your company truly cares about.

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Why the Future of Work is Remote

The founder of Doist on why the future of work is remote, and what that could mean for tomorrow’s workers, companies, and communities.

How Remote Teams Win With Retention

Learn how remote companies achieve high employee retention through a culture of trust, calm, and flexibility –– with advice from the Doist team.

What Most Remote Companies Don’t Tell You About Remote Work mental health and remote work

What Most Remote Companies Don’t Tell You About Remote Work

One remote founder's struggle with isolation, depression, & anxiety. And what remote companies can do to address the mental health challenges of a remote workforce.

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How Doist Makes Remote Work Happen

How Doist’s journey as a remote-first, bootstrapped company has evolved — and the key lessons we've learned along the way.

How to Become a Market Leader in 10 Years

How to Become a Market Leader in 10 Years

You hear about the overnight unicorn success stories, but what about growing a sustainable company that's profitable from Day 1? Here's how I did it....

Why We’re Betting Against Real-Time Team Messaging Apps Like Slack

Does faster communication really mean better communication?

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An illustration shows two pie charts. The key shows two colors and their labels: the yellow color is: How you socialize together and the teal is: How you work together. The left chart is titled, What companies think team culture is, with all of the circle colored yellow. The right pie chart is titled What team culture actually is, and shows about 80% of the circle as teal, and 20% as yellow.

How to build human connections in an async workplace

Team culture is primarily built by how you work together, not how you socialize together.

Heroes and housekeeping days

Two essential systems we use to cut down on team-wide context switching and support deep work.

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The 20/30/50 rule for remote team retreats

The most successful remote retreats optimize for “soft work.” Here’s how we approach it (including the actual agenda from our last retreat).