Remote-First: Managing Distributed Teams

Gannon Hall
Blackstar
Published in
8 min readMay 19, 2021

Building distributed teams are crucial to scaling an organization. It provides a greater pool of talent and can significantly reduce costs. What’s more, “remote-friendly” and “remote first” are fast becoming the standard operating model for tech companies. If an organization is not “remote first” it is much more difficult for it to attract top talent and keep them happy.