Remote work’s benefits to startups include hiring competitiveness — engineers increasingly prefer remote work, and more talent is available by considering remote employees. However, in-person work arguably enables more effective collaboration, spontaneous idea generation, work ethic, and creativity — items which are of top priority to startups where every bit of increased productivity and performance makes the difference between success and failure.
While I of course do not expect any conclusive decision either way, I want to open the floor to debate on this topic. What, to you, is better — building a startup remotely, or in-person?
