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Were the original 9 remote as well? Looks like the original two were remote - I just wonder what the composition looked like when they "hit it big".

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Yeah, we were all working remotely from the start. We never had an office.

We moved in together for a few months during YC.

If my memory serves me right, yes. Some of the early employees did work/live together for 2-3 months during Y Combinator if I remember correctly, but apart from that everybody has always been remote.

Source: early-ish/current employee (#28 I believe, not exactly prestigious).

So my follow up was/is - is this remote setup in fact their "secret sauce"? Seems like being a part of Y Combinator did more for their initial success.

I think there is no single "secret sauce", instead it is a combination of many different things. This includes being all remote, because it does drastically affect how a company operates.

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