How to build a great chat platform for remote teams

Rajiv Ayyangar, Tandem

Joining me is someone who created a way for us to talk with the people we work with remotely. There are hundred of tools out there that can be used for the same thing so I want to find out what made his solution stand out from all the others.

Rajiv Ayyangar is the founder of Tandem, a chat platform for remote teams.

Rajiv Ayyangar

Tandem

Rajiv Ayyangar is the founder of Tandem, a chat platform for remote teams.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses for an audience of entrepreneurs. Joining me is someone who created a way for us to talk with the people we work with remotely. And I know, you know what run Rajiv.

I feel like every time I say that, and I’ve talked to people about the fact that you and I are talking today, they say, oh, I’ve seen that obviously. And then they think. Well, there’s zoom and it’s, that’s it. And the other approach just have not worked, but what you’ve done with tandem is you’ve created a sense of presence, right?

Yes. We could do video chat, like we can with other video apps, but in addition to it, we can kind of see what people are working on you. Should you send me a screenshot of what you were doing the other day? And what your teammates were doing. And I could see that there...

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