🏔 Virtual Office Software

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Vlad Oleksiienko
August 30, 2022

Hi there 👋.

Welcome to the next issue of the SaaS Hill where SaaSy people get better at SaaS, new markets and tech trends in 5 munites or less

Let’s discuss Virtual Offices and Workplace Metaverses.

⭐️ Intro

Here is what we will discuss today:

👉 a list of 55+ job boards dedicated to find a remote job👉 10 predictions about virtual offices and metaverses👉 2 experts who talk about remote and the future of work👉 11 cool stats about remote work👉 7 metaverses for your company👉 14 tools for your virtual office

🤔 Predictions

  1. Bill Gates says the metaverse will host most of your office meetings within 2 or 3 years

  2. “Connection and teammate engagement in a remote environment requires twice the effort of in-person workplaces,” said Nicole Miller, the Director of People at Buffer. As a result, we will need more tools like Virtual Offices to boost employees engagement.

  3. Virtual Office Software will seamlessly integrate with your existing tech stack(check out Teamflow):

    1. polls

    2. video

    3. whiteboards

    4. messaging apps

    5. programming tools

  4. A virtual workspace saves a lot on cost as it does not comply with the establishment of a physical workplace

  5. Having a virtual workspace helps you save a lot on extra charges like rent, office bills and other maintenance charges (see how Teamflow explains the difference)

  6. If you want to reap the benefit of accessing global talent, an organisation must create a virtual office

  7. Virtual offices help with these problems by:

    1. creating a sense of presence with teammates

    2. simulating water cooler spaces for teammates to bond and chat as they would in a physical office

    3. promoting more conversations from lower fidelity text communication to higher fidelity audio/video conversation, encouraging closeness

  8. Remote work can also offer benefits to people for whom going into an office can be difficult, thus, we will have more inclusive workplaces

  9. Metaverses and Virtaul Offices enable smooth onboarding, better team building for distributed teams, improve faster and more seamless collaboration

  10. Metaverses will also open new channels to engage with customers and clients

  11. Web3 metaverses will make workplace and office metaverses popular too.

📈 Trend Chart

📊 Statistics

  1. We could be spending an 1 hour a day in the metaverse by 2026

  2. 16% of companies in the world are 100% remote

  3. 52% of employers say their employee productivity has improved since going remote.

  4. 86% of employees either wanted fully-remote or remote-first work environments going forward

  5. Better work-life balance is the main reason why people choose to work remotely

  6. We spend $2,000 to $5,000 commuting per year, according to FlexJobs and $2,700 on lunches annually according to Visa

  7. The average annual income of remote workers is $4,000 higher than that of other workers

  8. 74% of workers say that having the option to work remotely would make them less likely to leave a company

  9. 46% of people would be willing to take a pay cut of up to 5% in order to keep working from home part of the time after the pandemic

  10. 27% of employees said not being able to unplug after the workday is the biggest struggle when working from home

  11. 40% of respondents who shifted to remote work due to COVID-19 said they are working more since they started working remotely

🏢 Products

🕶 Virtual Office SoftwareGather > A better way to workTeamflow > A single place for virtual meetings, brainstorming and collaborationWorkAdventure > A virtual place to empower your people all around the worldSpot > The complete solution for teams to connect, collaborate, and build culturePesto > The digitally native, authentically human workplaceCosmos > Where the next generation goes to workPopSpace > Virtual spaces for everybodyRambly > A virtual space for events like happy hours, parties, and meetups. Walk around to mix, mingle, and keep things freshRemo > An interactive virtual event platform that empowers you to recreate natural interactionsOrbital > Experience virtual work that feels more natural, more productive, more humanSpartialChat > Where remote teams work togetherWurkr > A virtual workspace where teams gather, collaborate, and cultivate a culture in Hybrid and Remote work environmentsKumospace > Virtual offices and events where remote and hybrid teams collaborate and connectTodayly > Office simulation for remote teams

🏢 Workplace MetaversesSoWork > Rediscover the magic of a shared office space and let meetings go back to being structured, effective – and less frequentTopia > Build the interoperable web – a new space to work and play togetherSpatial > Join thousands of users hosting virtual galleries and events in beautiful artist-built spacesParty.Space > Host stunning virtual parties or full-fledged corporate events in the metaverseVirbela > It brings people together to work, learn, meet, and train in an immersive virtual world – from anywhereBreakroom > 3D virtual world platform for virtually anythingRoblox > Roblox is a global platform that brings people together through play

💵 Virtual Sales FloorNooks > A virtual office for your sales team

👔 Services

💼 Job Boards

Get access to a curated list of 50+ remote job boards here

📖 Experts to Follow

  1. Chris Herd > Founder & CEO @ Firstbase

  2. Phil McParlane > Founder @ 4dayweek.io

🖼 Pitch Deck

How the founder of Teamflow raised a $3.9M seed round in four weeks. Read DocSend’s Q&A with Flo Crivello, founder and CEO of Teamflow, on how he was able to run an efficient seed round fundraising process using DocSend.

🔗 Useful Links

📰 Recent News

  1. Virtual office startup Teamflow raises $35M in new funding

  2. Kumospace raises $22M to replace physical offices with virtual ones

  3. Sequoia Capital puts millions of dollars into Gather, a virtual HQ platform

  4. Nooks Raises $5M To Build A Faster, More Human Way To Work

  5. Ukrainian startup Party.Space raised $500k from strategic web3 investors

  6. SoWork just convinced investors (and Tinder) that virtual co-working is here to stay

  7. Pesto raises $5M to make remote work more human

  8. How Cosmos Video is building a gamified virtual office

  9. A16z Announces $600M Fund for Games and Metaverse

Thanks for reading. See you next time 👋

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