The founders of Basecamp explore the ‘work from home’ phenomenon and show the way in which a remote work setup can be accomplished.

The Industrial Revolution’s ‘under one roof’ model of conducting work is steadily declining as technology creates digital workspaces that allow employees to provide their essential contribution without physically clustering together. Today, the new paradigm can be ‘move work to the employees, rather than employees to the work environment.’

Remote work increases the skill pool, reduces turnover, lessens the true property footprint, and improves the capability to conduct business across multiple time zones, to mention just a few advantages. As Fried and Hansson describe the issues and unexpected great things about this trend, they present why-with a few controversial exceptions such as Yahoo–more businesses will want to promote this model of getting things done.