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Introducing GitHub on the Map. Now when you submit a GitHub pull request, it appears on your office for the reviewer. Before GitHub on the Map, our head of eng Sean MacIsaac's median time until first comment was 91 mins. Now it’s just 58 minutes, 36% sooner!

Introducing Round Robin Scheduling

👋 Founders, if you're heading to SaaStr be sure to stop by the Roam Founder's Lounge. Great food, awesome vibe, and someone will win $10,000! #FoundersOnly

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New!! "10 Cheat Codes I Learned While Scaling to $400M with Yext and Roam Founder Howard Lerman" These cheat codes are tactical, unconventional wisdom that helped scale Yext to $400M. #1: Memorize Your Lines Many people talk about how to tell your story as a company. You have to be a grandmaster storyteller. Nailing this skill is the most important thing you can do. That advice alone isn’t anything new, so how do you actually become a master storyteller of your vision? John Lennon once said whenever he would write a song, he wouldn’t write it down. He encouraged the other Beatles to do the same. Why? Because you’ll know it’s a good song if you return to it a day later and still remember it. When you’re crafting your story, memorize your lines. Being able to recall it later forces you to craft a more compelling story, like a poem. Repeating the same thing and getting into a rap-like rhythm around it is a formulaic process in storytelling. So, memorize your lines and learn them by heart until your message is as clear and succinct as “She Loves Me” by the Beatles. #2: The Live Demo is a Worthwhile Risk Live demos are highly underrated. They’re super risky and nerve-wracking because every time you do a live presentation, there’s a chance the Wifi won’t work, or the AV will be subpar. Everything goes wrong when you plug your computer in, but you have to take the risk and do live demos. When you go up on stage, everyone knows you’re taking a huge risk, and everyone is taking that risk with you. Everyone wants to see what will happen next because they know you could fail. #3: 1:1 Meetings are Terrible ”I think all meetings are terrible, and I especially have it out for 1:1 meetings,” Howard says. In 2014 or ‘15, he wrote a LinkedIn post saying so, and every proper manager in the world said it must be terrible to work for him and that he was ignoring basic management principles. Why does he hate one-on-one meetings? When trying to make things happen as fast as possible, having 30 scheduled one-on-one meetings with your direct reports means your entire schedule will be full of meetings – it’s a terrible idea and clogs your calendar. If you schedule a meeting, people tend to queue up their issues, even if they’re urgent, slowing everything down. #4: Tim Cook and Sunday Night Meetings Howard holds Sunday night executive meetings. When starting a company, everything that could go wrong will go wrong, and even more things you didn’t anticipate will go wrong. Sunday night meetings are the best hack to stay on top of this because you get ahead of the work week and hit the ground running with your team on Monday. The founders who are starting the company, and are trying to do the impossible, should be available for an hour and a half to plan the week. Usually, hestarts at 8 p.m. Sunday night. Make it a part of your routine. Tim Cook does it, too. #5-#10 at link in comments https://lnkd.in/gGW-fHYr

Introducing Media Folder, Scheduled Messages and When In Roam! • Access your media files all in one place. • Schedule a message in advance or choose "When in Roam" and it will be delivered when the recipient next enters Roam.

!nvention Roundup: • Will Return and Out of Roam (OOR) On Mobile • New Floor Map Editor • Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts • 75-Person Meetings (Beta)

It's here...The all new Roam app for iOS and Android including totally overhauled meeting and chat experiences. Keep up with everyone at the office, even while you're on the go.

Introducing Lobby Embed! You can now easily embed Lobby Links directly into your website.