I’m learning that launching a campaign across two markets at the same time is way harder than I expected. Right now, I have a Russia-based team and I’m building a small US-based team, and managing a single campaign coordinated between them is basically impossible.
The problem isn’t just time zones—it’s that information moves slowly. By the time the US team sees feedback from Moscow, it’s been 12 hours and we’ve already committed to something. Or Moscow gets briefed on a decision the US team made overnight, and we’re starting from different assumptions.
We tried using Slack and shared docs, but it’s chaotic. Everyone’s asynchronous, and nobody’s really sure who’s the decision-maker for what. Campaigns slip. Details get missed. And when something goes wrong, it’s not clear who owns it.
I’ve seen this done well at bigger companies with established processes, but I haven’t figured out what actually works for a smaller operation that’s bootstrapped and still growing. How do you keep a campaign on track when you literally can’t have everyone in the same meeting at the time? What’s your framework for decision-making, ownership, and communication across time zones?
What’s actually worked for you?