Throw is a collection of delightful mini games that make for a quick and fun team social activity. Built for the busy founders, managers and people teams who want to spend less time planning team building events.
Hey Product Hunt,
We’re a tiny remote team from Toronto who previously built the VPN, TunnelBear.
Today, we’re excited to share a project in an entirely new space. Throw is a social activity for remote teams that was born out of the desire to never attend another virtual happy hour.
❌ - As we scaled TunnelBear, our team became more distributed and getting people together in person only happened once every few months.
We tried all the things to build remote culture: Donuts, ice breaker bots, virtual happy hours (ugh), random “Who’s baby photo is this” games at all hands and even a virtual escape room.
These team building things all took time to coordinate, plan and host; but most of them got a “meh” reaction from the team. If we’re honest, remote team building has always felt a bit corny so we understand the response.
We felt like we could build a social activity that worked better for startups. Something that was fun without that “required work fun” vibe.
✅ We’d like to introduce you to Throw, it’s a social event for remote teams that:
- Has a growing collection of social games that take 5 minutes to play
- Has a vibe that’s more “that was hilarious” and less “ugh, required work fun”
- Has people play in small groups so nobody needs to host
- Has built-in audio so you can talk as you play
- Has calendar invites and quick join links that make it easy to plan
- Has a free option where small teams can play for free (< 7 people)
We’d love for you to give it a try with your team and let us know what you think!
You can check it out at: https://throw.app
John Robinson