Best place to collaborate? Google Docs, Forums, etc?

[fuzzybabybunny]

We started a new startup and there's 20-some members. We need a good place to share documents, collaborate, keep track of topics and responses, talk to each other, etc.

What are some good solutions for this? Googledocs can get to be all over the place and it's hard to track who contributed what to the docs. Forums are ok. Some people don't seem to like Google+. We can do Skype of video and text chat.

Anything out there that's free that can work for structured collaboration on an organizational level?

This is a multinational group, so no chance of meeting face to face.

 

[TridenT]

Hire someone who is an expert on this shit instead. They'll be able to figure out ways to make you work more efficiently.
I know guys who do it for a living.

 

[Vic Vega]

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[Phoenix86]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SharePoint

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Exchange_Server

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Outlook

http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/en-us/exchange-online-hosted-email.aspx

Absolutely no reason for a full exchange server for 20 people.

edit: however I'm betting OP would get more out of using free-er services. Lots of small businesses use gmail accounts, and I think it would be OK in his line of work.

edit2: gmail for mail, google drive (or insert other cloud service) for file sharing.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Google docs