Remote collaboration brings multiple benefits — productivity, flexibility, and cost-efficiency. Check a step-by-step guide to find out how to build a remote team or move your existing team to remote work.
https://www.daxx.com/blog/offshore-team/build-remote-development-team
This is an excellent article. It applies to the established companies with strong fundings.
I wonder if there is a guideline for "successfully handling off shore developers by self funded startups on shoe string budgets".
We have interviewed 10 startups, on how do they manage to compete with big companies for software engineers, how do they find best remote developers and retains them onboard. I do hope their real-life experience can help you: https://www.daxx.com/blog/development-team?page=2