This week, we were lucky to talk to Jason Fried, co-founder and CEO of 37signals (the company behind Basecamp and HEY) and a co-author of Rework, Remote and a few other books.
Chapters
- 02:07 - Introduction of Jason and 37signals
- 04:28 - Founder role vs. CEO role
- 07:27 - Working with the same co-founder for 20 years
- 10:00 - Disagreements between founders
- 12:21 - Disagree and commit principle
- 14:04 - The business side of things (numbers, accounting, etc.)
- 17:07 - On costs and profitability
- 19:51 - Intentionally keeping the company small
- 22:51 - Managing risk
- 25:01 - Jeff Bezos’ investment
- 31:24 - Working on several products at the same time
- 32:21 - Six-week cycles vs. long-term projects
- 37:40 - Evolution of 37signals
- 43:35 - Keeping products until the end of the Internet
- 46:18 - Calm companies
- 47:28 - Listening to customer feedback
- 53:15 - Jason's email is public. Is this a good idea?
- 56:57 - Employee performance reviews and fixed salaries
- 58:35 - Can the "calm company" mindset work in big companies?
- 1:04:41 - How does one find a calm company to work for?
- 1:06:36 - Publishing books
- 1:09:28 - On being contrarian and no politics at work
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