My conversation with @jasonfried, co-founder of @37signals.
0:00 Build Products for Yourself
1:40 Low Costs, Small Company, Enough Customers
3:06 Your Only Competition Is Your Costs
5:25 How 37signals Stays Lean
9:43 Rewriting Basecamp & Fighting Software Bloat
13:42 Why
Running a team is a sport of its own! ⚽️🏀 Join us today at 11 AM CT/12 PM ET to hear how Basecamp can organize sports teams & recreational groups — schedules, logistics & communication made easy.
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The O'Saasy License is a great fit for folks who want to build a SaaS business, but run the project as open source, and allow anyone to self-host for free. If that's you, here's a dedicated site to grab a copy:
Fizzy is live! Our modern, beautiful spin on kanban for tracking just about anything. Nothing revolutionary, but just right, just nice. And we're launching our freemium SaaS version alongside an O'Saasy-licensed codebase for you to run it yourself too! fizzy.do
INTRODUCING FIZZY
Have you noticed that every issue and idea tracking tool you loved slowly morphed into boring, sluggish, corporate bloatware?
Trello put on 40 pounds of cruft. Jira started charging by the migraine. Asana tried to become everything to everyone. GitHub Issues
Calling all podcasters!🎙️Curious how Basecamp can keep a podcast running smoothly? Join us live on Wednesday, Dec. 3rd at 12 PM CT / 10 AM PT. We'll walk through how we use Basecamp to organize the REWORK podcast — from episode idea to execution.
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We have identified the issue and we have made a change. The issue with Campfires and Notifications has improved, but we're still monitoring the situation. Sorry for the trouble and thanks for your patience, folks.
