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Attributing 37Signal's success, partially, to "unlimited resources" seems off. Except for a small investment by Jeff Bezos after they were already bootstrapped
by jbigelow76 14y ago
Attributing 37Signal's success, partially, to "unlimited resources" seems off. Except for a small investment by Jeff Bezos after they were already bootstrapped they had to make due with what resources they could get in exchange for their products and services. Twitter, Facebook, Zynga... those are the kind of start ups that can be accurately tagged with the "unlimited resources" descriptor, for 37Signals to get the resources they currently have they had to execute in ways none of those other "start ups" have been expected to.
- mibbitier 14y agopoint is, by following 37signals advice, you will not be 37signals. You probably won't be successful either.
- aresant 14y agoSorry - clarification - when I said "today's 37signals" I literally meant that 37signals TODAY, in the present. 37signals is NOT a startup and yet much of the advice / information that they produce is disseminated in that spirit. In other words I see an article like that and I believe if a young 37signals had taken that advice they would have had trouble becoming 37signals!