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by jasonfried 15y ago
It does some of the things the existing Basecamp does. It doesn't do some of the things the existing Basecamp does. It does new things the existing Basecamp doesn't do. It's a new product with new ideas about what's important in a product l
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by jasonfried 15y ago
1. Rewrites are a bad idea if you're rewriting what already exists today. We're writing something new. It's not a rewrite of today's Basecamp. 2. Nothing changes with the Basecamp you already know and love. The new Basecamp is an entirely d
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by jasonfried 15y ago
You could buy one item at a time from the Ingram Micro D catalog. I believe bulk prices were even cheaper, but you could still buy items individually below retail prices.
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by jasonfried 15y ago
This story has taken on a life of its own. Let me clarify: There's no reality show. We're doing the same thing we've always done - we're just bringing it in house. We used to outsource the shooting, editing, and production. Now we hired som
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by jasonfried 15y ago
Correct. These are all conversation starters. The goal is improvement through a deep understanding of what you're building and why you're building it the way you are.
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by jasonfried 15y ago
"Why is this a list of questions without any further explanation?" - because that's all I said it was. I didn't promise anything beyond a list of questions that I ask when I review a design. I may expand on a few of these in future posts.
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by jasonfried 15y ago
Charging for things forces you to be better. That's the right kind of pressure.
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by jasonfried 15y ago
This all depends on the type of customer. If your customers are high maintenance customers that require a lot of support, then having more customers paying less money may not be worth it. However, more customers often means more diversity s
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by jasonfried 15y ago
I would say social networks are not "most internet companies". And I would also say that most social networks are not generating enough ad revenue to generate sustainable profits.
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by jasonfried 15y ago
"Many Internet businesses couldn't be profitable if small." I'd say just the opposite: I think most internet businesses could be profitable if they were smaller.
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by jasonfried 15y ago
Where's there's pain, there's profit potential. Forms are pain. They are a pain in the ass to create and fill out. That's double pain - and double the business opportunity.
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by jasonfried 15y ago
I ran a BBS in the early 90s in Chicago called Mad Macs. It ran on a Mac in my bedroom running Hermes and then later on NovaLink Pro. NLP was one of the first systems to offer a GUI (special client software required). That's where I got my
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by jasonfried 15y ago
There were dozens of subtle variations on this statement that were never committed. I hope to find some time to do a detailed post on that sometime.
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by jasonfried 15y ago
That was just for internal fun. I didn't know it would ever make it outside our walls ;)
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None of the changes here were due to a/b testing. This is just the initial design process + internal iteration.
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by jasonfried 15y ago
For the record: That money wasn't used to fund operations. 100% of operations have always been funded by customer-generate revenues.
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by jasonfried 15y ago
This is where we started: http://37signals.com/manifesto
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by jasonfried 15y ago
If you're interested in this topic, my piece on practicing how to make money might interest you: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20110301/making-money-small-busi...
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by jasonfried 15y ago
I wonder if people understand they are buying a discontinued product that will see no future development. Is that being made clear by the retailers?
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by jasonfried 15y ago
So one or two employees that have been with the company for significantly longer than everyone else don't substantially dilute the pool.
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by jasonfried 15y ago
It's not terribly detailed. It's a few paragraphs long with a couple of pages of standard legal boilerplate. Employees don't have to sign anything or sign up for anything. It's better for everyone that it's in writing.
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by jasonfried 15y ago
This is one of the reasons we don't formally discuss or disclose this plan when hiring people. It's not pitched as an incentive to work at 37signals. It's a bonus, purely a bonus, if/when something very unlikely happens. We do not factor th
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by jasonfried 15y ago
I'm a fan of SizeUp. http://irradiatedsoftware.com/sizeup/
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by jasonfried 15y ago
Change log for Basecamp, Highrise, Backpack, and Campfire: http://37signals.com/changes
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by jasonfried 15y ago
We agree. We're not happy with Writeboard integration in its current state.
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by jasonfried 15y ago
You can also export your data in HTML format so you can still view your projects locally on your own computer: http://help.37signals.com/basecamp/questions/164-can-we-expo...
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by jasonfried 15y ago
For reference, here's our original post on this very topic in June of 2006 when Basecamp was 2.5 years old. http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/growing_in_vs_growing_out... Today Basecamp is 7 years old. Signups are stronger than ever. Whe
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by jasonfried 15y ago
My opinions remain the same. I'm for bootstrapping, slow and steady growth, keeping your company as small as possible. Every day that goes by reinforces my belief in those basic ideas. None of that means I can't help someone who runs a comp
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by jasonfried 15y ago
Need to run the business, design and develop our existing and future products, maintain and improve our infrastructure, and serve our customers at the highest standards we're capable of. Plus balance all that with maintaining the type of cu
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by jasonfried 15y ago
I was never shy about my opinion. A good board is made up of people with differing opinions. The worst boards are made up of rubber stamps. And of course a board is made up of people with different strengths and experiences. My experience i

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