Great Ideas Derive from Well-Rested Minds – David Heinemeier Hansson (37signals)

Being a workaholic is no guarantee of success. David Heinemeier Hansson points out that 37signals' main product, Basecamp, was created on 10 hours a week of development for a total of six months. When you're overworked, you can't think[...]

37signals Co-Founder: ‘Unlearn Your MBA’

David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of the Ruby on Rails Web development framework and partner at 37signals, is a pretty smart guy. But to succeed as an entrepreneur, he found that his education was, in some ways, working against him. In this Entre[...]

Entrepreneurs: Unlearn your MBA!

David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of the Ruby on Rails web development framework and partner at 37signals, is a pretty smart guy. But to succeed as an entrepreneur, he found that his education was, in some ways, working against him. In this Entre[...]

Why 37signals advice is irrelevant and unhelpful

What Advantages Does Your Startup Really Have?

When describing some of the common mistakes he'd seen in recent pitches for the incubator Capital Factory, Smart Bear Software founder Jason Cohen listed "invalid unfair advantages" as something that many startups needlessly tout. These include havin[...]

The right time to take on investors

Excerpt from Episode #13: Addressing criticism of 37signals (Part 1 of 2) of the 37signals Podcast (transcript): David: That’s the main push-back that we have is not that venture capital is bad; It’s that venture capital is bad when applied to bu[...]

37Signals book, Rework

I picked up and read the new 37Signals book, Rework, on a whim yesterday. Many parts of their philosophy jive with how I already run my business, a handful don’t. Overall though, a quick read with good points crystalized from their blog.[...]

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Rework’

If you hate business books — the kind that give advice to entrepreneurs interested in being their own bosses — as much as I do, you’ll welcome a completely different kind of business book by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson,[...]

Why Grow? and Other Wisdom from 37Signals

This is part of the reason I was excited to get an advanced copy of Rework, their new book, which I encourage people to think of as an Elements of Style for building profitable businesses in a web-savvy world. Each chapter is 2-5 pages long and deliv[...]

Lifestyle business vs. equity business

Just a month ago, I was at an event were this dilemma arose: lifestyle business or equity business? The discussions soon became heated, each founder defending their business style. Although I consider this to be just as much a dilemma as “pota[...]