1) Strategy is primarily about saying "No" to activities that are not aligned with your goals and values. Here is a great example for saying no in a pretty gutsy way. 2) I have used Basecamp since its launch for my client work and like it quite a bit. However, lately I have preferred to work with Trello. I'm curious to see how Basecamp will change in the near future. Maybe I'm not their target customer any more...
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#12> When we meet people, and they ask us what we do, we say we work for 37signals. If they aren't in the tech world, they'll squint and say "what's that?". When we say "we're the folks who make Basecamp", their eyes light up and open wide. "Basecamp! Oh I love Basecamp! My wife uses Basecamp too! [my emphasis] Even our church uses Basecamp!" So, "people" = men?
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#13Am I the only one who had never heard of 37signals before?
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#14Am I the only one who had never heard of 37signals before?
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#15Am I the only one who had never heard of 37signals before?
Wow, as one of the "pioneers" of the SaaS model, and a highly successful bootstrapped startup for 10+ years, I would have to say... yes, I would imagine you are one of very few people in this community who would have never heard of 37signals.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wow, as one of the "pioneers" of the SaaS model, and a highly successful bootstrapped startup for 10+ years, I would have to say... yes, I would imagine you are one of very few people in this community who would have never heard of 37signals.
Pioneer? web-mail is nothing else but SaaS in the end and it exists way longer than 37Signals...
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#17I hate corporate software as much as the next guy, but at least you know it will be around and supported for a long time to come and without stripping features core to running your business. /rant
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#18And I am for making the company and the product as one. One less thing to sell. For companies of that size.
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#19Am I the only one who had never heard of 37signals before?
Wow, as one of the "pioneers" of the SaaS model, and a highly successful bootstrapped startup for 10+ years, I would have to say... yes, I would imagine you are one of very few people in this community who would have never heard of 37signals.
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#20While I admire 37signals I do find myself increasingly comparing them to Google and their offering. They make incredible services, but it's hard to trust them to build your business workflow around their products. If there aren't stripping back critical business features such as time tracking for our billing in the new Basecamp, they are looking to shutdown or sell others a few years on. I hate corporate software as…
On the contrary, I think them refocusing on Basecamp should give you more trust that they won't pull a Google and pull the plug on it.