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DHH Commissions his own Supercar - the Pagani Zonda HH

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Re: DHH Commissions his own Supercar - the Pagani Zonda HH

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Post by quizbiz »

petercooper wrote: post #23
llimllib wrote: post #9

DHH is that rich?

DHH is a partner of 37signals. I don't think it's public what his share is but he must be getting a healthy share of the profits. Even if you pluck ignorant yet sane estimates out of the air, it can easily add up. According to Wikipedia, the Zonda Cinque Roadster is limited to 5 units and costs around $2m, so this is probably a $1.5m-$3m project. Could DHH have amassed several million in the last few years at 37signa…

Is there anyway of knowing how many subscription clients 37Signals has?

Re: DHH Commissions his own Supercar - the Pagani Zonda HH

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Post by petercooper »

quizbiz wrote: post #43
petercooper wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

DHH is a partner of 37signals. I don't think it's public what his share is but he must be getting a healthy share of the profits. Even if you pluck ignorant yet sane estimates out of the air, it can easily add up. According to Wikipedia, the Zonda Cinque Roadster is limited to 5 units and costs around $2m, so this is probably a $1.5m-$3m project. Could DHH have amassed several million in the last few years at 37signa…

Is there anyway of knowing how many subscription clients 37Signals has?

I don't think so, and I don't think they should share that information, but they've given some "clues" (potentially false) over the years with references to things like "over 1 million users." (Though "user" is a vague term considering how their system works.)

In response to a similar question in 2006, Jason Fried said:

We’re a private company so we don’t disclose this information.

A few years ago, someone tried to analyze it and came up with vague revenue estimations: http://blog.jedchristiansen.com/2008/02/25/37signals-is-one-...

Re: DHH Commissions his own Supercar - the Pagani Zonda HH

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Post by pkaler »

jonknee wrote: post #6

For the inevitable curiosity, apparently these run in [at least] the $350,000 range. It's never cheap to hit 0-60 in 3.7s or less. http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/112_0212_pagani_z...

It's never cheap to hit 0-60 in 3.7s or less.

My Kawasaki 650R does 0-60 in about 3.8. I paid less than $10k for it. The ZX-6R can do it in about 3.1s. A Ducati 1098 will do it under 3s.

Re: DHH Commissions his own Supercar - the Pagani Zonda HH

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Post by lionhearted »

dfischer wrote: post #21

I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous. I'm not.... jea... Fk it. I'm Jealous. I want to be that rich. :(

> I want to be that rich.

Are you working on it? What are your financial goals for 12 months from now, 3 years, and 5 years? How much active cash per year, passive, and how much in the bank over those timeframes?

Start with the numbers, then figure out what you'd have to do to get to the numbers. Nothing's stopping you. Really. Start now. How much do you want in the bank in 12 months?

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