Jason Fried
15 statements across 3 episodes · 9 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 20, 2023 by Jason Fried · said 11 times in 5 episodes since 2023 · across every show →
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2024 10 mentions in 4 episodes 3 per episode
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
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Dec 20, 2023 neutral
Fried: 37signals launched with just $30,000 pooled from its three founders
“Like when we started our business, There was three founders initially, and we each put in 10 grand. So we had 30 grand, you know, just to kind of make us, make our way for a few months before we picked up some clients to pay our way after that.”
Dec 20, 2023 negative
Fried: B2B software companies do not need Uber-style venture capital aggression
“So yeah,
that's an exception, but like your B to B accounting software, you know, whatever, like, no, not that that can't be a great business.
It can be, but it doesn't need the same kind of approach as Airbnb or Uber.”
Dec 20, 2023 positive
Fried: Ambition should mean sustaining a business, not destroying competition
“The ambition typically, or ambition is typically a word used to talk about, like, amassing, and collecting, and growing. You know, it can also mean, in my opinion, like, it should mean existing, sustaining. I'm ambitious at that level, but I don't need to go d…”
Dec 20, 2023 positive
Jan 5, 2024
Jan 5, 2024 positive
Jan 5, 2024 negative
Fried: Micromanaging founders create passive employees rather than independent thinkers
“When you're that involved in every decision, and this, by the way, is very common for founders, right? You're like, this is my baby, this is my thing, I want it done this way. What you end up doing is you just create a bunch of people who are waiting to hear w…”
Jan 5, 2024 positive
Fried: 37signals Distributes 10% of Annual Profits as Cash
“We have a 10% profit share plan. So we hold aside 10% of our annual profits and distribute them to our employees as real money, not equity, not options, not based on what the fluctuations of the market is, but like cash you can spend tomorrow on a mortgage or …”
Jan 5, 2024
Fried: Gathering too many early opinions wrecks product development
“One of the ways to wreck new product development is to get too many opinions too early. Everyone's got an opinion, and especially when something's new, they're gonna tell you what they think, and then you end up having to sort of field and explain your reasons…”
Jan 5, 2024 positive
Jan 5, 2024 negative
Fried: 37signals does not run public betas or broad pre-launch testing
“So we don't do public betas. We don't pull people in, you know, we launch something. Sometimes we have a few people look at it first right before we launch to make sure we didn't miss anything really material. But like we finished the thing and launched the th…”
Jan 5, 2024 positive
Fried: Approaching projects with zero domain knowledge yields more original work
“One of the reasons why I don't go looking at other people's work is because once I have their work in my head, it's hard to have original ideas. I actually prefer the newbie approach. Like, I don't know what the hell I'm doing. I think people who go into somet…”
Jan 5, 2024 positive
Fried: 37signals gives teams autonomy to decide scope cuts during cycles
“Our six-week cycle process is very much like this. We kind of, you know, orient people in a certain direction around an idea and go, here, you figure it out. You make the decisions about what work needs to happen, and you make the decisions about if we're not …”
Jan 5, 2024 positive
Fried: Taking Cash Out of a Business Reduces Compounding Downside Risk
“Taking cash out of a business, I think is a really healthy thing. In our industry, it seems like people are always pouring money back into the business. You know, shit can hit the fan at any time, and a lot of businesses that were worth something aren't worth …”
Feb 23, 2024 positive