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Maintaining a business partnership, simple product design, and other listener questions

Maintaining a business partnership, simple product design, and other listener questions

Update: 2024-08-28
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This week on the REWORK podcast, 37signals co-founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson answer another round listener questions. Jason and David talk about the ups and downs of their long-running business partnership and friendship, tackle a critical question about Basecamp, and share their thoughts on starting a new company. Plus, they reveal the inspiration behind their Campfire software.

Key Takeaways

00:34 – How Jason and David's partnership has stood the test of time

09:21 – A listener's opinion on Basecamp's shortcomings

14:56 – Advice for building a new company from the ground up.

25:35 – Creating products out of a need versus seeing a business opportunity

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Maintaining a business partnership, simple product design, and other listener questions

Maintaining a business partnership, simple product design, and other listener questions

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