REWORK

This again, Apple?

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Getting an app into Apple's app store without giving up 30% of profits is something the team at 37signals battled back in 2020 when it launched t...

How We Work: Fewer Meetings, More Check-Ins

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we're diving into a question that has piqued the curiosity of many of our listeners and clients: How exactly does 37signals keep track of ...

Working with a Business Partner

27 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode of Rework, host Kimberly Rhodes sits down with Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson to share the essential elements th...

Look Back Less

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"If you're going to look back at all, you should glance back but not stare." – Jason FriedIn this episode of the Rework podcast, host...

Narrow As You Go

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In their book, It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson stress the importance of narrowing the scope as a proje...

Calendar Tetris

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ever find yourself trapped in a game of "Calendar Tetris," where each meeting block interrupts the natural flow of your day, leaving you lit...

The Outwork Myth

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In today's hustle-centric work environment, there's a prevailing pressure to showcase constant busyness, sometimes at the expense of genuine...

What are you REALLY buying?

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Every time you make a purchase, whether it's a tangible product or a service, you're casting a vote with your dollars for the type of compan...

Underdo the Competition

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In business, the idea that more is better often leads companies to engage in an endless race to add more features while losing sight of what truly mat...

Speaking Gigs, Attending Conferences, and the Importance of Gathering

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In a world dominated by virtual interactions, coming together in person offers an opportunity to foster deeper human connections that are impossible t...

The F*#k No Feature

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever wanted to bid farewell to bothersome emails without the hassle of unsubscribing or composing polite "please stop emailing me" ...

Build an Audience

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode kicks off with the Underdog Challenge winner sharing the unconventional strategies that enable his small business to take on their larger...

Inspiration is Perishable

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"Ideas are immortal. They last forever. What doesn't last forever is inspiration. Inspiration is like fresh fruit or milk: it has an...

You Don't Create a Culture

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Company culture is more than just a buzzword or a section in your employee handbook. It's not something you can just write down and expe...

Hiring Senior Leaders, Getting Started with Six-Week Cycles, and Other Listener Questions

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Rework we're turning the spotlight onto you, our listeners, with another episode of listener questions. Today, Kimber...

37signals Introduces ONCE

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In a world where subscriptions have become the norm for everything from streaming services to heated car seats, the team at 37signals recently...

Shape Up Principle: Decide When to Stop

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In our recent episodes, we've been talking about the principles of Shape Up – the cornerstone of 37signals' product development ph...

TypeScript Drama and Open Source Opinions

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Recently 37signals co-founders David Heinemeier Hansson and Jason Fried found themselves at the center of an unexpected internet storm. It all...

Shape Up Principle: The Betting Table

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Picture this: a dimly lit room where velvet-robed figures gather in secret to make decisions of paramount importance as the fate of the pitche...

Shape Up Principle: Writing a Pitch

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you've been following the Rework podcast, you're undoubtedly acquainted with the concept of Shape Up, a cornerstone of 37signals&...

Are You an Underdog? We want to hear from you!

23 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Rework, host Kimberly Rhodes sits down with 37signals founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson to hear about the c...

Software Has Bugs

09 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bugs are an inevitable part of complex software and aiming for complete bug-free perfection is not only unrealistic, but it hinders progress a...

Rescuing A Project In Progress

02 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Knowing when you're in over your head and recognizing when a project has gone off the rails are crucial aspects of successful project man...

The Google Graveyard

26 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Unlike some tech giants that have notoriously pulled the plug on beloved products (remember Google's sudden discontinuation of Google Rea...

Be Careful Who You Listen To

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In today's fast-paced information-saturated world, advice is abundant, but it can be difficult to determine which sources are truly relia...

Leaving the Cloud: The Finale

12 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You’ve no doubt heard the 37signals team talking about leaving the cloud. Well, now the transition is complete!In this episode of Rework, 37...

Two-Person Teams: Listener Questions

05 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, co-founders of 37signals, join host Kimberly Rhodes to answer listener questions from the...

When to Jump into AI

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When should small business owners start paying attention to AI? Is immediate action necessary, or are we already behind? In today's epis...

Buckets of Time

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Time is a valuable resource that often leaves us longing for more hours to conquer our ever-expanding to-do lists. The relentless stream of em...

Twitter is Still Up

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's been more than seven months since Elon Musk purchased Twitter. Since then, a reported 80% of the company has been let go, reducing t...

It’s Time to Care About Costs

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In a time when many companies are disregarding profitability and spending recklessly, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson have taken a di...

Two Person Teams

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you've been following along with the podcast, you've heard the mention of two-person teams and how 37signals makes the most of it...

Listener Questions Part 3

19 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On the previous episode of the Rework podcast, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, co-founders of 37signals, joined host Kimberly Rhodes...

Listener Questions Part 2

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On last week's Rework podcast, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, co-founders of 37signals, joined host Kimberly Rhodes to answer ...

Listener Questions / AMA

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Rework, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, co-founders of 37signals, join host Kimberly Rhodes to answer questions p...

Taking a Sabbatical as a Business Owner

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Rework, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, co-founders of 37signals, join host Kimberly Rhodes to discuss the power ...

Leaving the Cloud Part 2

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In October 2022, 37signals announced they would transition off cloud services in a post titled "Why We're Leaving the Cloud." ...

The Power of Time Off

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, co-founders of 37signals, advocate for taking extended breaks from work, as outlined in their book &...

The Challenges of Remote Work

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Remote work has become increasingly popular in recent years, offering several benefits, such as increased flexibility and the ability to work ...

Hire Great Writers

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Writing is crucial for communication and collaboration in both remote and in-person organizations.But how do you find and hire great writers? ...

Hire Managers of One

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"Everyone should manage themselves" has been a core principle at 37signals from day one and has continued to be key as the company h...

What’s in a Name

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

37signals has undergone some name changes since its inception over 20 years ago: starting as 37signals in 1999, then changing to Basecamp in 2...

8's Enough, 40's Plenty

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you working over 40 hours a week while putting your personal life on hold?That's a common trap entrepreneurs, and executives often fa...

Pick A Fight

18 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you follow Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the co-founders of 37signals, anywhere online, you know they aren’t afraid to speak ...

Tales from the Front Lines

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“When dealing with customers, especially those that are angry, there are always two tokens on the table. One is the token for it just doesn&...

Put Everyone on the Front Lines

04 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What is your method of connecting with your customers? Does your product or service make sense to them, and do you understand how they see it?...

Year In Review: Growing As a Company

28 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With the year ending, it's a good time to reflect on how far you've come in the past year as a company.  Today, the cofounders of ...

Always Sound Like You

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A small business has many benefits, like being able to move quickly, stay flexible and pivot when needed, something big businesses can't ...

Let Your Customers Outgrow You

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Customer relationships don't have to last forever. Keeping your hands wrapped around every customer will only lead to trying to evolve in...

Your Estimates Suck

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"Getting out of estimates and getting into appetites and budgets is the single most important thing that we have instituted," - Davi...

Come Small, Come All

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There's a lot of talk in the tech world about getting bigger, growing as fast as you can, and getting investor money so you can scale qui...

Out-Teach Your Competition

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Throughout its tenure, 37signals has consistently grown without spending much on marketing. How'd the company do this? By out-teaching t...

Company Meet-Up: Amsterdam Edition

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Meetups offer remote companies an opportunity to gather away from the day-to-day for more in-depth conversations that foster deeper relationsh...

Decisions are Temporary

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Co-founders of 37signals, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson discuss decision making within an organization. Small businesses have the a...

Leaving the Cloud

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

David Heinemeier Hansson, co-founder of 37signals, and Eron Nicholson, Director of Operations, discuss why 37signals is making the move away f...

Don't be a Hero

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You've been working on a thing for days, weeks, maybe months and you're still nowhere near finishing. Our natural instinct is to say...

Quick Wins

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Building and maintaining momentum is one of the most underrated things you can do when building products. Keep moving forward by shipping work...

Good Enough is Fine

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

At 37signals, we tend to solve problems by finding a "judo solution." The simplest, easiest, cheapest solution that gets you 90% of ...

Meetings are Toxic

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Meetings are the worst type of interruption. A one-hour meeting with five people is actually five hours of productivity lost. They're als...

Bubble Up

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A close look at how we develop features at 37signals. Designer Michelle Harjani walks Shaun through the entire process of making the Bubble Up...

Interruption is the Enemy of Productivity

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Having a calendar peppered with meetings or other commitments is horrible for productivity. Most people need at least a few hours or even days...

Reasons to Quit

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Are you doing work that matters or are you just doing what you think you should be doing? Sinking too much time into something that you should...

Illusions of Agreement

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Simply describing your pitch can cause the illusion of agreement. Everyone may have a completely different idea of what you're talking ab...

Launch Now

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you had to launch your thing in just two weeks what would you cut out? Put off anything you don't absolutely need for launch. You can ...

Sell Your By-products (Season 2)

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Henry Ford turned wood scraps from Model T production into charcoal. That company is now called Kingsford and it's the leading manufactur...

Tone is in Your Fingers

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Any photographer will tell you it doesn't really matter what camera you use if you know how to take a good picture. So often, businesses ...

Focus on What Won't Change

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A lot of companies focus on chasing hot trends or new technology. That's all fine and good, but the core of your business should be built...

Throw Less at the Problem

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When things aren't working, it's human nature to throw more at the problem. More money, more people, more time. However, this usuall...

Be a Curator

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone has more ideas than they can realistically fit in a product. A good museum doesn't just throw everything in its collection up on...

Meetups and Miami

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Basecamp was in Miami last week. I sat down with Jason and David to talk about why we were there, the importance of meeting colleagues in pers...

Making the Call is Making Progress

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's so easy to punt on something; to say, "let's wait until we have enough information to make the perfect decision." Per...

Ignore the Details Early On

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's incredibly easy to focus too much on the little details of what you're building. You can spend hours and hours on something tha...

Start at the Epicenter

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When starting something new, you can work on the stuff you could do, the stuff you want to do, and the stuff you have to do. It's the stu...

Build Half a Product, Not a Half-Assed Product

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You can't do everything you want to do and do it well. You just don't have the time, resources, people, etc., so you're going t...

Embrace Constraints

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When you're just starting off you're going to be surrounded by constraints. You probably won't have enough time to do everythin...

Less Mass

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Businesses can get weighed down by things like excess staff, countless meetings, long-term contracts, etc. The more mass they take on the hard...

Building to Flip is Building to Flop

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A lot of people start businesses with the hope that they'll be able to sell it quickly for a huge pile of money. While this might happen ...

Start a Business, Not a Startup

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last episode of the year and we're talking about startups. The new dry cleaner down the street doesn't call itself a startup. The pi...

You Need Less Than You Think (Season 2)

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Before you start your great new business you'll NEED to hire some people, raise some money, rent an office, buy some ads, etc. etc. OF CO...

Outside Money is Plan Z

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Taking outside money to start your business may seem like a good idea, but there are a ton of strings attached... You give up control. Cashing...

Mission Statement Impossible

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last episode we discussed how important it is to stand for something and you'd think writing your values down in a mission statement woul...

Draw a Line in the Sand

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Whenever you start something, especially a business it's important to know why you're doing what you're doing. Having strong op...

No Time is No Excuse

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"There're just not enough hours in the day!" This is probably the most common excuse people give for not starting something. We...

Start Making Something (Season 2)

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Jason and David discuss the essay titled "Start Making Something." It's only when you start building something the re...

Scratch Your Own Itch

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Basecamp was originally designed as a way to manage 37signals' client work and its success can be credited to the fact that it was design...

Make a Dent in the Universe

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss the importance of doing meaningful work. At least meaningful to you. What you do is your legacy, but that doesn't ne...

Enough with "Entrepreneurs"

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"Entrepreneur" sounds really fancy. Like a member of some exclusive club. But, what we're really talking about is just someone ...

Workaholism

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Working long hours, putting in overtime, logging on on the weekends, have become badges of honor, but there's a big difference between wo...

Why Grow?

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Basecamp has always prided itself on staying small and lean. But, with two major products, we're going to change that. The question when ...

Planning is Guessing (Season 2)

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

People put too much stock in making long-term plans, but let's call them what they really are: guesses. On this episode we discuss deadli...

Learning from Mistakes is Overrated

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"Fail early and often." You hear this all the time in the tech start-up world. Failure has long been held up as a badge of honor for...

Ignore the Real World

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We continue our revisit of Rework with the essay, "Ignore the Real World." Topics include new ideas failing, risk avoidance, and Mar...

The New Reality

07 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we dive deep into the introduction and chapter 1 of Rework, The New Reality.Show Notes02:09 - It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy...

Before Basecamp

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rework is coming back for season 2 this September! In the meantime here's a little bonus to tide you over. Back in the late 90s and early...

You Had Me At Hylo

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tibet Sprague is a "communitarian technologist" with a vision for building companies and communities outside of investor-driven, for...

HEY, Is This App Accessible?

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How Basecamp's Michael Berger approached accessibility during the development of HEY, including collaborating with a blind Basecamp user ...

Success is Surviving

06 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When Robin Petravic and Cathy Bailey bought Heath Ceramics from the company's founders in 2003, they promised to keep the dinnerware make...

From Insolvency to Upsolve

30 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Upsolve makes a free tool that automates the process of filing for Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy. The organization is an atypical tech startup...

Truss The Process

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 2016, software infrastructure consulting firm Truss made salaries transparent across the entire company. Salaries were revealed internally ...

Coops: The Next Generation

16 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Imagine if gig workers like rideshare drivers or grocery shoppers were compensated for their labor through ownership stakes in the Lyfts and I...