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TWiST #46 with David Heinemeier Hansson

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  • A classic. People kept recommending it from 2010 to 2014.
  • Presented by David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails
  • An opinion. It argues one side of a question engineers disagree on.

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David Heinemeier Hansson discusses bootstrapping, startup culture, and the business philosophy behind 37signals with Jason Calacanis.

Creator of Ruby on Rails joins Jason in studio (Please note there is a two minute sync glitch at roughly 11 minutes in...a sync free version is available here youtube.com/watch?v=wgqXio11arU)

Why it's here

3 people recommend this

What people say. Recommended for DHH's insights on bootstrapping profitable software companies instead of chasing venture capital.

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People, please watch these few videos to genuinely understand what 37Signal guys (David and Jason) stand for before having a say. link link and link to this video and yea, don't forget link

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On “Startups that have bootstrapped their way to profitability”

DHH discusse that here: link to this video He says it was just to take some money off the table, and should encourage the founders to stay in the game.