- Startups - David H. Hansson, Partner at 37signals -TWiST #E337

David Heinemeier Hansson discusses bootstrapping, company philosophy, and his views on the tech industry with Jason Calacanis.

Never miss an episode! Subscribe in iTunes: Audio (bit.ly/TwiStA) || Video (bit.ly/TwiStV) Visit sourcebits.com to begin your web app development journey. Take a meeting with Sourcebits and you'll also get a 15-minute meeting with Jason Calacanis! Email sourcebits@thisweekin.com for more info. ShareFile by Citrix: Secure file transfer, built for business. Visit ShareFile.com, click the microphone and enter the code TWIST to get a FULL 30 day FREE trial. ========================== Back again almost 300 episodes later, Jason sits down with David Hansson (DHH) of 37signals. [TimeCodes] 1:00 Hey everybody! Today we have 37signals' David Heinemeier Hansson! 3:20 Launchedu.co conference information, email team@launch.co with questions 4:00 Sourcebits, begin your mobile app development journey 5:28 Sharefile, secure file transfer, built for business - use promo code TWIST for 30-day free 8:00 What's gone on in the last three years? 10:21 How is it different now for tech companies going public? 12:00 Discussion on accounting and valuation 13:40 It felt like a lot of people got fooled? 15:47 How bad is the media today in the U.S.? 16:30 Groupon IPO discussion 20:20 Groupon = Chicago stigma 23:20 How did you know SaaS was going to be such a success? 27:00 Discussion on personal financial risk when launching a start-up 30:00 Discussion on hardware advancements 31:31 Discussion on human capital: Employee freedom? Employee empowerment? 32:15 What's your position on Marisa? 35:05 What is the secret to having remote workers? 38:05 What's the secret to managing? 38:30 39:25 What would you do at Yahoo? 41:30 Which products have you discontinued? 42:40 How big is 37Signals? 44:00 You've had many opportunities to sell? 44:30 Amazon discussion 47:40 What do you think Apple should do know? 49:18 Do you think Apple is going to come out with another breakthrough product? 51:10 Samsung discussion 53:45 Chromebook/Google discussion 58:30 How much do you work? 1:00:58 Do you ever feel like you missed out? 1:03:13 What is the future for 37Signals? New products? 1:05:27 Where does your philosophy of happiness come from? 1:13:20 Was 37Signals an overnight success? 1:14:39 Do you have competitors? 1:17:10 What's next for you? What are you excited about? 1:18:17 15Five discussion 1:20:00 Office politics discussion 1:21:17 April Fool's Kickstarter 1:22:15 Thank you David! Great episode! Follow David on Twitter @dhh 1:25:30 Mark Chatow from Sourcebits introduction! 1:25:40 Launch Festival discussion 1:27:40 Do you think next year there will be millions of dollars being implemented towards new ideas? 1:30:30 Next year predictions for Launch 1:31:00 Luis Hervella with Instaplayer introduction! 1:32:28 Instaplayer discussion 1:33:20 How much do you charge? 1:36:23 Great episode see you next time!