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The Way I Work: Jason Fried of 37Signals
Jason Fried hates lame meetings, tech companies that don't generate revenue, and companies that treat their employees like children. A peek inside his typical workday.
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How to Manage Volunteer Software Developers
Companies like Etsy use developer tools such as APIs to entice developers to build mobile applications for free
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Want to Know What Your Employees Really Think?
Consider staging a Comedy Central-style celebrity roast of your top-selling product.
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Why I Run a Flat Company
I've always kept hierarchy to a minimum. Then an employee said, "Promote me," and I was forced to reevaluate my organizational structure.
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How to Turn Disaster Into Gold
When one of our products malfunctioned, thousands of stranded customers erupted in fury. Yet we came out of the crisis more credible than ever. Here’s what we did.
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Never Read Another Resume
37signals co-founder Jason Fried shares his tips for hiring great employees. Read more
Are Entrepreneurs Unlucky?
So the Kauffman Foundation says that ... Read more
Managing Conflict
At a fast-growing company, arguing is inevitable. But it needn't be harmful. Read more
How to Turn a Service Business into a Product Business
Reshaping your company so dramatically is no small feat. Jason Fried of 37signals shows you how it’s done. Read more
How to Kill a Bad Idea
Jason Fried tells us why no is the most important word an entrepreneur can learn. Read more
Bootstrapping 101: Use Cheap Web Tools
Using open-source tools that are free on the Internet, Jason Fried and his partners began to devise applications for internal use--and soon sold them on thei... Read more
Bootstrapping Lesson: Use Cheap Web Tools
An innovative new start-up makes the 30-second spot available to everyone, regardless of budget. Read more
How to Hire an Assistant
For the first time in 11 years, I needed an assistant. But was I really ready to let go? Read more
Don't Exaggerate Your Size
Nearly every entrepreneur exaggerates his or her company's size to impress clients. Jason Fried says such behavior is silly—and unnecessary. Read more
Highlights from Chat Series on Innovation
Inc. 's series of live chats on innovation offered a wealth of business tips and information from such entrepreneurs as Jake Nickell of Threadless, Jas... View slideshow
19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Jason Fried
There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j... Read more
Making the Coolest Use of Space
The cubicle is officially out. What's in? Walls that move, plentiful collaboration spaces, and flexible seating arrangements. Oh, and alternate modes of indo... View slideshow
Driven to Distraction
Are your business problems making you insane? In his debut column, 37signals co-founder Jason Fried argues that one of the keys to success is to let your laz... Read more
Go Ahead, Raise Your Business's Prices
Sure, some customers will complain, and others might take their business elsewhere. But there’s a good chance you don’t want those kinds of customers, an... Read more
5 Ways to Stop Dreaming and Start Building Your New Business Now
Dreaming is easy. Starting? Not so much. Here are five ways to make the first steps easier. Read more
How Much Website Uptime Is Too Much?
One hundred percent uptime may sound like a good thing, but it may mean a small company is paying too much for redundancies that guarantee it will never go d... Read more
How to Get Creative: Stop Trying
Creativity can come out of nowhere. The trick is to sense it—and ride it to the end. Read more
Buzzwords: Plog
What a plog can do for you. Read more
Buzzwords: Plog
What a plog can do for you. Read more
What A Plog Can Do for Business
Want to collaborate on a project, easily and inexpensively, over the Web without the world watching, this tool’s for you. Read more
Contributors
Bernard Avishai's professional involvement with the auto industry includes selling car parts in college and covering Volkswagen as technology edito... Read more
Wealth Declines, Default Entrepreneurs, and Zuckerberg Visits Oprah
Your customer is now 18 percent poorer . The average American family saw an 18 percent decline in their personal wealth, Read more
How to Implement a Four-Day Workweek
A shortened workweek may boost employee motivation and productivity, but it can cause resentment or disrupt customers just as easily. Here's what you can do ... Read more
Review: Rework
In the book Rework, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hanssone of 37signals take a critical look at marketing, hiring, and other practices associated with bui... Read more
The New Rules of Hiring
If you're adding staff for the first time in years, there are a few hiring practices you should get hip to – and it's not just behavioral interviewing anym... Read more
Thanks or No Thanks
A young employee came up with an idea that added a million dollars to our bottom line. How do we reward him for the contribution? Do we even have to? Read more
Live Chat with Jason Fried, Founder of 37signals
37signals founder Jason Fried answers questions from readers about running a business, boot-strapping, virtual work and more. Watch video
Why Is Business Writing So Awful?
Nearly every company relies on the written word to woo customers. So why is most business writing so numbingly banal? Read more
New Retirement Accounts, Credit Cards, and Lay Off Blogs
Regulatory changes coming for retirement accounts. Bizb... Read more
How to Protect Your Turf
Five tips on beating out the competition and making your business stickier Read more
The Truth About Real Estate
Our new office cost a fortune, but I still think it is the best investment we’ve ever made. Read more
The Best and Worst Interview Questions
There is a thin line between the questions you should and should not ask when interviewing a potential new hire. We help you to ask the right questions. View slideshow
How to Get Good at Making Money
Entrepreneur Jason Fried offers the most fundamental of all small-business advice: how to get good at making money. Read more
8 Tips on How to Be a More Successful CEO
Are you looking to climb to the top of your industry while still maintaining your sanity? We asked 8 successful CEOs including the founders of Kayak.com, GoD... View slideshow
Top 10 Internet Companies
From online deal sites and gamification to digital marketing and online payments, these Internet companies are reaping all of the benefits with none of the b... View slideshow
How to Manage Virtually
Earlier this week, we at Inc. magazine announced that we were abandoning our beautiful offices and Read more
Trimming the Fat and How to Get Government Money
Entrepreneurs cash in when times are tight. As businesses struggle to stay afloat in the midst of the recession, cost-cutting measures have become ... Read more
Hiring Your Own Don Draper; Improving Your Online Rep
How much does it cost to hire real life Mad Men . As much as $964 an hour, according to Advertising Age, which Read more
Should You Encourage Employee Side Projects?
It's counterintuitive to encourage employees to pursue projects that don't further your mission statement or your bottom line, but here's why you should cons... Read more
Yahoo Pulls the Plug on GeoCities; Android on the Rise
How to throw away $4 billion in 10 short years . When Yahoo purchased the pioneer... Read more
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