Jason Fried (Basecamp) and Derek Andersen at Startup Grind Global 2016

Jason Fried is the founder + CEO of Basecamp, everyone’s favorite project management tool. Previously called 37signals, Basecamp was born in February of 2004. Today, over 10-years later, 15,000,000 people have worked on a project with Basecamp and every week, thousands of companies sign up to use Basecamp. Fried is also co-author of the book Rework, about new ways to conceptualize working and creating -- learning to do less and create more. He also writes Inc.'s Get Real column.
Interviewed by Derek Andersen, founder of Startup Grind.

[@profetik777]

I've been on a Jason binge. I LOVE hearing this guy.

[@StartupGrind]

Us, too! Also big fans of DHH, his cofounder.

[@WhenWonderWanders]

I'm a big fan of Jason Fried's business philosophy. He actually has a lot of contrarian viewpoints which don't get voiced a lot. He kind of represents the bootstrap camp of tech businesses, which is often under voiced. These guys operate from a perspective of values and don't mind the competition. It seems they are doing something right. I definitely recommend his books Rework and Remote for anyone interested in web business.

[@johng5261]

Don't be jealous of the market, just enjoy it.

[@WhenWonderWanders]

Good luck with that business philosophy.

[@StartupGrind]

+1 to that thinking, well said.

[@williamgoldman]

I know Jason’s dad. Smart guy from Deerfield. Watch video. Definitely worth your time and thought. Hope you are successful as Jason.

[@MrCow138]

20:26 "There is always more people at the low end who want simple, then there are people at the high end who want complicated."

[@screwfaceclub]

cool, smart guy!

[@DeusDinheiroMatematica]

How much did the domain costed ?

[@StartupGrind]

Good question, think they're keeping it under wraps.

[@juancpgo]

Kinda funny that lots of people seemed to actually believe Basecamp was valued at $100bi hahahaha

[@johng5261]

Not 100b but its definitely valued somewhere in the b range. They have cash to back that up as well, some many can't say.

[@juancpgo]

John G The biggest company ever Apple is 500bi. Netflix is 40 billion I think. We know basecamp is nowhere near neither of them. Everybody knows of netflix, who knows of basecamp? But of course the fact that basecamp generates large revenue makes it valuable.

[@johng5261]

Juan I never said 500b or even 40b, but definitely probably 2-4b. Many people assume they generate like 100M a year, they can easily value themselves x8 or x10, their profit is crazy high. You would find buyers more easily with cash behind you like that and proven 10+ year revenue growth. If someone would buy it I don't know, but they could make a *case* for x15 or x20 profits for the sale price. They grow every year, will continue to do so and have proven profits that are consistent.

[@spss3061]

15:00

[@mervmarv9965]

The interviewer: " like.....like...like....like....like"