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

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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 [e-mail] with questions
4:00 Sourcebits, begin your mobile app development journey
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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!

[@robertohoyos1734]

Terrific second act from DHH. One of the best TWiST episodes.

[@parkerd2154]

"Everything eventually turns into Everyday" -DHH

[@gwho]

I like DHH because he unabashedly calls out bullsht and status quo norms in a logical, and opinionated fashion. Society needs more straight-talkers who are smart. We already have plenty of people who shut up, due to incentives/disincentives.

[@geoffl]

in a shoot from the hip, guilty until proven innocent kind of way

[@gadget00]

The first episode of TWiST I saw was the one with DHH; it was on fire and got me hooked forever with the web show! Great to have him back!

[@theFNDCdotcom]

Jason, you nailed it with the three most popular episodes / guests. David, Chris Sacca, and Gary Vaynerchuk were my favorite three episodes as well.

[@PHedkvist]

DHH is nailing it, living life the way he wants.

[@wesleybercx2653]

Man this was great once again! I was hoping for this episode for years! Then recently I saw this was coming up because of one of Jason's Igloo ads where he briefly showed the guest schedule. Thanks Jason, DHH and sponsors for another awesome 90 minutes.

[@deric916]

Go Jason! Stoked that you got DHH back on the show.

[@AdriaanGrove]

David pretty much sums up how I feel about running a business, IPO's and the rest. awesome interview.

[@carlmathisen]

Excellent once again. One thing though, Jason. A constructive feedback would be not to interrupt your guest all the time. It seems like David never got to finish his train of thought. We get that you agree and understand what he's saying, you don't need to interrupt him to confirm your stance. Let your guest talk!

[@KevinSidwar]

Absolutely awesome. Better than the first round.

[@Smokinghotcoffee]

Great show! Thanks DHH for your time & honest point of view. REWORK!

[@chattin35]

dhh: Don't you hate it when people finish... host: ...your sentence for you! host: Yeah, I totally hate that! Btw, did I tell you how awesome I am!

[@chiragshah5682]

gr8 episode.Such a nice guy and talking honest stuff.So much learned.

[@pradeepsinha]

This is a great interview. Its always a pleasure to listen to DHH's ideas and opinions.

[@GoesByStrider]

Been looking forward to this. Didn't disappoint.

[@gwho]

I like DHH because he unabashedly calls out bullshit and status quo norms in a logical, and opinionated fashion. Society needs more straight-talkers who are smart. We already have plenty of people who shut up, due to incentives/disincentives.

[@DannyDee143]

another one for the books!

[@tunerr1]

Such a good discussion. I really like DHHs ideas.

[@MegaWoodss]

I have a lot of respect for DHH - tells it how it is without worrying whether anyone likes how it sounds. No time for BS.

[@dankelly]

DHH ROCKS!!

[@SHInvesting]

good show thank you

[@gadget00]

this is round 2 actually; back in the first interview the interrupted each other and it went wild! LOL

[@andrewshatnyy]

Swear jar had some money in it after that awesome conversation :)

[@hier0phant336]

Great interview

[@JoshuaMendesYesufu]

DHH is the man.

[@adamkonrad]

DHH is awesome!

[@NitishUpreti]

Missed on DHH response to "Google Glass".

[@Rethinkwithhope]

lol Mr Moneybags

[@gwho]

36:45 the psychology of bad management is very much the same as the psychology of bad parenting, bad teaching, bad leadership in general.

[@andrewshatnyy]

Jesus Christ 7 minutes of promo... The whole time host is: "Me me me me...".

[@MrMattsMedia]

I love this guy!

[@dopemusic6414]

Please interview him again

[@rrawat02]

Owesome Music I second that.

[@BeyondBorders00]

Classic

[@mobilecomedy]

re: amazon, they own e-commerce even if they don't generate the profits you would expect from such a behemoth. That's clearly the reason why they're going north on the stock market.

[@Addicted2OILau]

I Like this arrogant sob too . Should be someone like this in politics

[@trevor-indreklasn6596]

Why do you keep shouting over DHH?

[@WyattJozwowski]

Great interview. Definitely one of my all-time favorites. I just wrote up a quick Medium response about his perspective: medium.com/@wyattjawz/does-bootstrapping-always-work-e0734f5515fa

[@linsan8942]

Sanlin

[@patrickhayes]

I'm so frustrated with the interruptions, Please Jason let the man talk! You don't have to prove yourself as an intellect, just facilitate DHH in sharing his idea's. Do less!

[@carlmathisen]

Are you saying it's unamerican to maximize profits? Really? It's the pinnacle of capitalism.

[@acostacavalero]

You are getting it wrong. This is Calacanis' show. It was DHH who kept interrupting Jason! Shame on you David!

[@user-ci8lz3od5d]

Maximize your workforce so that everyone gets laid off when top line growth drops off? You're right, that's the american way of doing things, and it sucks.