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The pandemic provided an opportunity for Heath to recommit to this pledge and create a...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0116 - MAR 30, 2021\n \n \n \n with Mark Hansen\n \n \n \n Upsolve makes a free tool that automates the process of filing for Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy. The organization is an atypical tech startup that’s also an atypical non-profit. Co-founder and CTO Mark Hansen comes on the show to talk about how Upsolve alternately embraces and subverts the norms of...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0115 - MAR 23, 2021\n \n \n \n with Everett Harper and Jen Leech\n \n \n \n In 2016, software infrastructure consulting firm Truss made salaries transparent across the entire company. Salaries were revealed internally for all employees, from the executives on down. 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(Content...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Small Business\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0110 - FEB 16, 2021\n \n \n \n with Jane Yang and Elizabeth Gramm\n \n \n \n Basecamp recently set out to do a carbon accounting, looking at the company’s emissions, as well as meaningful ways to offset and mitigate those impacts. Jane Yang and Elizabeth Gramm, the two Basecampers who took on this daunting and nuanced project, come on the show to discuss not just the work...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Basecamp Behind the Scenes\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0109 - DEC 22, 2020\n \n \n \n with Merissa Dawson\n \n \n \n Comfort and joy were in short supply this year, but we’re doing our best to end 2020 on a cozy note. Merissa of Basecamp support talks about surprising customers with gifts throughout the year, whether it’s to thank them for their fandom or apologize for a disappointing experience. Then Wailin...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Basecamp Behind the Scenes, \n \n \n \n Customer Support\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0108 - DEC 15, 2020\n \n \n \n with Andy Didorosi, Adam Stoddard, and Nathan Anderson\n \n \n \n HEY launch, App Store, we can’t take it anymore 🎵 Antitrust, masks a must, let’s go eat the upper crust 🎵 Comfy pants, TikTok dance, POTUS rants, protest chants 🎵 COVID cruise can’t disembark, David’s back in Denmark 🎵 We didn’t start the fire—well, in this case we did.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n HEY\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0107 - DEC 8, 2020\n \n \n \n with Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson\n \n \n \n Basecamp is winding down a busy year with one more thing: the rollout of its HEY email service for the workplace. Co-founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson talk about privacy, marketing, onboarding, and the other considerations that went into making HEY for Work. They also reflect on the...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n HEY\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0106 - DEC 1, 2020\n \n \n \n with Jim Mackenzie, Jamis Buck, Tony Giang, Sylvia Chong, Jabari Allen, and Willow Moline\n \n \n \n In the last several years, a group of Basecamp customer support representatives has developed an expertise around “on-call support,” or tackling some of the thornier technical issues that require diving into the code base of our applications. This team of self-taught specialists grew out of...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Basecamp Behind the Scenes, \n \n \n \n Customer Support\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0105 - NOV 24, 2020\n \n \n \n with David Nichols\n \n \n \n Since releasing Shape Up, the book by Basecamp’s Ryan Singer about our approach to product development, we’ve heard from other companies who’ve also adopted this methodology. David Nichols is the co-founder and CEO of Loupe, a company that helps design machines for clients in sectors from aerospace...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Shape Up\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0104 - NOV 17, 2020\n \n \n \n with Ryan Singer\n \n \n \n In 2019, Basecamp released Shape Up, a digital book by head of product strategy Ryan Singer about our approach to product development. Since then, Ryan has added sections in response to reader feedback and released a print edition. Ryan comes back on Rework to talk about connecting with other...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Shape Up\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0103 - NOV 10, 2020\n \n \n \n with Dan Jimenez\n \n \n \n Unlimited paid time off is a common perk in the tech industry, but as one company discovered, an open-ended vacation policy led to confusion and even burnout. 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We are playing their episode featuring Basecamp’s marketing designer, Adam Stoddard, who joins them to talk about Basecamp’s design philosophy and the thought process behind the look of HEY.com.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0101 - OCT 20, 2020\n \n \n \n with Leah Silber and Emily Hall Warren\n \n \n \n We talk to two very different small businesses about their Babies at Work programs, where new parents can have their infants with them at the office. With COVID sending so many office workers home—and pushing women out of the workforce altogether—acknowledging employees’ whole selves is more...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Small Business\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0100 - OCT 13, 2020\n \n \n \n with Mark Asquith, Hana Habib, Kaitlin Maud, and Ryan Jones\n \n \n \n Imagine a corporate privacy policy on a website that was actually comprehensible and written by and for human beings. We talk to companies who have done just this, and what it means to build a business that has respect for privacy baked in from the outset. We also talk to a researcher who’s...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Privacy\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BONUS EPISODE - OCT 8, 2020\n \n \n \n with Jason Fried\n \n \n \n We do a quick check-in with Basecamp CEO Jason Fried about what he’s been up to since launching HEY in June. He talks about running the company as the pandemic stretches on, the importance of not making promises, and learning to swim.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DHH and Jason Fried\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0099 - OCT 6,2020\n \n \n \n with David Heinemeier Hansson\n \n \n \n Basecamp co-founder and CTO David Heinemeier Hansson has been on a not-totally-intended sabbatical from both work and Twitter, and on an entirely intended break from living in the U.S. He checks in from Europe to talk about how he’s managing his time off as the boss, and what developments back at...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DHH and Jason Fried\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0098 - SEPT 29, 2020\n \n \n \n with Anne Helen Petersen\n \n \n \n Culture writer Anne Helen Petersen, author of the new book Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, comes on the show to talk about how the real estate agents of the reality show Selling Sunset embody toxic ideas around work, passion, and career success. Along the way, Anne and...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Just For Fun\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0097 - SEPT 22, 2020\n \n \n \n with Jeremy Daer and Troy Toman\n \n \n \n Basecamp recently suffered three outages in a week. Programming lead Jeremy Daer and director of operations Troy Toman come on the show to discuss their approach to customer communication around these kinds of incidents. They talk about public accountability, mental health, and why the human side of...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Basecamp Behind the Scenes, \n \n \n \n Running a Calm Company\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0096 - SEPT 15, 2020\n \n \n \n with Jim Graziano and Jeremy Jones\n \n \n \n Basecamp has closed its physical office after a 10-year run in Chicago’s West Loop area. In this episode, we say good-bye to the neighborhood and two of its businesses. J.P. Graziano and un-cooked are small, family-owned restaurants on either side of the longevity spectrum: Jim Graziano is the...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Small Business\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0095 - SEPT 8, 2020\n \n \n \n with Mara Zepeda and Nathan Schneider\n \n \n \n A group of startup founders, investors, and thinkers are reimagining corporate ownership to take into account all of the people who help build the business—not just executives and investors, but customers, users, and suppliers. Their vision for Exit to Community is outlined in this zine, and two of...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0094 - SEPT 1, 2020\n \n \n \n with Tara Reed\n \n \n \n We’re back from our August hiatus! To kick things off, we have a conversation with Tara Reed, the CEO of Apps Without Code. She started an online art advising business without knowing how to code, and that early success led to an entire company and educational program that teaches others how to do...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BONUS EPISODE - AUG 4, 2020\n \n \n \n with Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson, Saya Hillman, Rick Cosgrove, Julie Wernau, Mike McGee, and others\n \n \n \n Basecamp probably wouldn’t exist today if not for an email that David Heinemeier Hansson sent Jason Fried in 2001. That correspondence was the beginning of a partnership that produced Basecamp, several books, and most recently HEY, the company’s new email service. This episode is our love letter to...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0093 - JUL 28, 2020\n \n \n \n with Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson, Andrea LaRowe, Jonas Downey, Kristin Aardsma, Javan Makhmali, and others\n \n \n \n Basecamp released its new email service, HEY, on June 15. 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In Part One, they discuss feature requests, customer support, and plans for hiring. The full Q\u0026amp;A can be viewed on YouTube.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n HEY\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0090 - JUL 7, 2020\n \n \n \n with Adam Stoddard\n \n \n \n Basecamp’s marketing designer, Adam Stoddard, talks about how Hey’s visual brand came to be. He discusses influences from Pixar to Charles and Ray Eames to The Raveonettes, and reflects on what it’s like to work as a department of one on such an all-encompassing project.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n HEY\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0089 - JUN 30, 2020\n \n \n \n with Merissa Dawson\n \n \n \n To show off the features of HEY, Basecamp’s new email service, we needed a fully featured and realistic demo account. That meant writing dozens of fictional emails—a task that fell to Merissa of Basecamp’s customer support team. She comes on Rework to talk about her epistolary opus.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n HEY\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0088 - JUN 23, 2020\n \n \n \n with Jonas Downey\n \n \n \n Basecamp design lead Jonas Downey was one of the first people to experiment with what would eventually become Hey, Basecamp’s newly launched email service. Jonas comes on Rework to talk about building software for humans, preserving a sense of fun weirdness as a new product evolves, and managing a...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n HEY\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EPISODE 0087 - JUN 16, 2020\n \n \n \n with Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson\n \n \n \n Basecamp has launched Hey, a new email platform with a strong point of view. It’s also one of the stupidest things Basecamp has ever attempted. 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The REWORK podcast

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Rework is a podcast by the makers of Basecamp about a better way to work and run your business. While the prevailing narrative around successful entrepreneurship tells you to scale fast and raise money, we think there's a better way. We'll take you behind the scenes at Basecamp with co-founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson and bring you stories from business owners who have embraced bootstrapping, staying small, and growing slow.

Build Your SaaS bootstrap in 2021

Build Your SaaS ...

Can you bootstrap a profitable startup in 2021? Thousands of entrepreneurs, developers, designers, and product people have tried to launch their own web apps. But with so many venture-backed startups now, is it still possible? Follow Jon and Justin as they build their podcasting SaaS, Transistor.fm.

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Jack and Paul discuss why the best-case scenario with that idea is you’ll get screwed by your own growth.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tJanuary 20, 2021 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eWhat happened when Paul quit the internet? What does it mean for Fathom? What does it mean for Jack now having to field every Paul-related tweet?\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tDecember 11, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eIn this episode Jack and Paul speak with Bron Gondwana, the CEO of Fastmail and how they’ve managed to run their privacy-focused email software since 1999.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tDecember 4, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eA malicious person decided they wanted to have a go at ruining Fathom Analytics.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tNovember 20, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eJack and Paul from Fathom Analytics connect with DuckDuckGo’s Communications Manager, Daniel Davis to chat about their search business, DDG’s take on digital privacy, and how DDG competes with big tech (Google).\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tNovember 13, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eJack’s Laracon talk, building an audience, what to do about all the virtue signalling in the ethical product space and much, European privacy laws and their impact on American businesses and services, and much more.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tSeptember 4, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eJack’s Laracon talk, building an audience, what to do about all the virtue signalling in the ethical product space and much, European privacy laws and their impact on American businesses and services, and much more.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tAugust 28, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eOn today’s episode Jack and Paul chat about using competitiveness to your advantage, the good and bad of video games, how we dealt with a very viral customer, the logic of a privacy-focused company like Fathom using a platform like Youtube and Jack’s upcoming Laracon talk.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tAugust 21, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eOn today’s show Jack and Paul talk about the reasons Fathom asks for a credit card up front, and how that impacts our growth. They also get into why people buy certain SaaS products. As an added bonus, Jack calculates how much it’d cost you to use Facebook is they removed any/all ads and targeting and charged their users instead. Spoiler: it’s a LOT less than you think.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tAugust 14, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eOn today’s show Paul and Jack chat about bringing a privacy officer on board, why taking proper breaks are important (even if you run an indie business) and what we are considering for the future of Fathom Analytics (version 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tAugust 7, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eJack and Paul dissect a few issues they have had with other companies and leadership at those companies, and then how those companies responded (both the good and the bad).\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tAugust 1, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eJack and Paul answer questions from listeners today, including: our favourite pancake recipe, the tools/apps we use to collaborate, how we determine hiring vs bringing on cofounder vs freelancers, and our full design and development processes.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tJuly 16, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eJack and Paul speak about having to fire a customer for the first time. It was tough, but it had to be done.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tJuly 10, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eWe’re not trying to sell you anything right now, we’re only here to share our experiences making money working for ourselves.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tJuly 3, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eJack and Paul get into if Fathom should create and post videos to YouTube (which is obviously owned by Google).\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tJune 11, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eIs this a trend towards the end of podcasts being a free and open platform? On this episode we talk about Joe Rogan selling out.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tMay 28, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eJack and Paul discuss the pros and cons of supporting enterprise clients.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tMay 25, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eWe’ve all been there: we get a bill for a yearly subscription, but didn’t get any warning about the charge happening.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tMay 15, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eJack and Paul talk about the benefits and problems involving taking venture capital for a software company, what we think about competitors copying us, and why “free markets” should potentially have some limits or at least some regulations.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tMay 8, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eJoin us as we talk about hitting that milestone and why it mattered as a milestone.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tApril 24, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003ePaul and Jack get brutally honest about the current pandemic, and it’s horrible effect on small businesses.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tMarch 23, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eJack and Paul dive deep into what goes into a design, and talk about it’s value.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tMarch 10, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eIt’s the end for Jack, as he has a heart to heart discussion about wrapping things up for good.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tFebruary 25, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eWhat are benefits of only making half as much (and giving the rest to someone else)?\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tFebruary 11, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eFrom content marketing, to paid ads, to social media, Jack and Paul dive into every single type of marketing they’ve done to promote Fathom.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tJanuary 28, 2020 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eIn this episode Jack and Paul discuss how new features are decided upon.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tDecember 3, 2019 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eJack and Paul hash out our honest reasoning behind not open-sourcing V2.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tNovember 18, 2019 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eThis is the trailer for the Above Board podcast, short and sweet.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t\t\tNovember 13, 2019 · View episode →\n\t\t\u003c/div\u003e\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/body\u003e\u003c/html\u003e\n","hash_id":"sM8ywiNDpjat","author":null,"reading_time":"8 min read","link_sharing":null,"archived":false,"favourited":false,"folder_id":4495,"tag_list":[]}

Above Board, a podcast from Fathom Analytics

Fathom Analytics

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The Modest Produc...

Join hosts Dan Hulton and Steven Abadie on their journey to create Modest Products and improve their lives. What is a Modest Product? Well, it's something like an anti-unicorn... You know what? Why not just tune in and find out!

The Bootstrapped Founder

The Bootstrapped ...

How to start, run, and sell a bootstrapped SaaS company without burning out.

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makers.dev

Chris and Christian figure stuff out

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Default Alive

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