Everything has to be a billion dollar idea that changes the world or it isn’t worth doing.

Then he asked those same people to pull on the rope with a group. He observed that when people pulled with a group, they put in less effort than when pulling on their own.

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Jason Fried Founder & CEO at Basecamp. Co-author of Getting Real, Remote, and NYT Bestseller REWORK. http://basecamp.com Oct 31

Opening up an API is a big commitment, one that needs to be managed well over time in order to ensure a healthy and thriving ecosystem. If a company is still in the throes of developing a product strategy and business model, it’s worth …

I was happy to read that the New York Times bought Brian Lam’s Wirecutter and Sweethome sites for $30 million today.

Kate Matsudaira has been leading engineering teams for over a decade. She’s worked at major companies like Amazon, and great startups like Decide (acquired by Ebay) and Moz. Through these experiences, she’s accumulated a lot of knowledge on …

The engineering managers at Localytics have been working together for over a year, and through ups and downs, we’ve grown and learned a lot as a team. The goal of this post is to share some of the lessons we’ve learned with the community. …

The best advice I ever read on hiring was “only hire for existing cash flows.” Naturally, I proceeded to ignore it for years. Instead I adopted the SV approach to “hire smart people and let them figure it out.”

J Nightingale Tech, Leadership, Photog, Food, Hippy, Dad. The unimaginable positive power of the global internet. CPO @Hubba. Board @creativecommons. Former Mr. @Firefox. 2 days ago7 min read

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