For decades, startups have been told to prioritize growth over everything else. Profitability was seen as a unambitious or even wrong. Profitably is something you worry about later. Why worry now when money and valuations are easy to come by? But that thinking was always flawed in my mind. Growth based on excessive... See more

Great thing about starting your own company that you can design the way you want it. Too many founders or companies fall in this trap following established playbooks or bring processes from other places. People also say that “it doesn’t work” or “it won’t scale”, which my response is well have you tried it? Have you... See more

.@37signals is a very different kind of company: → They make tens of millions in profit each year → With fewer than 80 employees → No investors, no board → No growth goals → No experiments → No sales, no marketing spend → Teams are two max 2 people (1... See more