Manifesto
I believe it's easier to grow your business through relationships when your work is your passion. Talking about work doesn't become Sales, rather shared interest. And it works like a magnet, it connects you with like-minded people naturally.
the question of what kind of company you want to build is as urgent and personal as it ever was. People will always struggle with it. The old models of “venture-backed” and “bootstrapped” both feel inadequate to me.
Nathan Baschez • What Kind of Company Do You Want to Build?
how many people you touched > how many people you reached
Otto von Bismarck: “Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others
Reid Hoffman • Letters to a Young Investor With Reid Hoffman
From living at work, to working at living
Acts, not careers
We don’t believe in busyness at Basecamp. We believe in effectiveness. How little can we do? How much can we cut out? Instead of adding to-dos, we add to-don’ts.
Jason Fried • It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
Optimize for legacy, not empire. Empires die because they’re alone, legacies live because they involve others.
-OH, on building teams and brand communities
We’re good at learning by tinkering—which is fortunate, because we’re terrible at getting things right the first time.