Coworking has it’s perks! Cats! For the last month I’ve been a nomad — working a remote job, for a remote based company, in a very remote way. Living out of a suitcase, sleeping in hotels and working from coworking spaces. Flying between Berlin, Germany — Austin, Texas and Portland, Oregon — working to train two new teammates who have joined us… keep reading
If you’ve been to London and ridden the Tube, you’ve seen the signs that read, ‘Mind the Gap.’ They’re there to remind you to be careful about the distance between the train and the platform. Around the world, we face an equally dangerous gap in the way we manage work, but there are no warning… keep reading
Women are not making it to the top of any profession anywhere in the world Sheryl Sandberg 190 heads of state / 9 are women Of C-level jobs only 15% are women. Numbers haven’t changed since 2002 and it’s decreasing It’s clear there’s a problem. So two years ago, three very dear friends of mine… keep reading
In 2010, a young wannabe entrepreneur, Michael, met a potential business partner. They struck up an idea, and by 2011, Michael put his entire life savings of $35,000 into starting the business. But $35,000 isn’t a lot, even with today’s create-a-startup-on-the-cheap-hosting days, and especially for this company — he wanted to take on Procter and Gamble. P&G… keep reading
Illustration by Nate Otto The housing crisis wiped out half of the homebuilders in the U.S. This is the story of one that survived, but emerged from the recession to find both itself and its industry drastically changed. Ron Russell Sr. founded R. Russell Builders in 1956, and the company found success in converting large tracts… keep reading
We’ve been naughty at Basecamp. Since before the launch of version 3, almost a year ago, we’ve had an internal API for chatbots. This allowed us to pipe in GitHub commits and control our operations infrastructure from Campfire. It was a quick, hackish version, but it was enough to make it work — well, work for us.… keep reading
The easiest thing in the world is to blame others when things go wrong. Analyzing every misstep, pointing out every flaw. There’s value to such analysis, but it’s incomplete. To round the circle, you have to do the harder work: Figure out how this is actually your fault. This is obviously most pertinent if you’re… keep reading
At Highrise, we have a very small team, yet we get a lot done. Three quarters of the way through the year seemed like a good time to take a moment to reflect on all of the things we’ve accomplished so far in 2016. Late last year we rolled out 2 game changing features and… keep reading
Basecamp has always allowed you to @mention people in messages and comments. Now you can mention people in Campfires too. Just type “@” and a few letters of their name or initials and Basecamp will suggest people to choose from. On the go? No problem! Our mobile apps support @mentions too. Happy @mentioning!
Go Cubs Go Someone recently asked me advice I’d give my younger self. Well, here are three things of an endless list 🙂 Don’t be embarrassed I think I’ve done a relatively good job putting myself out there in the world, but I can still point to many moments where I should have done one thing, yet… keep reading