Years ago I was in a meeting when this one person broke into the conversation and declared “Don’t say everyone or no one. It doesn’t mean anything.” It’s obviously a great point — one that’s easy to forget. We all do this. We try to justify our position by saying “No one knows…” or “Everyone knows…” or… keep reading
Over the last year, we’ve noticed an interesting trend in our team’s Basecamp: We use the Job title field in unexpected ways. Instead of using the field how you’d expect (“iOS Designer”, “Customer Support Manager”), we use it to express a little personality, describe what we are currently working on, and let everyone know if… keep reading
It’s easy until you make it complicated. So don’t. Back in June of 2013, we launched Know Your Company. We built it in a few months with a small team of 3. A few months after launch it had generated a couple hundred thousand dollars in revenue, so there was definitely a good business brewing. Later… keep reading
When I first began making applications for the web, getting started was hard. Just figuring out which components to download, how to configure them, and getting Hello World through it all was a daunting affair. Frameworks like Ruby on Rails changed that, and now it really is possible to animate a complete database-backed web application… keep reading
One in three employees don’t trust their employer. As a CEO, here’s what you can do about it… I recently came across a 2016 study conducted by Edelman where they’d surveyed 33,000 people in 28 countries. From it, they discovered: One in three people don’t trust their employer. One in three people don’t trust their employer.… keep reading
Photo by Michael Keen /creative commons— Art by Banksy “Happiness” — it’s a coveted and much celebrated state of being. A lot of companies advocate for the power of positivity to create a company culture and environment where people can thrive and “be happy.” The belief is that encouraging positivity while discouraging negativity will cultivate an environment that… keep reading
Be careful when you use the word “easy” to describe other people’s jobs. Illustration by Jason Zimdars I bet you’ve muttered or heard at least one of these suggestions from someone else in your office: “We’ve never had anyone in business development, so there must be a ton of low-hanging fruit she can go after with just… keep reading