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David Heinemeier Hansson-Unlearn Your MBA (Entire talk)
David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails and partner at 37signals, argues that planning is guessing and startups should focus on today. He says constraints are an advantage and that startups can bootstrap profitably in sizable markets.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as the classic counterpoint to Silicon Valley growth-at-all-costs startup thinking.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Entrepreneurship.org
- Topic
- bootstrapped startup philosophy
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I would check out the writings of 37Signals (now Basecamp)/RoR founder David Heinemeier Hansson, who advocates bootstrapping for not-necessarily small markets. His talk "How to unlearn your MBA" in particular was fantastic in providing a counterpoint to Silicon-valley style Startups: [VIDEO] . He directly comments …
sarabande on Hacker News · 2017-09
In YC’s Essential Startup AdviceReminds me of this very controversial but incredible talk by @DHH of Basecamp/Hey: [VIDEO] Things that don't require scale require a VERY different line of business thinking, generally centered around profits vs growth.
AgloeDreams on Hacker News · 2020-09
In Do things that don't require scale
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