- Startups - David H. Hansson, Partner at 37signals -TWiST #E337

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended to understand what the 37signals founders stand for and DHH's contrarian takes on tech business.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

This Week in Startups

Topic

bootstrapped software business

Format

interview

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2013–2015

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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• People, please watch these few videos to genuinely understand what 37Signal guys (David and Jason) stand for before having a say. [LINK] [VIDEO] and [LINK] and yea, don't forget [LINK]

• Check these two ideas out: 1) Bezos said: "Percentage margins are not one of the things we are seeking to optimize. It's the absolute dollar-free cash flow per share that you want to maximize, and if you can do that by lowering margins, we would …

• It's not that they can get away with wearing jeans so much as they can't get away with wearing other things. There's still an egalitarian and meritocratic notion in technology that rank shouldn't matter. Ask yourself why NSA director and General Keith Alexander showed up …