“There's nothing wrong with finding the right size and then focusing on being better. Small can be a long-term plan, not just a stepping-stone.”
Why Jason is the canonical The Micro-Founder
Co-founder and CEO of 37signals (Basecamp, HEY), built profitably for 25+ years without VC and with fewer than 80 employees. The canonical voice of the deliberately-small, bootstrapped 'calm company' — freedom and profitability over hypergrowth.
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