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Nov 2022
24m 51s

Come Small, Come All

37signals
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There's a lot of talk in the tech world about getting bigger, growing as fast as you can, and getting investor money so you can scale quickly. But that's not the only path. And recently, we've seen that being bigger only sometimes works well for companies. Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the Co-founders of 37signals, discuss the bigger is bet ... Show More
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