1. How to make
big things happen
with small teams
Jason Fried, 37signals
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2. Reducing mass
Making things manageable
Lowering cost of change
Managing debt
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3. Small has big advantages
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4. The customer is closer
Less distortion
Less middle/muddle
Everyone on the front line
Change is easier
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5. The right people
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6. Passionate and happy
Well rounded
Quick learner
Good writer
Trustworthy
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7. I’ll take someone happy and
average over a guru who is
disgruntled and frustrated.
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8. Act your size
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9. Less formalities
Less mass
Less fear
More flexibility
More change
More freedom
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10. Embrace constraints
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11. Less people, more power
Less money, more value
Less resources, better use
Less time, better time
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12. Build half a product
not a half-ass product
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13. Say no by default
Listen to the product
Ignore details early on
Improve what you have
Decisions are temporary
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14. Build Less Software
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15. Lower cost of change
Less room for error
Less support required
Encourage human solutions
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16. Give people just enough to
solve their own problems
their own way.
Then get out of their way.
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17. Get Real, start with the UI
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18. There’s nothing functional
about a functional spec.
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19. Start designing
Start prototyping
Start experiencing
Start changing
Rinse and repeat
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20. Make most decisions JIT
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21. Scalability
Admin interfaces
Basecamp billing example
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22. Make decisions when you
have real information.
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23. Next most important thing
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24. Is this it?
If not, what is?
Are we doing it?
If not, why not?
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25. Celebrate small victories
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26. Iterate
Celebrate
Iterate
Celebrate
Iterate
Celebrate
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27. Feel the hurt
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28. Builders support it
Chefs become waiters
Shared annoyance
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29. Publicity amplifiers
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30. Feature food
Promote through education
30-day major upgrade
Transparency = Trust
Bloggle
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31. Reducing mass
Making things manageable
Lowering cost of change
Managing debt
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32. Any questions?
jason@37signals.com
37signals.com
basecampHQ.com
tadalist.com
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