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TWiST #46 with David Heinemeier Hansson

Name: TWiST #46 with David Heinemeier Hansson
Description: An episode of This Week in Startups in which Jason Calacanis interviews Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson. They discuss startups, bootstrapping and 37signals' approach to business.

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3 HN users recommended this interview3 months2010–2014 score 3

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Recommended as an entertaining look at DHH's views and what the 37signals founders stand for.

An episode of This Week in Startups in which Jason Calacanis interviews Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson. They discuss startups, bootstrapping and 37signals' approach to business.

“People, please watch these few videos to genuinely understand what 37Signal guys (David and Jason) stand for” (HN, 2014)

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@DevX101 Dec 2010 Recommends

on HN thread Ask HN: Web IDE (Eclipse)?

[link] Below is the Founder talking about his product. It looks like a great site, with about 6000 users now: [this video]

Founder presenting his web IDE product

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@staunch Oct 2011 Recommends

on HN thread What are some inspiring videos I can watch to renew my passion for startups?

DHH is always fun. David Heinemeier Hansson at Startup School 08 [link] Jason Calacanis vs. David Heinemeier Hansson on This Week in Startups [this video]

Entertaining DHH debate with Calacanis about startups

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@usablebytes Feb 2014 Recommends

on HN thread 37signals becomes Basecamp

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

Shows what the 37signals founders stand for

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@arikrak Jan 2014 Cites it

on HN thread Startups that have bootstrapped their way to profitability

DHH discusse that here: [this video] He says it was just to take some money off the table, and should encourage the founders to stay in the game.

DHH explains why 37signals took outside money

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