Thread by @jasonfried

Want my take on business, design, management, product, hiring, writing, leadership, attention, distraction, collaboration, etc? I’m trying something new: Ask a question and I’ll respond with a personal video. #askJF

Q: Why is it so hard to convince people of something that is good for them? #askJF
- @anujasaw

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Q: What Are your favorite tips for dealing with distraction? #askJF
- @dweingrod

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Q: #askJF When to use video vs text emails to communicate with customers?
- @BethStachenfeld

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Q: #askJF jason, what is the employee attrition rate at Basecamp ?
- @vvenkatesh

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Q: Since BC is anti social ads, what does BC believe is the best way to reach a wider audience Q4 2019? #askJF
- @AdamFairhead

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Q: #askJF - What is the number one thing you do each time you begin a new project?
- @blairpollard_

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Q: I finally tried Basecamp after following you and your ideas for years. The first thing i did was open a support ticket to send a kind message to the whole team. I was very disappointed for not receiving a reply. Til this day, i don’t even know if som… #askJF
- @jorgeleon

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Q: How do you teach focus? #askJF
- @alvincrespo

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Q: Thoughts on the remote collaboration? #askJF
- @huntermoonshot

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Q: #askJF Beyond the usual business metrics for measuring success, how do you measure your own business or creative satisfaction?
- @richmhuff

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Q: Do you look at the enterprise market Jira has and ever ponder moving into it? Why not? #askJF
- @miked1ck

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Q: #askJF do you think it's possible to institute your philosophies from the bottom up, vs top down?
- @edp_work

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Q: Hi Jason, what’s your advice on hiring a CFO? #askJF
- @jimmymackin

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Q: #askJF What do you think are the biggest problems with Basecamp 3 that you’d like to rethink in Basecamp 4?
- @mikegyi

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Q: Hi @jasonfried, you replied to @jimmymackin that you’re looking for great communicators/writers/characters/persons; someone you wanna work with.

How do you try to ensure you only hire great characters? And what does that mean to you? cheers! #askJF
- @___theheck

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Q: @jasonfried if you would start business today from scratch, what you would do? #askJF
- @AndreyAzimov

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Q: @jasonfried
#askJF Do you think companies (like Basecamp) with hands-on experience would do a better job at teaching programming/design than Universities do? Would you consider it feasible for companies to institute their "educational" branch?
- @sdecri

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Q: #askJF How big of a role does being a remote company plays part in building a Calm Company?
- @jovvvian

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Q: Sliding into this Q&A to see if @jasonfried will do a vid showing off his watch collection. 👀👌🏻 #askJF
- @thisismcgregor

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Q: @jasonfried #askJF How many projects have you started working on and then stopped half way through? If so, what was the main reason for stopping.

Thanks!! You rock!
- @wynterjones

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Q: How do you determine when to hire a seasoned veteran versus train up a junior person in your way? #askJF
- @billrice

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Q: How did you get your first 100 customers at BC? #askJF
- @KevinEkmark

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Q: What is currently your biggest challenge? Something you are thinking about in terms of your teams, design or business decisions and still haven‘t found a good solution. #askJF
- @dasdiensche

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Q: #askJF I work for a company that works in food and beverage. We’d like to be more streamlined and efficient like BC, but not sure where to start. Do you have any tips for upper management on how we can improve productivity and culture. #basecamp3forthewin
- @NatalieMaas

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Q: Would you ever step back into the industry via agency/studio why/why not? #askJF
- @NickSloggett

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Q: Hey Jason,

What is your take on the current state of "Design"? What skills do you believe designers should actually take the time to get good at? #askJF
- @stephenasonye_

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Q: Hey Jason,

What is your take on the current state of "Design"? What skills do you believe designers should actually take the time to get good at? #askJF
- @stephenasonye_

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Q: Culture is a “thing” at so many companies. How much energy do you put into building and sustaining your company culture? #askJF
- @macapplechic

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Q: Q: Favorite watch you’re wearing these days? And how many BC folks are now watch fans? #askJF
- @wesgay

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Q: #askJF Approach for making decisions while exposed to awful amount of stress? Changing place, broken relationship, health issues - all at once. Would You risk going forward and making mistakes or pause for moment and risk missing a chance?
- @KsiazeKarol

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Q: #askJF Hey Jason, if you were to start Basecamp today, would you build its website from scratch or with WordPress?
- @cdasilva01

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Q: #askJF Is it okay to leave something unfinished if that activity doesn't add value?

Example - Reading a book and then realised that it is not helping immediately or doesn't serve my purpose. Book is just an example.
- @knowkalpesh

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Q: #askJF is staying focused overrated?
- @DrRachelRamsey1

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Q: #askjf Which office (if any) did you end up choosing? You talked about the options on the podcast awhile ago.
- @philipithomas

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Q: #askJF @jasonfried I am thinking of creating a remote team. Specifically how do you handle source code (IP) when hiring remote software developers? What strategies, tactics or technology should I be considering?
- @kharysharpe

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Q: #askJF how do you resist the temptation to compare yourself to your other contemporaries in the IT space? For instance you mentioned 37 signals and Facebook started on the same day.
- @shosho4real

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Q: #askJF how's the response time for personal videos vs a written answer? Do you find it easier or is it simply more impactful?

I would like to see @Quora offer something similar if it makes sense.
- @VijarKohli

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Q: @jasonfried #askJF How many hours do you work per day?
- @FerIsella

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Q: #askJF I'm set to launch a physical product that's highly copyable, is applying for a patent worth it? I don't have any money left but can find more if I really need to.
- @_JustinLi

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Q: #askJF @jasonfried You had mentioned that you don't set goals or measure stuff. Does that mean that you don't use any metrics for the product say for eg: measuring how well a feature works? What are your thoughts on the quote "What gets measured gets improv…
- @leenasn

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Q: #askJF

How do you deal with imposter syndrome?
- @SlideCow

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Q: What’s your morning/evening routines to stay successful? Any special diets or health routines? #askJF
- @miked1ck

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Q: #askJF While making important decisions, how a few leaders including you have so much clarity of thought? Do some metrics help in clarity or clarity helps than find right metrics to make a decision?
- @vingar

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Q: Enjoyed reading Shape Up, thank you. Q: How would your shaping system differ if you were developing a physical product? #askJF
- @Lucafranken

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Q: #askJF how should I make a lot of money, easily?
- @tezedg

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Q: #askJF Can a company’s culture ever really change? Or is the core of it set for ever?
- @robinpokorny

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Q: #askJF Hi Jason, How important is for designers do know front end development? How does basecamp deal with the fine divide between designers and developers, is there an overlap of skills to reduce the disconnect?
- @irfanalmerchant

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Q: I understand strategy (psychology) of including Premium features during a free trial period......but I'd rather start at the base, enjoy my experience, then upgrade. I've waited out trials so I don't have the CX of Premium features being taken away… #askJF
- @theCEOffice

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Q: What would be your monetization plan to have a profitable business for social network app like Instagram? #askJF
- @TCvetkovic

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Q: #askJF would you hire anyone over 50, even for a non-senior position?
- @pjkelly5

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Q: @jasonfried #askJF If you only had three questions to ask someone before hiring them, what would they be?
- @ChrisKjorstad

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Q: #askJF any thoughts on Holacracy as a way to structure an organization, and/or
any experience with this?
- @niek46250209

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Q: Thanks for this! What do you think of JTBD? #askjf
- @chief_listener

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Q: #askJF with regard to a B2B SaaS, do you firmly believe in asking for the CC upfront before the trial, or no?

I know every SaaS is different, and it's important to A/B test, but what has your experience led you to believe?
- @marvinrussell

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Q: How do you decide what book to read next? How do you keep track of your reading list? Is it online and can I see it? #askJF
- @fromjamrock

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Q: #askJF do you think running a sane business is essentially requires a founder who has those values or have you seen any evidence general business practices have shifted?
- @p_millerd

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Q: #askJF What are your thoughts on the best way an enterprise SaaS can find ideal pricing, without pissing off existing customers?
- @TyrelJohnson

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Q: What’s your advice to help a company who has 1/10 remote team members, to embrace the concept of remote more broadly and smooth out discord among non-remote teammates? #askJF
- @mccartyts

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Q: How do you like to motivate & engage your employees? what rituals/processes/tools support your efforts? #askJF
- @javijavi7

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Q: #askjf what’s your thoughts on what companies should do with excess cash? Hold as cash? Hold as something else? Invest elsewhere? Return to shareholders?
- @realcolinquinn

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Q: @jasonfried As a fully remote-based company, what is the long-term strategy for retention and loyalty? While these areas can impact each other, they require distinct efforts that affect the employee differently. #askJF #remotework
- @thecoworkexp

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Q: How many crackers can you eat in a minute? #askJF
- @alexandjames

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Q: #askjf In one if your recent podcast attendances you mentioned, that you didn‘t have very good writing skills when starting your career. Do you have any advice on how to improve that skill?
- @lostkobrakai

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Q: #askJF how do you calculate the market size for a SaaS product?
- @meet__chopra

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Q: #askJF Do you invest in cryptocurrencies ?
- @ivanbuncic

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Q: @jasonfried
In ShapeUp, does every employee work within the same cycle, or do you stagger groups/departments/teams to work different 6-week cycles? #askjf
- @ericwindham

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Q: QQ: @jasonfried Noticed a large social media Blitz from you. What’s the thought process behind it? #askjf
- @tylerjbanner

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Q: What are the skills you value the most in a designer? (either in BC or digital products industry in general). Thanks! Big fan of your work :) #askJF
- @nandocordeiro

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Q: Awesome idea Jason 👏
What time do you wake up and what’s the first thing that you do? #askJF
- @thisisetv

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Q: What do you think are the top 3 important skills that every entrepreneur should have? #askJF
- @freddy_blr

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Q: Q. @jasonfried you've spoken a lot about unproductive time spent in meetings. What about work retreats eg spending 2-3 days away with colleagues? I'd also love yr thoughts generally about fostering quiet time & space for creative or strategic w… #askJF
- @ChristineJackmn

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Q: When building a new product, what motivates you to keep going and what would make you throw the towel? #askJF
- @paulosilva86

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Q: @jasonfried Some time ago you talk about stop following tech news. Are you still doing and if so, do you notice positive impact on product decisions? #askJF
- @FlorianMielke

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Q: In the early stage of a Start up with founders not from a coding background, is it better to hire the tech engineers for product development or outsource it #askJF
- @shirish_sk

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