Basecamp was originally designed as a way to manage 37signals' client work and its success can be credited to the fact that it was designed to scratch a very specific itch by the people with that were itching. Now, we're not saying that building something for others is necessarily a bad way to go about things, but building for your own needs has huge advantages.
Show Notes
- 06:15 - "The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don't think of original ideas, and they don't bring much culture into their products." - Steve Jobs in Triumph of the Nerds (PBS)
- 12:53 - Hotwire
- 13:57 - Not invented here (Wikipedia)
- 14:26 - Mary Kay Ash (Wikipedia)
- 18:12 - Second-system effect (Wikipedia)
- 21:35 - Minimum viable product (Wikipedia)
- 21:42 - Making sense of MVP - Henrik Kniberg
- 23:55 - The Homer (Simpsons Wiki)
11/02/21 • 31 min
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REWORK - Scratch Your Own Itch
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[00:00:09] Broken By Design by Clipart plays.
Shaun: [00:00:11] Welcome to Rework, a podcast by Basecamp about the better way to work and run your business. I'm your host, Shaun Hildner.
[00:00:17] This week, we're talking about scratching your own itch. When you build a product for yourself, to
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