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What Jason Fried Learned from 26 Years of Building Great Products

Nov 5, 2025 · 58m

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37signals makes tens of millions in profit every year but ⁠Jason Fried⁠ isn’t all that interested in running a business. Instead, he cares most about making great products—like ⁠Basecamp⁠, ⁠HEY⁠, and ⁠Ruby on Rails⁠—products that are centered around a single, coherent idea. These products are complete wholes, where each piece matters—like a Frank Lloyd Wright house or a vintage car. But how do you create products like that? In this conversation, we talk to Jason about what two decades of building 37signals has been like—and how to build products that have soul. If you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share! Want even more? Sign up for Every to unlock our…