What I learned from Jason Fried at FOWA

Future Of Web Apps 2009 – Miami, FL

Jason Fried of 37 Signals – Getting Real 2.0

• Focus more on business models, instead of programming, coding, etc.
• Make money off biproducts (ie. doing stuff on the side) can create more business. 37 Signals extracted Ruby on Rails from Basecamp. Screencasting of something you already do well – video tape how you code, etc. and sell it to people.
• No business should be free – they usually end up getting bought out and then never used again. (eg. iwantsandy.com)
• Share what you know and sell it
• Don’t pay attention to competitors, build your own.
• Before you hire do the job yourself. - Smart but not sure if it would work in all cases.