Jason Fried
Co-founder and CEO of 37signals, makers of Basecamp and HEY; co-author of Rework.
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- Jason Fried co-founded 37signals in Chicago in 1999 as a web design firm, with Carlos Segura and Ernest Kim.
- From 2004 the company built its own web apps, starting with Basecamp, and Ruby on Rails was extracted from that work.
- He is its CEO, and with David Heinemeier Hansson he wrote Getting Real, Rework, Remote and It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work.
Key facts
- 37signals
- Co-founded it in 1999 with Carlos Segura and Ernest Kim as a web design company; Co-Founder and CEO2
- Products
- Basecamp (2004), Campfire (2006), Highrise (2007), HEY email (2020), the ONCE line (2024), Fizzy (2025)1
- Names
- The company was renamed Basecamp in 2014 and went back to 37signals in May 20221
- Books
- With David Heinemeier Hansson: Getting Real (2006), Rework (2010), Remote: Office Not Required (2013), It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work (2018)1
- Recognition
- MIT Technology Review TR35 (2006)1
- Bezos stake
- Jeff Bezos took a minority stake in the company in 2006 through Bezos Expeditions1
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