The Thimbles Summary
Rework
The book in one sentence
You can build a good business with less money, fewer people, fewer meetings and less planning than conventional wisdom suggests, as long as you focus on what matters and ship.
Who it's for
Small-business owners, startup founders, managers frustrated by meetings and process, and anyone who suspects that work has become needlessly complicated.
The big idea
Fried and Heinemeier Hansson run 37signals, the small software company behind the project management tool Basecamp. They built it profitably, with a small team and almost no outside investment. The book is a collection of very short essays, most only a page or two long, each taking aim at a piece of standard business advice. The common thread is that small, simple and calm usually beats big, complex and frantic.
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