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Ask HN: Basecamp-like companies that aren't Basecamp?
2 points by peruvian on Aug 30, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments
We often extol the benefits of working at a company like Basecamp (not a VC-fueled, must-grow-at-all-costs startup). They themselves publish a lot of material about how they work and how they've made their business grow.

One of the downsides of being on the sidelines is that Basecamp, by design, is a small company. Unlike most tech companies, they aren't always hiring (if ever?).

I'm interested in what other tech companies operate in a Basecamp-like way.



Years ago, Basecamp themselves listed some similar companies here: https://basecamp.com/bootstrapped

Many or all were interviewed: https://www.google.com/search?q=Bootstrapped+Profitable+Prou...

The list is outdated and not all of the companies traded slower growth for higher quality and/or higher odds of success, but many did. They might be a decent place to start.


Check out AJ&Smart GmbH, a Digital Product Design agency based in Berlin.

The Founder, Jonathan Courtney writes about how Basecamp has influenced their approach to work> https://uxplanet.org/10-things-i-learned-from-jason-fried-ab...




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