“Forcing everyone into the office every day is an organizational SPoF (Single Point of Failure). If the office loses power or Internet or air conditioning, it's no longer functional as a place to do work. If a company doesn't have… — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share Image
One pattern to help yourself fight the mad dash for the mirage of being done is to think of a good day’s work. Look… — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share
“Forcing everyone into the office every day is an organizational SPoF (Single Point of Failure). If the office loses power or Internet or air… — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share
A fool and his money will soon be departed applies equally to venture capitalists as it does to everyone else. — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share
Facebook has been around for seven years. It has 500 million users. If you can't figure out how to make money off half a… — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share
Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities. — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share
You're better off with a kick-ass half than a half-assed whole. — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share
If you're not working on your best idea right now, you're doing it wrong. — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share
Before you know it, you're half-way done with your idea and you've accidentally learned how to do it too. In short, you start with… — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share
“When you yet to do 100% of what somebody wants, you need a perfect match, and it's pretty rare that you have a perfect… — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share
If you can't figure out how to make money on three billion in revenue, when exactly will the profit magic be found? Ten billion?… — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share
Planning is not just guessing, it is harmful guessing, because it is a waste of time. All the time you spend doing your five… — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share
Nobody is an overnight success. Most overnight successes you see have been working at it for ten years. — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share
Fear is ugly because it makes you irrational. Fear makes you jump to conclusions. Fear makes you reactionary. — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share
“Ignore the real world “That would never work in the real world.” You hear it all the time when you tell people about a… — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share
It took me some twenty-plus years to really learn how to program. — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share
