When You Have Fewer Resources — Part 2

I’m preparing my synopsis of ReWork by Fried and Hansson.  And I’m thinking about the people who bemoan the lack of resources.  Here are some words from Rework for such people:

Maybe eventually you’ll need to go the bigger, more expensive route, but not right now.
There’s nothing wrong with being frugal.

I was on a conference call today.  The person in charge of the computer screen was using Basecamp, one of the four products put out by 37Signals — the company founded by the authors of ReWork.  They started small.  They still have relatively few employees, and they are definitely still frugal.  And yet, here is their product, changing the way people manage their information, and plan and implement projects.

You can succeed with less.  Ask the 37Signals guys.

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