Our headquarters in Chicago. I’m often asked about the benefits we offer at Basecamp. Potential employees are obviously curious, but most of the questions I get are from fellow business owners…
Things are going so well we’re doing a hiring freeze
Business has never been better at Basecamp. Despite all the competition, all the noise, and all the changes since we launched 14 years ago, 2017 was the year we earned the most revenue ever. While …
How we pay people at Basecamp
There are no negotiated salaries or raises at Basecamp. Everyone in the same role at the same level is paid the same. Equal work, equal pay. We assess new hires on a scale that goes from junior pro…
Basecamp — Creator & Entrepreneur Residency · Vancouver, BC
A residency for creators, entrepreneurs, and community builders. Focused housing on Jericho Beach, Vancouver. From idea to launch — together.
Features, benefits, benefits, and benefits
Basecamp continues to get better without getting complicated. For decades we’ve focused on building straightforward project management software that’s exceptionally capable, fast, flexible, reliable, and easy-to-use. This page details some of the key features (and benefits) at the heart of Basecamp.
Features, benefits, benefits, and benefits
Basecamp continues to get better without getting complicated. For decades we’ve focused on building straightforward project management software that’s exceptionally capable, fast, flexible, reliable, and easy-to-use. This page details some of the key features (and benefits) at the heart of Basecamp.
Layoff University, Vol. 2: Progress Made, Lessons Learned - excellent notes
Reflections from my first month of unemployment
How We Work — The Support Team
Meet our customer support team! An inside look at how our support team uses Basecamp 3. The Basecamp support team is a fully remote team that spans seven time zones and helps our customers 24 hours…
How to manage all-hands customer service
At Basecamp, we’ve been running an initiative called Everyone on Support for nearly five years now. Each person in the company, whether a designer, developer or podcast producer, spends a day every…
Why we never sold Basecamp by the seat
Even before software as a service became a thing, it was pretty common to sell business applications on per-seat pricing. The bigger you are, the more you pay! At Basecamp, we rejected that model f…
10. Why Your Tech Startup Should Be a Worker Co-Op — Limeleaf Worker Collective
Steve Giordano from Interstitial and Ethan Winn from Obran join us to talk about one of our favorite topics: worker co-ops! What they are, how they work, and why we think they are a great corporate structure for tech startups.
Why we dumped Basecamp and what's the alternative
Basecamp is a hugely popular and (at least in the web design industry) ubiquitous project management tool used by many web agencies, helping them to manage p...
Coworking Space, Startup Offices & Events in Berlin | The Delta
The Delta Campus is Berlin's leading coworking space and startup hub - flexible desks, private offices for teams, event venues, and a curated community of 800+ founders and startups in Neukölln.
Remote Teams
I was recently tagged into a conversation on Twitter. The thread started with this summary of findings about open plan offices:
WSJ News Exclusive | Private-Equity Giants Back New Nonprofit Promoting Employee Ownership
More than 60 groups, including banks and pension funds, have also signed on to support Ownership Works, which aims to promote broad-based stock ownership as a means of curbing income inequality.
RECONSIDER
About 12 years ago, I co-founded a startup called Basecamp: A simple project collaboration tool that helps people make progress together, sold on a monthly subscription. It took a part of some people’s work life and made it a little better. A little nicer than trying to manage a project over…
The “Basecamp MBA” Reading List
A few months ago, I met a new friend at a Creative Mornings talk. She is going to take some time off at the beginning of 2018 to work through the AltMBA reading list before diving into job searchin…