Crispin Porter + Bogusky asked me to post this information here on the blog.
You’re invited to a happy hour, informal lecture and discussion about “Getting Real,” featuring Jason Fried, Co-founder and President of 37 Signals. Jason will be speaking about some of the things he’s learned on collaboration, entrepreneurship, hiring people, stumbling into things, scratching your own itch, and figuring things out along the way.
Date: Thursday July 31, 2008
Time: Cocktails and Food – 6-7 Presentation – 7-8, followed by Q&A
Place: Oriental Theater 4335 West 44th Avenue Denver, Colorado
$10.00 NDAC Members $25.00 Non Members Get in free if you buy a membership RSVP and pay at www.regonline.com/JasonFried
Jason Fried, President of 37 Signals Jason Fried is the co-founder and President of 37signals, a privately-held Chicago-based company committed to building the best web-based tools possible with the least number of features necessary. 37signals’ unconventional approach to business (don’t hire a PR firm, don’t have meetings, don’t pay much attention to the competition, don’t work together in the same physical space, etc.) brings a fresh new perspective on how to be an entrepreneur and build a successful business today. 37signals’ products include Basecamp, Highrise, Backpack, Campfire, Ta- da List, and Writeboard. 37signals also developed and open-sourced the Ruby on Rails programming framework. 37signals’ products do less than the competition — intentionally. Jason believes there’s real value and beauty in the basics. Elegance, respect for people’s desire to simply get stuff done, and honest ease of use are the hallmarks of 37signals products.