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Independence enables principled risk-taking
Because Basecamp has no board and no investors, it could afford to take this stand even at the risk of destroying the company—a calculation Fried makes through stoic negative visualization, accepting that going out of business after 22 years would be painful but survivable.
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Jason FriedEvidence Quote
“we even discussed david and i my business partner and i discussed like this could take the company down like this literally could and you know what we're okay pay with that”
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:24:11 AM
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