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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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Speaker

Jason Fried

Evidence 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

Source

253 - Corporate CourageMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:24:11 AM

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