David Heinemeier Hansson at Startup School 08

David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of the Ruby on Rails framework and Partner at 37Signals gives insight into creating a profitable startup company.

25 Responses to “David Heinemeier Hansson at Startup School 08”

  1. youauction Says:

    Great video!

  2. webtweakers Says:

    would be nice if we could see what’s on the screen…

  3. jfrumar Says:

    the video with slides is available on Omnisio (dot com)

  4. chibbledorf Says:

    This is one of the best motivational/entrepreneurial/business presentations that I’ve ever seen.

    The guy is really good.

  5. FrancescoK Says:

    I feel both dumb and more motivated after watching this.

  6. philosophersam Says:

    This video reveals David’s simple genius. I have never liked the tech subculture – “Make a billion being bought by Google/Facebook/…whoever.” I still think a million is a lot of money. I hope that I would be humbled if I had command of that much wealth. Just solve a problem and make money, create some jobs for goodness sake.

  7. TOTIN51 Says:

    Ohh my God…The pitching voice of this kid makes the listening a pure torture…!! Simple unbareable…

  8. pepijn744 Says:

    Thanks, this guy never fails in motivating me. Now back to work! :P

  9. freelanceformoney Says:

    Some real great wisdom on here. There is room between mom ‘n’ pop and billionaire.

  10. norik000 Says:

    loved it so much, but very poor quality no screen of the slides and sound was not sync

  11. BelligerentWombat Says:

    This talk is hilarious.

  12. allanrbo Says:

    The thing about aiming at the smallest businesses reminds me of the long tail, just the other way around, being the businesses going after the small invidual companies.

  13. ihateuutube Says:

    Nice presentation, but this guy is a pretentious, self-righteous douchebag. There’s a reason that he won’t ever be a true tech titan. It isn’t for want of trying or lack of desire. It’s because he has his head too far up his own ass to ever achieve greatness.

  14. PebbleBreeze Says:

    I appreciate David’s points and really like he other talks. He may come off the wrong way some way, we all do!

    I like the breakdown of the economics 101, esp. to the facebook-model-billionaire mindset. Its a mindset, not a viable business plan. David sheds light on good practices for a real business strategy and a successful life.

    A breathe of fresh air. Thanks David!

  15. xekind Says:

    @ihateuutube He doesn’t have his head up his ass; he’s actually pretty uniquely grounded in reality as far as startups go. And in case you you weren’t listening, he doesn’t want to be a “true tech titan (ttt (C))”.

  16. zexsports Says:

    LOVE this video

  17. drew0mckinney Says:

    @ihateuutube He, and his organization, have already achieved greatness

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    @norik000: the “no slides” means we will have to attend to next meetings like these :)

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