Startup Stories with Fexingo · 2026-08-16 · 10 min
Today on Startup Stories, Lucas and Luna dig into why Basecamp - the thirty-year-old project management tool - has stayed stubbornly independent while the rest of the SaaS world chased venture capital and hypergrowth. They unpack the deliberate choices that let it grow to over four million users with almost no ads, no sales team, and no growth hacking tricks. From its 'calm' software philosophy to its profit-sharing plan, learn how a small team in Chicago built a durable company on their own terms. Discover why Basecamp's approach is a contrarian playbook for founders who want to build for the long haul, not for the next funding round. #Basecamp #Bootstrapping #SaaS #StartupStories #JasonFried #DHH #CalmSoftware #ProductivityTool #RemoteWork #BusinessPodcast #FexingoBusiness #Entrepreneurship #IndieHackers #ProfitSharing #NoGrowthHacking #SustainableStartups #CompanyCulture #TechPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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