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Basecamp sees mass employee exodus after CEO bans political discussions

Following a controversial ban on political discussions earlier this week, Basecamp employees are heading for the exits. The company employs around 60 people, and roughly a third of the company appears to have accepted buyouts to leave, many citing new company policies. On Monday, Basecamp CEO Jason Fried anounced in…

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Crypto Startup School: How to scale companies using crypto

Zoran Basich Contributor Zoran Basich is the crypto editor for Andreessen Horowitz. More posts by this contributor Crypto Startup School: A new type of computer drives waves of innovation Editor’s note: Andreessen Horowitz’s Crypto Startup School brought together 45 participants from around the U.S. and overseas in a seven-week course…

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Mattermost CEO Ian Tien on building a successful remote team

‘It’s really about iterating and putting more and more systems in place as you grow’ Greg Kumparak @grg / 7 hours Mattermost is pretty open about what it is: an open-source, self-hosted alternative to Slack.  The team didn’t originally set out to build a messaging tool at all; they wanted…

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