The REWORK podcast
A podcast about a better way to work and run your business. We bring you stories and unconventional wisdom from Basecamp’s co-founders and other business owners.
Planning is Guessing
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Basecamp’s founders never wrote a business plan when they started the company. Even today, they don’t like to look too far ahead. Too much long-term planning can hamper your ability to react to the present. Did you have plans to listen to this episode later? Be spontaneous and listen now! You’ll hear from a seasoned investor on how he came to run one of the oldest vinyl record pressing plants in the U.S.; Basecamp CEO Jason Fried on working in six-week cycles; and an independent toy store owner on surviving the holidays without giving into fads.
- "How much is the Princess Diana Beanie Baby worth? Sadly, not $500,000" (USA Today) - 00:13
- United Record Pressing - 1:27
- Record Store Day - 4:24
- "Vinyl is vintage and the future, as new generation warms to an old music form" (CNBC.com) - 8:45
- Crossroads Capital Partners portfolio - 9:01
- "What six weeks of work looks like" (Signal v. Noise) - 11:48
- The Beanie Baby Handbook: 1998 Edition - 18:10
- Britannia (Wikipedia article on geographic Beanie Babies) - 18:27
- PLAY Logan Square - 18:50
- Mad Mattr - 22:55
- The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter by David Sax - 26:43