37signals Is Selling Sortfolio. What Happened? – with Jason Fried

Jason Fried, 37signals, Marketplace, SaaS (software as a service), Sell Your Business

In 2009, 37signals launched Sortfolio, a directory of designers that includes beautiful photos of their portfolios. A few days ago, the company put Sortfolio up for sale.

What happened? That’s what I invited Jason Fried, 37signals’ founder, to talk about.

Jason Fried

37signals

Jason Fried is the co-founder and President of 37signals. Jason believes there’s real value and beauty in the basics. Jason co-wrote all of 37signals books, and is invited to speak around the world on entrepreneurship, design, management, and software.

 

Hey, before we get started and in light of what you’re going to hear at the very end of this interview, I’ll simply tell you that this interview is sponsored by Scott Edward Walker of Walker Corporate Law. I’ve known him for years, and he’s the start up lawyer, the entrepreneur’s lawyer. I highly recommend Scott Edward Walker of Walker Corporate Law.

Second sponsor is Shopify. If you need a beautiful store that also encourages customers to buy from you, go to Shopify.com and create your own store. Use the discount code “Mixergy” and they’ll give me credit for turning you onto Shopify, but also they’ll extend that free period for I don’t know how long, but it will be a good amount of time. Mostly, though, you’ll be really happy that you signed up for Shopify because they’re beautiful stores that sell.

Finally, FreshBooks. I’ve also been a customer of theirs for a long time. FreshBooks...

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