David Heinemeier Hansson

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David is the creator of Ruby on Rails, a partner at 37signals, a NYT best-selling author, a public speaker, a hoobyist photographer and a gentlemen racer.

It all started back in 2001 when Jason Fried of 37signals was trying to learn PHP. He blogged a few questions on Signal vs. Noise, I emailed him a lengthy response, and he decided it was easier to hire me than learn programming.

The seven time zones between Copenhagen and Chicago actually meant that we got a lot done with few interruptions. In 2003, we started work on Basecamp and I decided that it was time to drop Java and PHP in favor of programming in Ruby. My first project in Ruby was Basecamp and out of that came Ruby on Rails.

I left Denmark for Chicago in 2005 after finishing my bachelor’s degree from Copenhagen Business School. Later that year, I won Best Hacker of the Year 2005 at OSCON from Google and O’Reilly for the work on Rails.

My work with Ruby on Rails also led to a LinuxJournal cover and mentions in the pages of Wired (again), Business 2.0, Chicago Tribune, and other publications.

I’m the co-author of Getting Real (over 40,000 copies sold) and Agile Web Development with Rails (over 100,000 copies sold). My latest book called Rework will be published on March 9, 2010.

For years now, I’ve been a frequent public speaker. My most famous talk was probably my Startup School ’08 appearance The secret to making money online. I’ve also been doing RailsConf for a long time. There are video recordings of my talks from ’06 US, ’07 US, ’07 EU, ’08 US, and ’08 EU.

I was born in 1979 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Interview with David Heinemeier Hansson

RISE Episode #49

David Heinemeier Hansson Wants You To Rethink Entrepreneurship & Business

Exclusive Interview with David Heinemeier Hansson from 37 Signals , creator of Ruby On Rails, co-author of the amazing new entrepreneurship book Rework (Amazon Link). There are few better to learn lessons on entrepreneurship and marketing than David Heinemeier Hansson and that is exactly what we dive into in this interview. David and 37 Signals (a great software company with products such as Basecamp) are rewriting the rules of entrepreneurship. One by one. And not in theory. In practice. (if you want some fluff, you know what to do…go pet a bunny). Taking on the cliche rules such as: “Bigger Is Better” “You need to have a really fancy, detailed business plan.” “You have to shoot for being a billionaire to be considered successful.” “You have to invest all your time, energy and money into your company. No risk. No reward.” “You should only create a company to sell it.” “The customer is always right.” “You need to spend a ton of money on marketing.” “Growing quickly is the key to success.” Some things you will DEFINITELY want to check out: Rework (Amazon Link) written by David and Jason Fried. It is a quick read and will make you think and act. Hilarious video on Rework (and GREAT promotional ideal). Sortfolio: David mentions this as a great resource to find quality web designers. 37 Signals: Unique software for businesses including Basecamp, Highrise, Backpack and more. David’s Site: Loud Thinking His speeches are REALLY entertaining. Signal Vs. Noise: Their blog focused… Read More

   
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