Transcript: 'What Jason Fried Learned from 26 Years of Building Great Products'

The transcript of AI & I with 37signals’s Jason Fried is below. Watch on X or YouTube, or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

Timestamps

1. Introduction: 00:00:32
2. What architecture, watches, and cars teach us about software: 00:02:06
3. How Jason thinks AI plays into product-building: 00:10:54
4. How developers at 37signals use AI: 00:20:58
5. Jason’s biggest realization after 26 years of running 37signals: 00:25:47
6. Where Jason thinks luck shaped his career: 00:29:58
7. What Jason would do if he were graduated into the AI boom: 00:32:41
8. Dan asks for advice on running a non-traditional company like Every: 00:37:22
9. Why staying true to yourself is the only way to build something lasting: 00:46:39
10. Wholeness as the north star for building products—and companies: 00:49:38

Transcript

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Dan Shipper

Jason, welcome to the show.

Jason Fried