David Heinemeier Hansson on Elevate with Robert Glazer
Elevate Classics: David Heinemeier Hansson's Radical Approach To Entrepreneurship
A solid but familiar overview of DHH’s sustainable-work and bootstrapping philosophy; much of it overlaps later appearances on independence, profit, and avoiding growth at all costs. Listen selectively for the unusually candid discussion of being wrong and becoming more open to opposing views.
And this is why to me this last two to three years was such an eye opener, was because so many things I thought were true turned out not because to be. And it was just such a humbling experience for me personally to go like, I think A. And then reality happens and reality shows me that A is wrong. Oh wow. What else am I wrong about? Once you've had that experience on some major topics for a little while, I think the, the normal human response I'd hope would be to have a bit more humility about the things you currently think to be true. And the fact that the people, people you think hold sort of the divergent opinion on some things, like do you know what? Maybe they have something, maybe they're right.
David Heinemeier Hansson discusses sustainable work, bootstrapped entrepreneurship, profitability, and the incentives that drive venture-backed companies toward excessive growth. He also reflects on revising his political views, learning from opposing perspectives, and protecting open debate.