| Date | May 7, 2009 |
| Event | BIG Omaha |
| Location | Omaha, Nebraska |
Jason Fried talks about what he’s learned at 37signals over the years. He takes down a few popular myths in the business world—such as entrepreneurs should “Fail early and fail often”. He also highlights things that we can learn from more established businesses such as the lumber industry. His talk is followed by a Q&A with the audience.
| Date | April 19, 2008 |
| Event | Startup School |
| Location | Stanford University |
David Heinemeier Hansson discusses the secret of making money online: charge for your products.
| Date | March 6, 2009 |
| Event | FOWA, Dublin |
| Location | Dublin, Ireland |
David Heinemeier Hansson discusses the prospects of starting a business in “The Real World”. David explains that “The Real World” is filled with naysayers that say your idea won’t work. The first thing that an entrepreneur should do is ignore “The Real World”. David takes down the many myths of “The Real World” while sharing his successes in the face of all the naysayers.
| Date | February 23, 2009 |
| Event | FOWA, Miami |
| Location | Miami, Florida |
Jason Fried asks how the technology industry make money from byproducts. He questions the idea that “Free” is the future of the Web business. He also suggests that entrepreneurs focus on learning from past successes rather than past mistakes.
| Date | November 7, 2008 |
| Event | FOWD, New York |
| Location | New York, New York |
Ryan Singer talks about specific techniques on crafting clear user interfaces. He challenges the audience to abandon the term “Usability” but rather thinking about interfaces in terms of clarity, making things easy, fast and fun. Ryan approaches interface design by first focusing on the Screen, then the Flow, and finally the Language.
| Date | October 16, 2008 |
| Event | Business Innovation Factory |
| Location | Providence, Rhode Island |
Jason Fried talks about how chefs and the food industry have inspired his approach to marketing software products. Chefs teach audiences how to cook in order to build their brands and sell products. He challenges the audience to share what they know in order to benefit their businesses.
| Date | October 14, 2008 |
| Event | Business of Software |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
Jason Fried talks about how 37signals approaches the business of building software. He advocates working on shorter projects, getting rid of functional specification documents, and the idea that all decisions are temporary. His talk is followed by a Q&A with the audience.
| Date | August 14, 2008 |
| Event | O’Reilly interview |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
David Heinemeier Hansson, interviewed by Timothy O'Brien, talks about Chicago—37signals’ home base— and how the Rails culture and community is evolving. David also discusses Agile and some of the technologies that are catching his attention.
| Date | October 26, 2007 |
| Event | Railsconf |
| Location | Portland, Oregon |
David Heinemeier Hansson talks about Ruby on Rails and where the framework is headed.
| Date | April 19, 2007 |
| Event | FOWD, London |
| Location | London, England |
Ryan Singer talks about 10 different ways to make sign-up forms better.
| Date | June 20, 2006 |
| Event | Collaborative Tech Conference |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
Jason Fried talks about what 37signals has learned over the years about collaboration and working together. He doesn’t offer any software solutions. Instead he proposes some rather unconventional ways in which to work together better.
