Book · 2010 · Business
Rework
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- people
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- podcasts
- 5
- episodes
- 13
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Copying skips understanding. That's one of my favorite quotes. I read that in a book, Rework.
What they say about it
- Discusses book principles“having an enemy gives you a great story”3
- Praises book insights“a great book a lot of great insights”2
The best things said about it
If you have not read Rework back from 2010, it is a great book, a lot of great insights in there on how to do remote work and just run an organization.
Jason Calacanis This Week in Startups · Feb 2020 Rework was a fantastic book. Your website right now is basically kind of like Rework.
Jason and I co-authored all the books that we wrote together ourselves we didn't hand it off to a ghost writer rework which sold over half a million copies worldwide.
David Heinemeier Hansson This Week in Startups · Dec 2023 They literally wrote a book Rework telling other companies how they should work and they were right, they told companies they should do remote work, it'd be better for employees.
Jason Calacanis This Week in Startups · May 2021 In fact, in your book Rework, the great money quote is having an enemy gives you a great story to tell customers too.
Jason Calacanis This Week in Startups · Aug 2020 Where and when it comes up
Mentions per year
How it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
5 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson is a provocative and influential business manifesto that challenges traditional corporate wisdom, offering unconventional insights into productivity, remote work, and running a lean organization. Jason Calacanis recommended the book on This Week in Startups, praising its lasting insights on remote work and company management. David Heinemeier Hansson discussed the book extensively on My First Million and with David Senra on David Senra, reflecting on the rigorous editing and compression process behind its initial manuscript, its connection to earlier manifestos like Getting Real, and how the core principles of out-teaching the competition still hold true years later. Shaan Puri also praised the book on My First Million, noting that its philosophy directly inspired modern website designs and business paradigms. Additionally, David Perell brought up Rework during an interview on How I Write to explore the mechanics of writing and compression with Jason Fried. Across multiple podcast appearances, speakers and authors celebrated the book as a timeless goldmine of entrepreneurial advice that encourages leaders to strip away unnecessary bureaucracy and focus entirely on fundamental execution.
Every mention
Jason Calacanis and if you have not read rework back from 2010 it is a great book a lot of great insights in there on how t… 5
“they literally wrote a book rework telling other companies how they should work and they were right they told companies they should do remote work it'd be better for employees”
“and in fact in your book rework the the great money quote is having an enemy gives you a great story to tell customers too”
“in fact in your book rework uh the the great money quote is having an enemy gives you a great story to tell customers too”
“Austin from lambda said literally this is the chapter out of their book and then he's screenshot it's like chapter six of rework and they talk all about”
“and if you have not read rework back from 2010 it is a great book a lot of great insights in there on how to do remote work and just run an organization”
David Heinemeier Hansson In fact, when we wrote Rework, the initial manuscript that we submitted was, I think, 50,000 words. 5
“In fact, when we wrote Rework, the initial manuscript that we submitted was, I think, 50,000 words.”
“When we got started, I think it's in Rework. There's a chapter about uh how to out-teach rather than out-spend the competition.”
“Getting Real, the first book, that manifesto from '99, Rework from 2010, a lot of that stuff still holds up”
“We took a fair bit of inspiration for both Getting Real and for Rework.”
“Jason and I co-authored all the books that we wrote together ourselves we didn't hand it off to a ghost writer rework which sold over half a million copies worldwide”
Shaan Puri And Rework was a fantastic book. Your website right now is basically kind of like Rework. 4
“And Rework was a fantastic book. Your website right now is basically kind of like Rework.”
“I heard of it because I read his book this is rework”
“In fact, there's a there's a passage from a book called Rework called Pick a Fight.”
“have you read the book rework which is there the 37signals book years ago but they basically say that like one of the marketing principles that they talked about is like to have an enemy right”
David Perell Because I know that I think with Rework you did a bunch of compression towards the end of the book. So what… 1
“Because I know that I think with Rework you did a bunch of compression towards the end of the book. So what is different about the nature of a book there?”
Satie Lincoln Copying skips understanding. That's one of my favorite quotes. I read that in a book, Rework. 1
“Copying skips understanding. That's one of my favorite quotes. I read that in a book, Rework.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“He is a "New York Times" bestselling author, together with his co-author, Jason Fried of four books, "Rework," "Remote," "Getting Real," and "It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work."”
“This is one of the big topics of "Rework." That it gave entrepreneurs the permission to embrace being a small team.”
“And now let me leave you with some words from "Rework" by DHH and Jason Fried. What you do is what matters, not will you think or say, or plan.”
“Remote we kind of did. But but It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work Rework and Getting Real.”
“The the best editor I've ever worked with was on Rework. Okay. Um Rick Hogan was our editor-in-chief”