Drawer 08 · 149 notes · 50 people · 2005–2026

Go-to-market & sales

Launches, sales, marketing, brand, and distribution

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HEY World · Jason FriedDec 3, 2025

Introducing Fizzy, our newest product

Dec 3, 2025

Jason Fried announces Fizzy, a new kanban-style card-and-column tool from the team behind Basecamp. He argues that popular issue-tracking tools like Trello, Jira, and Asana have grown bloated and complicated, drifting…

HEY World · Jason FriedAug 27, 2026

$5300 in $100s: The verdict

Aug 27, 2026

Jason Fried reports the results of an experiment where a free event charged a refundable $100 admission, returned at the door to attendees who showed up. Of 55 paid signups, 50 attended, a 90% show rate, compared with…

Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 140

On being funny at work

Nov 5, 2024 · 24 min
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A guest-written post by storyteller Matthew Dicks argues that humor is a learnable skill rooted in surprise, not a fixed talent. It walks through seven practical strategies (nostalgia, exaggeration, o…