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Jason Fried of 37Signals (his most recent book Rework) has quickly become known for his agile simple approach to the everyday work environment.  Jason recently gave a video interview with BigThink where he discusses the common mistakes that startups make when going to start a new business.  This is a must watch for anyone looking to start a new business.  Whether you’ve done it before or this is the first time, Jason offers some excellent nuggets of information for you to ponder over:

Jason Fried and David Hansson are the founders of 37Signals and more recently the authors of a book titled Rework.  Jason and David continue to evolve what started out as a web design company into a multimillion dollar web application company . Rework takes the personal experiences of these two entrepreneurs and puts them into a book that focuses on saying no to the traditional corporate work environment and how we all can change our game to be more productive and more fulfilled with life in the process. The question though is does the book live up to its title and purpose? Keep reading for my complete review. More »

Feel like your office or cubicle has become a highly unproductive place to work these days?  Well, you’re not alone.  Workspaces such as offices and cubicles continue to dominate much of the big business world despite proven studies and research that continue to show that such work environments are severely outdated and actually are very unproductive to the average employee.  Not only are they unproductive, but they are many times the added cause for a whole of of unnecessary stress in our day to day lives.


So what’s the solution you ask? 
Technology makes it possible today for most people to do their jobs from just about anywhere including the comfort of their own homes.  Working from home is a trend catching on quickly in the workplace and rightfully so.  Employees are less stressed, distracted, and and tend to get more work done over actually being in the office.  At the same time, businesses actually save money by cutting costs such as office space and other employee resources not needed when one works at home.  Jason Fried is the co-founder of 37Signals, which is a successful web-application company who prides themselves on forward thinking and increasing productivity through the use of virtual offices (working at home).  Here what he has to say in this interesting discussion: