37Signals, 1 Big New Investor: Jeff Bezos
ByRob Hof
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37signals, the little-software-outfit-that-could andprolific producer of popular collaborative services such asBasecamp andBackpack, has itsfirst venture investor: Bezos Expeditions, the personal investing firm of Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. As 37signals founder and President Jason Fried explains:
I haven't talked with Bezos, but I think I know what interested him in 37signals. He has long been a fan of what he calls two-pizza teams, those small enough be fed by two pizzas. He thinks that's about the right size for any new project. That fits right in with Fried's"less is more" philosophy.