Rework
Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf.Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. Read it and you'll know why plans are actually harmful, why you don't need outside investors, and why you're better off ignoring the competition. The truth is, you need less than you think. You don't need to be a workaholic. You don't need to staff up. You don't need to waste time on paperwork or meetings. You don't even need an office. Those are all just excuses. What you really need to do is stop talking and start working. This book shows you the way. You'll learn how to be more productive, how to get exposure without breaking the bank, and tons more counterintuitive ideas that will inspire and provoke you.With its straightforward language and easy-is-better approach, Rework is the perfect playbook for anyone who's ever dreamed of doing it on their own. Hardcore entrepreneurs, small-business owners, people stuck in day jobs they hate, victims of "downsizing," and artists who don't want to starve anymore will all find
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Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the founders of Basecamp, push back on standard startup wisdom in a book of short, blunt chapters on building lean companies, ignoring competitors, and shipping.
Rework challenges traditional business advice with concise contrarian principles: keep your day job, plan less, ignore competitors, embrace constraints. Authors Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson built Basecamp on these ideas.
Both books are by the same authors. Rework (2010) covers business philosophy broadly; Remote (2013) focuses on distributed teams. Either can be read first, but Rework is the more general entry point.
Rework was written by Jason Fried, published in 2010 by Crown Business.
Rework is 279 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Rework takes most readers 4 to 6 hours to finish.
Rework is a standalone novel by Jason Fried, not part of a series.
Rework is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.