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Good talk from Jason Fried of 37signals
on building products with a small team.  Jason is a good speaker.  Main
points:

• “Say no by default” - avoid adding features before you really
  need to.  One good reason less features are better - people will figure
  out creative ways to use the system, rather than having all processes
  dictated to them.
• Design the interface first, and use it as your functional spec
• Do a quick 1.1 release soon after 1.0
• Iterate in the wild - enable beta features for existing customers
  to get feedback
• Scaling - can handle increasing number of users in several ways;
  for example, raise prices to increase profits while keeping number of
  users from growing beyond what system can handle.
• Double duty - use a single interface for admins and regular users
• Hype features other people want to talk about - build features
  that enthusiastic communities will latch onto.