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		quellhorst on April 3, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Announcing HackStars Basecamp was made with 10 hours per week. Doubt you'll find a DHH working for free.

jmtame on April 4, 2009 [–]

Basecamp is among the only applications I know of that were built on 10 hours per week (assuming that's true), and even then it was a side project.

Most successful start ups I know of were spending that much time in a single day.

colins_pride on April 4, 2009 | [–]

The Apple II was a side project

http://www.foundersatwork.com/steve-wozniak.html

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