Coinbase, Basecamp and steering clear of uncomfortable issues

There is a lot going on around us, so it is quite likely you may have missed out on an important update from the internet ecosystem this past week. In The Morning Context newsroom, we have spent the last few days discussing this update and finally decided that this needs a wider conversation. Something tells us that this is going to snowball into an important discussion in the near future. So, here we go.

This week, Jason Fried, founder of 22-year-old software company Basecamp, released a controversial memo, announcing some changes to the company’s culture.

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Harveen Ahluwalia

Harveen is a co-founder at The Morning Context, and leads our Internet coverage, overseeing a team of reporters writing on startups and tech. She has previously worked as a media, consumer and tech reporter at The Ken and Mint. At The Morning Context, she writes on startups, venture capital, consumer and media businesses—from e-commerce to healthtech to streaming.

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