This article isn&#x27;t original, it was originally about 37signals posted in 2009. It looks like the author took the old article, changed replaced the company with Basecamp, then republished it with a new date on Medium. Here is the original article from 2009 [1], it&#x27;s been discussed multiple times on HN.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;signalvnoise.com&#x2F;posts&#x2F;1941-press-release-37signals-valuation-tops-100-billion-after-bold-vc-investment" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;signalvnoise.com&#x2F;posts&#x2F;1941-press-release-37signals-...</a><p>6 years ago, 20 points: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=841806" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=841806</a><p>5 years ago, 23 points: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=2153547" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=2153547</a><p>4 years ago, 8 points <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=3196418" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=3196418</a><p>2 years ago, 300 points: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=6744742" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=6744742</a>