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Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace

by Ricardo Semler

Semler’s account of reshaping his family’s Brazilian manufacturing company Semco and its workplace practices.

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Who recommends it

1 person has recommended Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace. Each entry links to the source.

Portrait unavailable for Jason Fried Jason Fried37signals cofounder and software-company operator

Jason Fried recommends Maverick to a reader starting a business.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: 37signals / Signal v. Noise
Evidence details Tone is in Your Fingers

Conservative summary of his own positive reading selection; no exact quotation asserted.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

37signals / Signal v. Noise · 2022-05-03 · accessed 2026-10-01

Interview · Own reading selection

Jason at 19:41 and 19:54 explicitly recommends the book. Host REWORK joke and DHH’s separate recommendations excluded.

Jason Fried selects Maverick as an influential book in building his business.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: 37signals / Signal v. Noise
Evidence details Rapid Fire with Jason & David

Conservative summary of his own positive reading selection; no exact quotation asserted.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

37signals / Signal v. Noise · 2024-03-06 · accessed 2026-10-01

Interview · Own reading selection

Jason at 00:28 gives his positive influential-book selection, a separate event from 2022. Blue Ocean Strategy is DHH’s answer, not Fried’s.

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