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Sleepy Company Stories

Sleepy Company Stories

Written by: Dale Ma
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 Fall asleep to quiet stories of companies, founders, and long nights of building. Each episode is a slow, documentary-style narration about how a company began — told without hype, advice, or urgency. Just calm voices, steady pacing, and the small details that usually get skipped. These stories are designed to be listened to in the dark: no music, no ads, no sudden sounds — only a gentle rhythm you can drift off to. New episodes explore early offices, late nights, failed experiments, and the moments before success — when no one was watching. Let the story play. And rest.Dale Ma
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  • The Quiet Beginning of Basecamp — Ep. 01

    The Quiet Beginning of Basecamp — Ep. 01
    Jan 23 2026

    Tonight’s story is about the early days of Basecamp — before it had a name, before it had users, and before anyone expected it to last.

    It begins in small client offices, late nights, and slow decisions. A few people building simple tools, not to change the world, but to make their own work easier. There were no launch plans. No growth targets. Just steady work, done quietly.

    This episode follows the first months of what would later become Basecamp: the long pauses between decisions, the early doubts, and the calm persistence that shaped the company’s direction.

    There is no advice here.
    No lessons to learn.
    Only a story told slowly, for listening in the dark.

    Let the voice fade.
    Let the night take over.
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    36 mins
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