Basecamp is a project management and group collaboration tool.  see more

Basecamp is a project management and group collaboration tool. It was launched in 2004 as 37signals first product. The tool includes features for schedules, tasks, files, and messages.

Basecamp is where the Ruby on Rails framework was derived from. Pricing starts at free for one active project and works itself up in tiers depending on how many active projects you want.

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Campfire is a team communication tool.  see more

Campfire is a team communication tool. The tool is fully integrated into 37signals’ Basecamp product with features including group chat, file sharing, live image previews and chat transcript archiving.

A killer feature on Campfire is that you can have pre-setup chat groups. For instance, you can have chat group set-up for your companies interns. You can see when the group lasted chatted and what they chatted about.

Pricing starts at free for four simultaneous chatters and works itself up in tiers depending on how many simultaneous chatters you want.

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Highrise is basic, web-based CRM software that works great in coordination with Basecamp.  see more

Highrise is basic, web-based CRM software that works great in coordination with Basecamp. It’s main features include sharing contacts, assigning tasks, keeping history and making cases.

A great feature is that you can add information, tasks and contacts to Highrise via email. Another great feature is assigning permissions for access. You can assign permission to everyone, only yourself, specific groups or specific people using dropdown menus.

Pricing starts at free for one Highrise user and increases in tiers depending on how many users and features you want.

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Backpack is a tool that helps you stay organized.  see more

Backpack is a tool that helps you stay organized. It’s main features include user-generated pages for calendar and reminders, to-do lists, notes and images.

A great feature is that you can email additions to your Backpack pages. For instance, you can add “visit TechCrunch” to your to-do list via email.

Pricing starts at free for limited Backpack pages and increases in tiers depending on how many pages you want.

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Writeboard is a collaborative, text-editing tool.  see more

Writeboard is a collaborative, text-editing tool. It can be fully integrated with Basecamp or used as a standalone. Writeboard’s main features include group sharing, safe editing and comparison mode.

The safe editing feature shows and saves past edits of the same document. The comparison mode feature allows you to compare two revisions, with deletions in grey and new changes in green.

Writeboard is free to use.

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