lean startup

I will learn by screwing up.

— Greg Bear

Life's too short to build something nobody wants.

— Ash Maurya

Listen to your customers, not your competitors.

— Joel Spolsky

Perfectionism is a disease. Procrastination is a disease. ACTION is the cure.

— Richie Norton

QUIT = Quickly Uphold Important Things

— Richie Norton

The more detailed we made our plans, the longer our cycle times became

— Donald G. Reinertsen

Visionaries are especially afraid of a false negative: that customers will reject a flawed MVP that is too small or too limited.[…] The solution to this dilemma is a commitment to iteration. You have to commit to a locked-in agreement—ahead of time—that no matter what comes of testing the MVP, you will not give up hope. Successful entrepreneurs do not give up at the first sign of trouble, nor do they persevere the plan right into the ground. Instead, they process a unique combination of perseverance and flexibility.

— Eric Ries

Visionaries are specially afraid of a false negative: that customers will reject a flawed MVP that is too small or too limited.[…] The solution to this dilemma is a commitment to iteration. You have to commit to a locked-in agreement—ahead of time—that no matter what comes of testing the MVP, you will not give up hope. Successful entrepreneurs do not give up at the first sign of trouble, nor do they persevere the plan right into the ground. Instead, they process a unique combination of perseverance and flexibility.

— Eric Ries

We have some good ideas here. But the only way to know if they’re workable is to try to make them fail. If we fail to fail, then maybe we’re on the right track.

— Orson Scott Card

You don’t learn through sales calls, it’s not customer validation.

— Jason Cohen