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If it's true that luck is important, shouldn't it be 'smart' to try many 'fail fast' things so there's room in a career to fail 20-30 times and have a more reas
by humanrebar 10y ago
If it's true that luck is important, shouldn't it be 'smart' to try many 'fail fast' things so there's room in a career to fail 20-30 times and have a more reasonable shot at success?
- CodyReichert 10y agoAbsolutely, and that's why there is the term "MVP". It's easy to get sucked into thinking "Before anyone will buy it, <x> must be done". That is false thinking 99% of the time. You need to get out a product, and get it out fast. Keep your feet moving, talk to users, and build in the direction they want.
- pfarnsworth 10y agoWhat about those that stuck with an idea and hit gold eventually at some point? What if failing fast is too fast and you don't give an idea enough time to grow? MVPs and failing fast is an idea that started in the past ~7 years, and it works for some people and not for others.
- humanrebar 10y agoI didn't imply there weren't other ways to make it. But there are only a few ways to hedge as an individual dev. One of them is to shoot with a shotgun. It's more or less what incubators attempt to do, but spread out over times since each of us only has one brain to go around.
- pfarnsworth 10y agoThere's no data to indicate that that way is superior to any other way.