4 ms·
My two co-founders and I focused way too much on quality, delaying our launch time and time again. One more feature, one more UI/UX improvement, etc, until I ra
by dSebastien 4y ago
My two co-founders and I focused way too much on quality, delaying our launch time and time again. One more feature, one more UI/UX improvement, etc, until I ran out of money and had to get out.
I shared the story here a while ago [1]. It was also discussed here on HN [2]. There's way more to it, but this was the biggest mistake we've made.
[1] https://www.dsebastien.net/2021-01-04-20-months-in-2k-hours-spent-and-200k-lost-a-story-about-resilience-and-the-sunk-cost-fallacy/ https://www.dsebastien.net/2021-01-04-20-months-in-2k-hours-...
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25627081 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25627081