Here's a blog post by Aaron Swartz: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rlrr In there, he proposes that "release early, release often" works in open source, but is l

Here's a blog post by Aaron Swartz: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rlrr In there, he proposes that "release early, release often" works in open source, but is less applicable to a wide public who are not expecting something unpolished and incomplete. When you only get one chance to make an impression, the unveiling might need a lot more consideration. Of course, then your product might never even see the light of day because it's been tied up for so long. This is a different view from that in PG's essay, and it just shows the added complexity in decision-making a startup must go through.