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This. Startups are an acute instance of "too much to do, too little time". Good task prioritization might be the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT skill that a startup fo
by ezl 14y ago
This.
Startups are an acute instance of "too much to do, too little time". Good task prioritization might be the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT skill that a startup founder needs to develop.
Not all failures are time wasters though -- some of the items in that list seem reasonable enough (techcrunch amazon affiliate links).
DHH said something like "If you're not working on your single best idea, you're doing it wrong". He was talking about startups, but I think that could be applied to your to do list as well.
- jen_h 14y agoTechCrunch is a really neat cap-feather, but it mostly just pulls in a lot of non-real-user inbound interest in my experience (VCs, potential partners) - and if you're not close to ready or even interested in funding/partnerships, all that inbound interest wastes a lot of time, too - so you might as well get closer to a point where you're ready and willing to handle the inbound queries (i.e., capture your users, make them happy first), and then get the coverage.
- rhizome 14y ago"Lookie-loos," "window shoppers," etc.