In the context of clever startup solutions, this brings to mind the quote from George S Patton: "A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect p

In the context of clever startup solutions, this brings to mind the quote from George S Patton: "A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan executed next week." Even if they didn't approach optimal solutions, the fact that generating random feasible solutions can be much easier and result in more tractable mental models (and therefore easier to maintain code etc.) means you can be 'violently executing' in the field of battle much earlier. The fact that they approach optimality is gravy.