There's a big difference between an idea failing and a team failing. To be more clear, maybe we should replace "fail early, fail often," with "test early, reje

There's a big difference between an idea failing and a team failing. To be more clear, maybe we should replace "fail early, fail often," with "test early, reject often." The point of the phrase is to get you to test your ideas as soon as possible, before you sink too much work into them. The dichotomy isn't between "fail XOR succeed" but between "let it be tested XOR keep working until it's 100% complete."