You're thinking about it from a business development standpoint in addition to a technical stand point. I'm just talking about the technical approach. You've

You're thinking about it from a business development standpoint in addition to a technical stand point. I'm just talking about the technical approach. You've gained no new insight into what your business is supposed to be, you've just learned a hella wrong way of solving a technical problem. Now your thoughts are cluttered with the effort and you had to spend time unlearning the previous approach.