All you can do is play the game
All of this is to say that you can’t predict what might work in advance: often, the only information you can trust when doing something new is what you learn when you poke at reality.
On some level it makes sense that entrepreneurs think effectually. When you can’t know what happens next, or what shapes your idea will take, you will, quite... See more
On some level it makes sense that entrepreneurs think effectually. When you can’t know what happens next, or what shapes your idea will take, you will, quite... See more
Cedric Chin • When Action Beats Prediction
Remembering that the tech industry is being built by people just figuring things out on the fly isn’t just a way to avoid stress; it’s become one of the most empowering bits of advice I can imagine. Because if all those people out there have changed the world while not knowing what they were doing…so can I.
Makinde Adeagbo • Nobody Knows What They’re Doing
Many concepts that sound good on paper are infeasible to implement, or simply don’t produce the expected results. It’s frustrating when that happens, of course, but the pace of experimentation and learning at a startup is unparalleled. I think this is an especially important form of rigor for theorycels like me. Building product forces a different... See more