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Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company
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So if failure is a natural part of the process that is inescapable, how can I do it better?
Tim Grahl • Running Down a Dream: Your Road Map to Winning Creative Battles
The best way to fail at inventing something is by making it somebody’s part-time job.
Colin Bryar • Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
early failures are not only desirable but also necessary, since experimenters can quickly eliminate unfavorable options and refocus their efforts on more promising alternatives
Stefan H. Thomke • Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments
Throwing darts at a wall is not how you pick a great idea. Anything worth doing takes time. Time to understand. Time to prepare. Time to get it right. You can fast-track a lot of things and skimp on others, but you cannot cheat time.
Tony Fadell • Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
For me, though, risk has long been an antidote to inertia. I felt that then. As an artist, Deirdre appreciated what a “project” or idea was about.