Startup Business Strategy For The Simple-Minded
Jay Parkhill June 20th, 2008
Dharmesh Shah is an entrepreneur in Boston who writes a thoughtful blog on the challenges of launching a new business. This post rings true with me.
Startup Business Strategy For The Simple-Minded
The not-AP-approved short version is this:
Decide what to build, launch an imperfect version, sell unsuspecting customers, keep improving, sell more unsuspecting customers. Lather, rinse, repeat. SUCCESS!
I have had many clients over the years who spent a huge amount of energy working *around* the core aspects of the business rather than on them. The ones that managed to keep everything to a minimum other than the core goals of the company have been the most successful, without exception.