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    What is Iteration?

    Iteration is a pretty widely used word that is talked about in the startup world.  But what really is it?  My mind first off goes to companies like basecamp or twitter.  Just extremely simple with with small improvements here and there along the way.  I read an excellent blog post “why iteration is a powerful way to build a startup” that’s definitely worth checking out as well.  I really believe it’s the only way to go.  Have an idea?  Build and make sure your creation works.  It doesn’t have to be perfect. Have a large emphasis on feedback.  Maintain the frame of mind that modifications and improvements will be made based off of feedback.  Is the feedback negative?  Means you need to change something or do something completely different.  Being able to save yourself from massive headaches because you built and built and built only to finally realize people don’t like your product could be detrimental to your success.



    February 26, 2009, 1:03pm   Comments

    Build on the Side

    I recently watched an excellent presentation by rails founder David Heinemeier, his blog here, at startup school 08’.  He talked about how he and his team built basecamp on the side.  In the beginning he would bill only 10 hours/week.  There were a total of 3 people involved with other commitments.  This just goes to show great products can be created without enough time.



    February 25, 2009, 11:52am   Comments