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By: Bhargav

Bhargav — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:48:59 +0000

This is what makes so many businesses successful. Taking things slowly will be easier because if you have a gigantic website or a software it could have leaks/faults from all over the place. If you release features slowly, you can fix them much faster.

Thanks Collis. You truly are one of my inspiration. You and your wife! Have a great life.

By: Anup Marwadi

Anup Marwadi — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:42:06 +0000

Very nice post. Well written. One of the things that helps in iterations is having a person (or a team of people) who really knows how to work this approach both technologically and product management wise.

If technology is not aligned around iterations, the process may end up being too expensive (as I have noticed in my experience). At the same time it is critical to also understand what pieces will drive a release forward and improve the percieved value of the product. Too many PM’s waste time iterating on features and tools that make few or little advancements in the product. That’s where your concept of “get Feedback” rocks. I’ve noticed that having one “customer” as an advisor on the board helps as well.

Great post. keep ‘em coming.

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Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:46:55 +0000

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By: christophe

christophe — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:43:59 +0000

Great article !

Never think that what you see as the best feature is what people need is for sure the best advice: listen to your users and be ready to change your mind.

This makes building a startup a very exiting thing: you learn everyday by being in constant contact with your users. By taking every feedback in a positive way, you can move forward toward the best service.

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How to Find a Business Model for Your Startup - The Netsetter — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:25:36 +0000

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By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:02:25 +0000

Excellent post. Iteration makes me think of simple and clean companies such as basecamp and twitter. Love it.

By: Telesaur

Telesaur — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:02:56 +0000

This is great advice for my startup. I’ve identified so many problems within my niche, and I just want to fix them all… and all at once!

But a friend of mine recently passed along this advice to me: “I’d take incremental progress over postponed perfection any day.” Look at Microsoft— how many years are they into it, and have they reached perfection yet? Hmm… better not wait for that day