Comments on: The biggest Start-up mistakes 2: Product Related http://www.testmarket.eu/2009/09/the-biggest-start-up-mistakes-2-product-related/ Estonian start-up stories by Toivo Tänavsuu Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:47:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Oliver http://www.testmarket.eu/2009/09/the-biggest-start-up-mistakes-2-product-related/comment-page-1/#comment-1721 Oliver Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:38:51 +0000 http://www.tigerprises.com/?p=576#comment-1721 Reid Hofman's quote is a good one and I've used it a couple of times myself. But when you think about it, it's actually not that accurate. The point he was trying to make (or at least what people think he was trying to make) is that you should get your product out the door before you're comfortable with it. But, actually, the only way to ever know that the first version of your product was "too good", is to have a few versions after that. And with all likelihood - if you have had enough versions of your product to know that the first version sucked - you and your product could have been considered a success at some point. Reid Hofman’s quote is a good one and I’ve used it a couple of times myself. But when you think about it, it’s actually not that accurate.

The point he was trying to make (or at least what people think he was trying to make) is that you should get your product out the door before you’re comfortable with it. But, actually, the only way to ever know that the first version of your product was “too good”, is to have a few versions after that. And with all likelihood – if you have had enough versions of your product to know that the first version sucked – you and your product could have been considered a success at some point.

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