Last week Hugo posed a question that was along these lines:<\/p>\n
“How do I know when to stop iterating a physical product. When do I release it?”<\/p>\n
Immediately I remembered Guy Kawasaki’s The Art of the Start<\/a> (great book). Guy suggests that you get the product immediately to market, then fix, ship, fix, ship.<\/p>\n Seth Godin often encourages people to ship, ship, ship. Fail often, learn, and keep shipping.<\/p>\n Do it, do it better. Iterate, critique, iterate.<\/em><\/p>\n The only way to know if what you are doing is working is to get it out there. In the long run this process is more important than just a great first version. Imagine how long it would have taken Apple to come up with its current line of MacBooks, without having released the previous editions?<\/p>\n Interestingly enough, we spend most of our school lives going all-in on all of our assignments. There is no room for this process, just achieve perfection by the deadline.<\/p>\n Bonus cookie<\/strong><\/p>\n Also from The Art of the Start: Guy’s 10\/20\/30 rule for presentations. Simply:<\/p>\n 10 slides<\/p>\n 20 minutes<\/p>\n 30 point font<\/p>\n This is specifically for VC pitches, but it works basically everywhere. For everyone who thinks 8 slides is not enough for 3 minutes, Guy thinks you only need 2, maximum.<\/p>\n To help get you there<\/strong><\/p>\n Garr Reynold’s Presentation Zen<\/a><\/p>\n