More on startup adaptation from Inc.
“The more visionary the entrepreneur, the more difficult it is to really pivot, really seek out what’s in customers’ heads, and really create a minimum viable product. And so startups – great and terrible alike - are prone to give these ideas lip service, but fail to really take maximum advantage. That’s why a process of rigorous root cause analysis is so critical. After every major milestone, the company has to ask: what did we learn? Why didn’t we learn more? And, most importantly, make incremental investments to do better next time. This is the ultimate startup discipline, the hardest to master, and the one that pays biggest dividends. If you can embrace continuous improvement from day one, you can actually speed up as you scale. It’s an awesome thing to watch.”— Lessons Learned: Inc Magazine on Minimum Viable Product (and a response)
