Startup Tip: Not Every Failure Is A Learning Experience

Startup Tip: Not Every Failure Is A Learning Experience(blog.crowdspring.com)

18 points by rosskimbarovsky 16 years ago | 8 comments

philwelch 16 years ago |

Sometimes I wish people still wrote down their thoughts, instead of telling a camera about them and uploading it to Vimeo.

rosskimbarovsky 16 years ago | |

I also do quite a bit of writing, but the videos are a nice change of pace. A few people have suggested transcribing the videos - and I'll look into doing that. I realize video isn't an optimal medium for everyone.

paraschopra 16 years ago | | |

A lot of people (myself included) prefer to keep speakers off because of work-environment.

techiferous 16 years ago | |

I actually found it refreshing to see a human face instead of just text.

georgieporgie 16 years ago | |

I watched about five seconds of jerky video, barely audible over the fan of my aging MacBook.

I've seen several video presentations come up on YCombinator. It makes me wish that embedded players had could be sped up like VLC. Given a typical presentation, you can watch at 1.5x with no problem.

RyanMcGreal 16 years ago |

My understanding of "fail fast" is not that you should pack up and go home if your idea doesn't work, but rather that you should change course toward an idea that works better as soon as you realize you're heading in the wrong direction - rather than chasing your losses by clinging stubbornly to a doomed trajectory.

InclinedPlane 16 years ago |

"Fail fast" doesn't mean you should seek failure eagerly. It means you should find promising ideas that need market testing, and market test them as quickly as possible, and then evolving them as warranted based on feedback.