Archive for February, 2008

Business Quote of the Week 2/25/08

Monday, February 25th, 2008

“If people knew how hard I worked to achieve my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful after all.” - Michelangelo

Commentary: One common thing about people who master a skill is that though they may make it look easy, nobody sees the thousands of hours practicing, refining, studying and hard work.

Business Quote of the Week: 2/19/08

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

“Don’t worry, be crappy. Revolutionary means you ship and then test… Lots of things made the first Mac in 1984 a piece of crap - but it was a revolutionary piece of crap.” ~ Guy Kawasaki  

Commentary:

I think it is a myth that a new product that will solve problems or fill a need (especially a technology product) must be perfect before you launch it. Modern experience is showing that may not be true - lots of great products were buggy at first, incomplete when first launced: MySpace.com, Google, Xbox 360, etc. The key is to launch but then improve based on user-feedback.