Just to add a bit more detail: I think that Jason Crawford saw a repeated pattern of beginning entrepreneurs spend a lot of time prioritizing and making models, and failing at this process.
I think I agree with him on the specific question of: ”Should small entrepreneur teams, with typical software ventures, spend several months prioritizing projects? Or should prioritization be a pretty short thing, and then they go off to experiment?”
That said, I think in the greater scheme of things, ecosystems can help with prioritization. For example: - VCs prioritize between fields - Think tanks writing reports about exciting industries (for people like entrepreneurs to read) - People starting megaprojects, that won’t have great feedback for 5+ years
Just to add a bit more detail: I think that Jason Crawford saw a repeated pattern of beginning entrepreneurs spend a lot of time prioritizing and making models, and failing at this process.
I think I agree with him on the specific question of:
”Should small entrepreneur teams, with typical software ventures, spend several months prioritizing projects? Or should prioritization be a pretty short thing, and then they go off to experiment?”
That said, I think in the greater scheme of things, ecosystems can help with prioritization. For example:
- VCs prioritize between fields
- Think tanks writing reports about exciting industries (for people like entrepreneurs to read)
- People starting megaprojects, that won’t have great feedback for 5+ years