Design systems that scale from a small base. If you have a grand plan that requires a complete system to function, but no way of getting there, you do not have a plan.
At the EAG Virtual Entrepreneurs Gatheround event, the discussion of going from 0->1 came up over and over. One trap I see in EA is the hesitancy to act under uncertainty. Yonatan Cale’s recent post I’m Offering Free Coaching for Software Developers in the EA community demonstrates an approach to break out of this trap: start small, launch fast, stay open to feedback.
One perspective on the Play Pumps story is that the founder failed to pay attention to feedback: what was the experience of the first kid who used the first Play Pump?
I’m glad you wrote this, let’s explore Systems and Complexity further—one great venue is Complexity Weekend—can we borrow some of their tools/processes for an EA Systems and Complexity Event?
Thank you Micheal—Great Post! I love this part:
At the EAG Virtual Entrepreneurs Gatheround event, the discussion of going from 0->1 came up over and over. One trap I see in EA is the hesitancy to act under uncertainty. Yonatan Cale’s recent post I’m Offering Free Coaching for Software Developers in the EA community demonstrates an approach to break out of this trap: start small, launch fast, stay open to feedback.
One perspective on the Play Pumps story is that the founder failed to pay attention to feedback: what was the experience of the first kid who used the first Play Pump?
I’m glad you wrote this, let’s explore Systems and Complexity further—one great venue is Complexity Weekend—can we borrow some of their tools/processes for an EA Systems and Complexity Event?