Hey Tom welcome to SB!
Yeah I agree with your synopsis of Marks post and you are right you
could call it something totally different and there will be people who
take it the wrong way mainly because they haven't bothered to learn
where the term came from the in the first place :)
I am wondering
I need to introduce myself to the group, and this post seems like an
appropriate place to do so since I read Mark Suster's article a few
days ago. I don't think the article itself was written particularly
well, since he confused a lot of people into thinking he disagreed
with the whole concept
Glad to see so many Mark Suster fans. I really love reading his Blog
and watching his This Week In VC show its really eye opening.
As for the Fail Fast mantra I think if people are hearing that term
and not understanding the overall concept of Failing Fast in terms
of Lean Startup Methodology and
I'm another Mark Suster fan...I also believe in the 'fail fast'
mindset but as with anything that becomes a commonplace term, it's
open to misinterpretation. I definitely feel that the phrase is over-
used often in the wrong context. In my belief 'fail fast' is not
about being irresponsible,
I'm a big fan of Mark Suster's blog -- love his straight-shooting
style and the fact he's always willing to challenge conventional
wisdom.
This particular article, however, didn't strike me as controversial as
the title suggested it would be.
A bit of background: I worked for years in a big
Thanks for highlighting this one Mick - It is a bugbear of mine having
heard it so much from first-timers in the valley recently.
I have had the privilege of Mark's advice over the past year and I
subscribe to his views on 'fail fast'. I think the semantics will be
debated but the net of the
By failing as fast as possible you're doing the best you can to
preserve investor's funds, whether those funds come from friends and
family, angels or you and your partner's credit cards.
I doubt there's any arrogance about investor's money in the Silicon
Beach community — funding's far too rare
Learn fast is a better name but such is the curse of a good name that
it often trumps a more accurate name :)
Dylan Jay
Technical solution manager
PretaWeb 99552830
On 14/06/2011, at 8:37 AM, Matt Cameron mattcameron2...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for highlighting this one Mick - It is a bugbear
