Fail Fast
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Sinek: Tech's 'fail fast' mantra terrifies employees and backfires
“One of the aphorisms in tech that has been overused and misused and now abused is this concept of fail fast. And the number of people that, that is That appeals to a very small percentage of a population's mentality, and that you come into a company and say, f…”
Hoffman: Teams should replace 'fail fast' with 'learn fast'
“The fail fast is like failure is not the target. Learn fast is what I use, right? So why are you moving fast and you're risking falling is because you're optimizing for learning speed, right?”
Hazlett calls 'fail fast' nonsense, urging founders to win fast
“Everybody just talks about fail fast. So that's bullshit. How about we win fast? I'd rather win fast. Failing sucks.”
Elfond: 'Fail fast' dogma fails in niche markets where failures are remembered
“In all the startup schools, they'll say, they'll tell you fail fast and learn from it. Great learning when you have a huge industry and you can sell to as many people as you can and you'll never remember the people that you failed with. Not in the smaller indu…”