Craft

4 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 29, 2023 by Eric Ries · across every show →

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Oct 29, 2023 negative

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Ries: Founders fail when using craft to avoid customer feedback

“Where people get into trouble, I think, is when they want to use craft as an excuse to not get any feedback.”

Eric Ries Oct 29, 2023 ▶ 50:48 Reflections on a movement | Eric Ries (creator of the Lean Startup methodology)

Oct 29, 2023 neutral

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Ries: Respect for craft increases the necessity of testing everything else

“Having a respect for craft, for design, for perfection, that increases the need for experimentation and testing for all the other stuff.”

Eric Ries Oct 29, 2023 ▶ 52:26 Reflections on a movement | Eric Ries (creator of the Lean Startup methodology)

Oct 29, 2023 negative

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Ries: Writing bad code for speed backfires via future firefighting

“Compromising that in the name of going fast is stupid, right? Like write crappy code. You spend more time firefighting than you do writing code in the future. So a certain amount of craft is just about keeping your options open. And actually it's very much lik…”

Eric Ries Oct 29, 2023 ▶ 51:15 Reflections on a movement | Eric Ries (creator of the Lean Startup methodology)

Jul 11, 2024 neutral

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Weinstein: Product craft is dessert after solving a burning problem

“And I think craft is kind of a. Dessert that you get after the meal of does your thing solve a real problem in the world? And are people clamoring, needing it badly?”

Jeff Weinstein Jul 11, 2024 ▶ 19:01 Building product at Stripe: craft, metrics, and customer obsession | Jeff Weinstein (Product lead)

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