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Re:What I wish I knew before starting a business by atldev on Wednesday August 25, 2010 @04:49PM (#1634102)
Don't know if I agree with #2. There are plenty of overnight success stories that are 10 years in the making (Zappos comes to mind). And plenty of startups had to muscle through tough times without seeing "quick success" (Pandora). Countless others.

If things things that succeed tend to do so quickly, why is the idea of a pivot so important?

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Re:What I wish I knew before starting a business by dctoedt on Wednesday August 25, 2010 @05:29PM (#1634224)
Perhaps pivoting is important to turn away from something that isn't succeeding, towards something else that might.
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