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Re:Popular Web Strategies That Don’t Work by forgotAgain on Monday July 25, 2011 @04:48PM (#2804536)
#5 Epiphany Don’t bank on epiphanies. Processes that are repeatable and controllable are the most reliable sources of innovation.

I disagree. Brilliant people make for innovation. Repeatable processes make refinement possible but not true breakthroughs.

Overall I think the statements made work very well for a consultancy selling services to management. I don't see them working so well for a startup.

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Re:Popular Web Strategies That Don’t Work by gnaritas on Monday July 25, 2011 @07:29PM (#2805201)
Repeatable process: Hire brilliant people!
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