Re:Releasing early and often... how it failed for us
by flamontagne on Thursday March 12, 2009 @12:28PM
(#513636)
Ehm, no. Releasing early did fail for us. The idea was not mature enough, the "puzzle" wasn't completed but we started developement and released too early.
Re:Releasing early and often... how it failed for us
by markessien on Thursday March 12, 2009 @12:41PM
(#513653)
Did you ever consider that the idea was wrong? And that the 'fail' was just telling you that the idea was wrong?
Re:Releasing early and often... how it failed for us
by flamontagne on Thursday March 12, 2009 @12:53PM
(#513686)
Yeah we did consider that. But we arrived at the conclusion that the idea was still great.
Re:Releasing early and often... how it failed for us
by markessien on Thursday March 12, 2009 @01:17PM
(#513729)
Do you have numbers to prove that your idea is great? Having been launched for a while, it should be pretty easy to rearrange traffic data in such a way that it gives you a benchmark as to how relevant your idea is to people.
(Forgive me, but I like using numbers as a basis for decisions)
Re:Releasing early and often... how it failed for us
by flamontagne on Thursday March 12, 2009 @01:43PM
(#513757)
We know that idea is relevant because 1) WE find it relevant and 2) by the initial comments we are receiving from our users. Most are in love with the idea... but after that they feel let down. The problem is how the idea is executed, not the idea itself.
You released, you saw what the problems were, and now you hopefully have learned from the experience, and can go in a better direction. Just be sure to evolve, do not scratch and try to start afresh.