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The Ed's avatar

Would you agree you could have tested your assumptions up front, and thus avoided deploying a premature solution?

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Mike Watson's avatar

Although I wasn't present for the initial launch, I agree that testing upfront would have been ideal.

In my case, the company I worked with was a rapidly growing startup that focused on adding new features over everything else before I came on. Having product folks in there early could have helped them with a ton - especially situations like this.

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The Ed's avatar

Thank you for your candid answer!

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Shaul Daon's avatar

great article. this happens waaaay too often.

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Mike Watson's avatar

We can break the loop!

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Amy Mitchell's avatar

Best quote: Don't let detective work become procrastination.

Great reminder about iterating and taking action to fix your product!

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Mike Watson's avatar

100%!

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