Start Small, Launch Quickly, Fail Often…
Paul Graham posted the excellent Six Principles for Making New Things; it’s a must-read for any entrepreneur.
Anyone I advise will tell you that my two basic sentiments are “rip it out — it’s not vital” and “who cares — launch and let the users tell you the answer”. If I wasn’t so belligerent about things, I’m sure these teams would worry that I don’t care about their companies.
You’re going to guess wrong. A LOT. Launching simple apps means you can fix them quickly before adding the next boneheaded feature 
See the principles on the permalink.
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Six Principles for Making New Things:
I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly.
- Paul Graham
