Comments on: The OODA Loop: Playing chess with half the pieces http://venturehacks.com/articles/certain-to-win Good advice for startups. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:11:49 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brian Dunbar http://venturehacks.com/articles/certain-to-win/comment-page-1#comment-5932 Brian Dunbar Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:09:45 +0000 http://venturehacks.com/?p=518#comment-5932 <i>y. I never really “got” the OODA Loop so, based on Eric Ries’ recommendation, I read this book.</i> As a young Marine - long, long ago - I 'got' OODA from this example, published in an article in 'The Marine Gazette' in 1986 or '87; 'When artillery is falling on where you were thirty minutes ago, you're inside your enemies OODA loop." Granted the example of receiving fire where you are no longer at doesn't work for everyone - shrug - it worked for me. I'll put that book on my to-read list. y. I never really “got” the OODA Loop so, based on Eric Ries’ recommendation, I read this book.

As a young Marine – long, long ago – I ‘got’ OODA from this example, published in an article in ‘The Marine Gazette’ in 1986 or ‘87;

‘When artillery is falling on where you were thirty minutes ago, you’re inside your enemies OODA loop.”

Granted the example of receiving fire where you are no longer at doesn’t work for everyone – shrug – it worked for me.

I’ll put that book on my to-read list.

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