Comments on: Five whys, Part 1: The startup immune system http://venturehacks.com/articles/five-whys Good advice for startups. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:11:49 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The unstated contradictory postulate http://venturehacks.com/articles/five-whys/comment-page-1#comment-5978 The unstated contradictory postulate Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:29:01 +0000 http://venturehacks.com/?p=514#comment-5978 [...] of IMVU on how to analyze and solve problems for your startup. He calls it the 5 Whys (part one / two / [...] [...] of IMVU on how to analyze and solve problems for your startup. He calls it the 5 Whys (part one / two / [...]

]]> By: Paprika Lab » Blog Archive » Five whys: The startup immune system http://venturehacks.com/articles/five-whys/comment-page-1#comment-5885 Paprika Lab » Blog Archive » Five whys: The startup immune system Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:00:49 +0000 http://venturehacks.com/?p=514#comment-5885 [...] After asking five why questions, make five corrections, which build a startup immune system. If you want to know more about five whys, please don’t miss to read the original article. [...] [...] After asking five why questions, make five corrections, which build a startup immune system. If you want to know more about five whys, please don’t miss to read the original article. [...]

]]> By: Rob Chant http://venturehacks.com/articles/five-whys/comment-page-1#comment-5843 Rob Chant Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:18:07 +0000 http://venturehacks.com/?p=514#comment-5843 I think with building any system (especially a business' operations system), it's really important to keep tweaking, adjusting, fixing, improving. And the best way to do that is probably to think if it as always being a work in progress, rather than thinking of it perfect and then acting surprised when it breaks. I really liked your point about proportional investment. Something humans aren't generally good at! Hum, now, if only I could get to grips with TDD myself... I think with building any system (especially a business’ operations system), it’s really important to keep tweaking, adjusting, fixing, improving.

And the best way to do that is probably to think if it as always being a work in progress, rather than thinking of it perfect and then acting surprised when it breaks.

I really liked your point about proportional investment. Something humans aren’t generally good at!

Hum, now, if only I could get to grips with TDD myself…

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