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Trying to identify a pattern for success has never been a great strategy. We all know there is no secret sauce for succeeding in this dynamic, ever changing technology sphere, but if we try to identify commonalities, it ought to be imperfection rather than perfection.

Sounds counter-intuitive, but this is true. To succeed, you really do not need the perfect vision, the perfect processes or even the perfect products. Concentrating on obtaining perfection may be a good idea but is slightly impractical considering finite resources and capital that start-ups have. A better idea is launching and selling the product/service than wasting time to get things done perfectly. This is an extension of the cliché that “action always beats inaction”. Thinking too much and doing less ties us in that inaction state for more time than we realize.

A great insight to this matter is provided in the following here:

Decide what to build, launch an imperfect version, sell unsuspecting customers, keep improving, sell more unsuspecting customers.  Lather, rinse, repeat.  SUCCESS!

http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/5659/Startup-Business-Strategy-For-The-Simple-Minded.aspx