Humility is the most important attribute a startup can have
I think humility is the most important attribute a startup can have.
I think that Paul Buchheit sums it up best that the core of this “Release early. Release often. And listen to your customers” approach is humility.
So what’s the right attitude? Humility. It doesn’t matter how smart and successful and qualified you are, you simply don’t know what you’re doing. The good news is that nobody else does either, though some are foolish enough to think that they do (and
that’s why you can beat them).What is the humble approach to product design? Pay attention. Notice which things are working and which aren’t. Experiment and iterate. Question your assumptions. Remember that you are wrong about a lot of things. Watch for the signals. Lose your technical and design snobbery. Whatever works, works.
Stay humble. If you think you are releasing early and often, and listening to your customers – ask yourself how you are doing compared to how gmail was built. If you think the gmail approach was too aggressive, ask yourself how many users you have relative to gmail.