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THE PERSPIRATION PRINCIPLES | Howard A. Tullman

Aug 29, 2012

Great Entrepreneurs Do These 3 Things

Columnist Howard Tullman has started more than a dozen tech companies. Here are the three things he says separate the winners from the losers.

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Why is it that large established corporations, even when they see upstarts bearing down on them, can’t react or at least to get out of the way before the new guys roll right over them? These companies are in search of perfection, and that’s deadly. They can’t get anything started in time to make a difference. It’s a foolproof formula for failure.

As Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg says, “Done is better than perfect.” It’s absolutely clear that a good plan executed today beats a perfect plan that may never arrive. You need to start with what you have, iterate like crazy, and fail fast.

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