Mistakes most often arise when you launch a new business . There is a famous saying that if you launch a new project and you are not even a little embarrassed, it means you have taken too long to open it to the public. Contents [ hide ] 1 Advantages and disadvantages of perfecting a pitch 1.1 “You have to pay obsession with detail” 1.2 “With 80% of tasks completed we can be happy” 2 The level of perfection I apply today when launching new projects 2.1 Launch with 80% but aim for 100% 2.2 With established brands, you have to pay more attention to the details Advantages and disadvantages of perfecting a pitch I am one of those who thinks that you should not waste time and want to polish up every last detail. There is also another type of entrepreneur who does not launch a new project until it has been polished to the maximum, down to the last detail. In general, there are these two trends: “You have to pay obsession with detail” If I recall correctly, Steve Jobs was probably the most famous entrepreneur for obsessing over details . Just like Elon Musk (Paypal, SpaceX, Tesla), he had no problem delaying the launch to improve something that he didn’t consider to be up to his standards. He didn’t care that his team was working for months without much rest. If the effort needed to be doubled, he expected you to do it without blinking an eye. The good thing about taking care of the details is that you reach the market with a more tested product with fewer errors. Zero bugs is probably an illusion because no matter how many hours you have spent testing, you will never have seen all the possible scenarios and constellations that could cause a failure. The risk you run is the fact of running out of money along the way . It is one thing to have Apple’s cash flow and another to have a start-up’s . Resources are not usually infinite and that is why many give so much importance to getting to the market early ( time-to-market ). “We can be happy with 80% of tasks completed” Especially in the startup world, time is considered more important than perfection . This is why the concept of Minimum Viable Product has become so popular . 80% can be completely satisfactory for launching in most cases. I remember that when we launched the alpha version of the platform back in the Coguan days, we had at most reached 70% of tasks completed after having worked non-stop for 3 days to meet the date promised to investors. At that time I would have liked to have more time, but looking back I think it was the right thing to do. The level of perfection I apply today when launching new projects I still think that time is more valuable than perfection, but there are new aspects to consider. Everything changes when you have a track record and you have created expectations in the past. There are disadvantages to not having anyone associate anything with you, but it also gives you the advantage that it is much easier to overcome them. These are my two basic principles: Launch with 80% but aim for 100% I don’t see anything wrong with launching early if you have in mind to complete the tasks at hand. Typically after a launch the initial tension disappears and what used to take hours can now take days (or even be forgotten). I think that the details are there to be taken care of but that you don’t have to do everything on the first day. With established brands you have to take care of the details more One of the most established projects with a 3-year history is Quondos. When you’ve been around for “so long” you can’t leave things at 80%. Expectations are higher so leaving 20% open for a long time can be too risky. Pampering your users and polishing anything that can be improved is an obligation, not an option. The bad thing is that with more time, the list of tasks also increases. This cannot be an excuse. You have to go one by one. Little by little you move forward, although by definition this task will never end. That is if you have understood that improvement continues and redefining yourself never ends if you do not want to end up in oblivion as a company.
