This is one of your best quotes, you have so many. But this is the truest of them all. So glad to have found this article with your own complete take. Side note: Thanks Reid for all the value you add to the startup community - globally. Your podcast is so damn good as well. In almost every episode, I am reminded of the lessons learned over my 8 years at Trulia.

Yes, thank you. Embarrassment passes. For most but not all products. Were error propagation is problematic- the other shoe will drop.

Wow, great article. I started with a big coupe of skepticism but in the end, I found myself agreeing with it a lot. It's funny how it is also partially true for programming in general. Looking at you YAGNI principle :) so many sophisticated abstractions created when a simple SWITCH CASE could do the trick :)

Moving from 'embarrassment' to 'embarrassment' with iterative steps while collecting customers feedback and gaining evidence. Thank you Reid Hoffman for such a nice article.

This is an awesome article. Thanks for expanding the idea. 

A great article Reid Hoffman! Indeed, I have missed the boat on more than one occasion, whilst striving for perfection with a new product, rather than striving for early customer feedback, upon which we can act to adapt the product to meet market demands. An important lesson here for all businesses, not just startups.