Don’t Fail Quickly, Succeed Quickly!

By guest author Greg Brandeau, co-author of Collective Genius There is a mantra in Silicon Valley, fail quickly, which means, in short, that you realize quickly that what you hoped to do just isn’t going to work and move on. While fail quickly is a provocative phrase, I think it downplays what companies should be doing

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Greg Brandeau

Greg Brandeau is the former President and COO of MakerMedia. Previously, he served as the Chief Technology Officer for The Walt Disney Studios.

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