How to kill a bad idea: Why no is the most important word an entrepreneur can learn
Jason’s latest Inc. Magazine column: “No means you have to make tough choices that aren’t always obvious at the time. No can be hard, even painful; it can lead to imagining what could have been. But when you make software, it’s almost always a good idea to say no more than you say yes. Over time, you’ll regret saying yes more than saying no.” Jason’s other columns at Inc.
Joe
on 12 Jan 11Very good advice. Only experience can teach you that if you haven’t been warned otherwise.
Jeroen Knoops
on 12 Jan 11Reminds me of Chuck D’s No:
Youtube – Chuck D – No
David
on 13 Jan 11No is what I say to myself as I read most 37 signals articles. Now can I have the troll hat please?
Dan
on 13 Jan 11Saying no is extremely powerful and often extremely difficult if you are dealing with clients or a boss.
The more you do it the better you feel though I think!
Hamid Asadpour
on 13 Jan 11As a web application developer I learned to say NO to bad and ugly features, bad requests as well as bad idea. I’ve learned to say NO to complicated algorithms and say YES to pretty simple stuffs.
Thank you Jason and David
Marcos Wright-Kuhns
on 13 Jan 11When responding to customer feature requests, the folks at UserVoice just shared some wonderful advice:
@UserVoice
Matthew Silver
on 13 Jan 11Harvey Mackay put it this way, “say no till your tongue bleeds.”
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