Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

The parent comment on focus and this comment on extreme prioritization are so helpful.

Recently we are focused on just one objective and key result - it took years to get that far - we used to have so many. But even now with just one objective we still picked 25 initiatives to attempt to reach our goal. In retrospect it was an obvious fail because we only executed on a few well. We did some initial analysis but considering your comment I think we could have done much more analysis and cut much deeper and picked just a few or even just one. This is radical thinking!

Thank you for getting deeper into this. Do you have any other hints on where I could learn more about the approach you are describing?




Consider applying for YC's Fall 2025 batch! Applications are open till Aug 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: