Ship quickly

Ship quickly

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Aug 19, 2024 1:53 PM

This has happened to me more times than I can count.

You spend hours drafting something — maybe a one pager.

But it’s just not feeling “perfect.”

So, you delay sharing it internally.

Maybe you circulate it with a couple of people for vague “feedback.” But you never really push to get it out there. Ship a good enough version that people can actually use. You never say “it’s done for now” — use it.

So it sits.

And eventually a designer picks it up. Or your boss asks about it. Or sales comes looking for it.

But by then it’s outdated ⌛️

❌ New or changed features

❌ That customer is no longer with us

❌ That’s not the messaging we use anymore

❌ Our competitor is now saying the same thing

❌ Our branding has changed

So it's back to the drawing board. And all your time time wasted.

STOP 🛑 So much time is wasted on half-finished projects that never see the light of day.

For the majority of assets and content we take on as PMMs, there's a V0 you can ship in a few days. A version people can start testing, validating, and giving feedback on right away.

So the next time you’re working on something. Push to get a version out quickly.

Something you can consider “done for now.”

It’s a way better way to validate what you have. Plus it’s wayyy more motivating to actually ship stuff.

You'll stop being the one that has to adjust to constant changes. And be the one who makes some change.