Bryce Roberts on the temptations that distract from keeping an experiment simple and focused:
For now, we’ve been very conscious not to use any of those exciting terms to describe what we’re doing. And we’re trying our hardest to keep the spirit of the experiment as simple and no-frills as possible.
But the temptations to do “more” are many.
As with any product, there will be plenty of opportunities to tweak, add or enhance things down the road. But for now the focus is in on staying true to our intent and keeping it simple for anyone evaluating to assess.
Which is much harder to do than it sounds.
It’s so tempting to do, and say yes to, so. much. more.
But not now.
Now, we’re saying no to those many temptations to do more.
He was talking specifically about indie.vc. More often than not the early days of an experiment should reply with more no’s ( or at least not right now ) that yes’s.