6 Dimensions That Separate Great Products From Expensive Experiments
Forbes piece on why most products fail: bad decisions upstream, not sloppy execution. A framework to improve discovery, build, testing, scaling, and prioritization.
1. Discovery: validate demand before you build
2. Build: ship incrementally, not monoliths
3. Testing: measure signal, not vanity metrics
4. Scaling: know your unit economics first
5. Prioritization: ruthless tradeoffs over feature sprawl
6. Decision quality: reversible vs. irreversible bets