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A VC names the exact failure mode a solo founder falls into: researching and deliberating so long that competitors ship while you optimize a spreadsheet. It puts a number on when to stop with the 70 percent rule, so you have a concrete cue that research has stopped paying off. Read it as a starting point for recognizing diminishing returns, not as permission to skip thinking entirely.
Startup Anti-Pattern #8: Analysis Paralysis
From itamarnovick.com by Itamar Novick About a 6 minute read
- Analysis paralysis is chasing the perfect decision until you make no decision at all, and it quietly kills early startups.
- The 70 percent rule: move once you have roughly 70 percent of the information you wish you had, not 90.
- A real portfolio company over-analyzed while a simpler competitor took the market, which is the concrete risk of over-researching.
