Comments on: Why You Should Experiment

By: adam

adam — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:30:13 +0000

“Experiments on the web are cheap.” That’s all the incentive right there. If your experiment wins, you win big. If it fails, you lose almost nothing.

By: Tom - StandOutBlogger.com

Tom - StandOutBlogger.com — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:04:32 +0000

If you are not constantly experimenting and trying new things then you are going to become very stagnant very quick!

By: Adam Singer

Adam Singer — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:03:48 +0000

@T.J. Anderson – agreed, the world always needs more experimenting and learning, it is a perpetual process for our species.

@Tim Jahn – Max is very quotable…as are you!

@Mark Dykeman – yes, that is where the quote is from – click the link and it takes you to when I referenced Clay. Great catch.

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:59:02 +0000

“The web makes the cost of failure so low it’s worth failing like crazy to learn what works. ”

This phrase caught my eye because it’s very similar to one of the themes of Clay Shirky’s “Here Comes Everybody”. In his context, he uses it to describe one of the reasons that Linux was able to grow and thrive and why established companies like Microsoft wouldn’t be able to handle it – the cost of failure would be too high for MS.

Another great post!

By: Tim Jahn

Tim Jahn — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:03:49 +0000

I love what Max said: “Their crewmembers typically can’t articulate what they’re doing, nor why others should join.”

If your employees have no idea what your company does or why others would ever want to be a part of it, there’s a big problem.

Keep your company fresh and exciting by experimenting and trying new things. Experimenting has been proven to create great things. Look at any object near you at this moment. Experimenting played some part.