Sep 22
“At one board meeting, when Mr. Kalin presented a long list of fancy new features he wanted to add to the site, Mr. Wilson stood up and crossed each one off the list. Instead, he advised Etsy to focus on creating a bare-bones site that worked well.”
— This was my favorite part of the NYT profile of Union Square Ventures. Many founders bristle at the thought of someone crossing off all their exciting new features, but I’ve seen more startups die sporting a thousand shallow features than those that had a handful of deep, coherent, & thoughtfully edited features (and yes, it’s a struggle for us also).
