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There is clear, irrefutable evidence that you get it, Doc. Well played.

BRC
http://www.themusingsofthebigredcar.com

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High praise indeed. Thanks.

BRC
http://www.themusingsofthebigredcar.com

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THAT was for you, Otis, cause you are good and deserve it. Go time!

BRC
http://www.themusingsofthebigredcar.com

I especially appreciate the part about the preparation, e.g,, the

> You check, double check, re-check everything and the minute hand touches
the spot on your watch from whence things can no longer change and
destiny shows up for a ride to the objective with you.

Yup. And I’m concerned about the part

> whence things can no longer change

For a little example, I’ve written a lot of software that was supposed to run, reliably and correctly, and it did. But while I was writing the software, definitely I was not yet in Go Time. This was easy to see because the software was not yet fully written or was but clearly still had some bugs, needed tweaking, etc. And, when the software seemed to be solid, then it was Go Time and

> whence things can no longer change

In anticipation of that time, want to do the work clearly well enough before the. Don’t want to go live with 1 million users when the software is still so raw that most of the users will discover serious bugs.

I remember my father’s

“Measure twice. Saw once.”

A friend in business has done a lot of projects, most of them on time, on budget, as bid, as planned. He was shocked to discover that commonly software projects don’t work this way. The key reason for the difference is, compared with his projects, the software tools to be used keep changing.

Well, since software projects can be so important and expensive, there is some methodology for estimating them. One approach to the methodology starts with the history of the development team on similar projects. If the team has no such history, then the methodology makes no estimate! Or, if have built 100 similar Web sites and site 101 is similar, then can make a quite good estimate for the project. If the site is both the first for the team and unique for the world, then there is no accurate project estimation methodology.

But, if Show Time for a project is dragging on, then that’s unfortunate but not much a surprise but, still, there is no sense in rushing to Go Time and, say, getting a bad reputation in front of 1 million users.

The GOPe might prefer Cruz or Rubio, but so would Hillary which means that the GOPe should prefer Trump. For the GOPe cutting a “deal” for the VP slot, I’m not so sure the GOPe has much to bring to the table for a deal or much cares about having Cruz or Rubio in as VP. Maybe I’m wrong: IIRC Trump has said that he will be self-funding during the primaries but will be willing to accept GOP party funding during the general election. Well, maybe the GOPe can get some leverage here. But, really? I mean, even if for VP Trump wants someone not in the race for POTUS now, the GOPe will then risk Hillary winning? Or, Hillary is the ememy. So, line up behind Trump and his plan of attack. For the general election, pull out the checkbooks, and to heck with who the VP is. Or, is the GOPe thinking ahead to 2020? For an area where the main concern is the headline of the day and long term is a year, tough to think that the GOPe wants to use Trump’s VP as their boy for POTUS in 2020 or later. Or, for 2020 or 2024, how about just Ivanka? More likely!

For VC, seems to me that. while there is a lot of talk from both sides of the table, all that really matters for a deal is a project, for obviously a huge market, all the development done, traction significant and growing rapidly, and nothing else seriously wrong.

If that current traction means good earnings and plenty for both capex and opex for growth, then maybe for the VCs the dream, maybe the only hope, is the team is five guys, each in a small apartment, each with a 10 year old Chevy, each with a pregnant wife, and each wanting a high end Ferrari, a 10,000 square foot house in the best neighborhood, and a 150′ yacht, all right away. Maybe.

Is it show time? Is it go time? Do you even know the difference?

http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/show-time-v-go-time/

Yes, you do. You did all the time.

BRC
http://www.themusingsofthebigredcar.com