If you develop 10 things, and you can get two or three…
“If you develop 10 things, and you can get two or three made, that's a very high ration.”
About This Quote
This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.
Creating many ideas and successfully producing a few yields a high success ratio.
In simple terms: Many attempts, few successes, but high efficiency.
Focus on developing many concepts, then refine the promising ones.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- Startup product development
- screenwriting drafts
- software feature brainstorming
- inventor prototyping
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- How many ideas should you generate before filtering?
- What criteria determine which ideas to pursue?
High ratio may overlook the value of iterative improvement on many ideas.