Note 004 · STARTUPS

Moving fast is not an excuse for no taste.

Mar 16, 2026 · 3 min read

Fig. 004 · STARTUPS

There is a story going around that shipping fast means shipping ugly, and that taste is a luxury you buy later once the numbers work. We have not found that to be true.

What actually costs time

Rework costs time. Six opinions with no owner costs time. A brief that changes on Thursday costs time. Caring how something looks, once the decision is made, costs almost nothing.

Fast and considered are not opposites.
Fast and considered are not opposites.
Taste is not slow. Indecision is slow.