Yes exactly. In the startup world, we build products for users - they are the ultimate arbiters of a product's value. It doesn't matter whether the value is delivered by working two weeks or two years - all that matters to the user is the value delivered.<p>So smart founders should find ways of getting to that value delivery point via the shortest, cheapest most efficient path. Because that way you win over your competitors who might not.<p>BTW, this is also why companies led by technical founders often beat those that are not. If you're a non-technical founder, you are beholden to the techno-priesthood, which may care about building things in the most perfect way, which often ends up being an inefficient path.<p>Note that this is not meant as a knock on writing good maintainable and elegant code. It is more an affirmation of minimizing work that does not move you closer to the point of value delivery for your user.