Buck's Law

Noun · Startup & VC

Definitions

  1. A saying that variations of a process or plan often hide complexity, reflecting the old line about making one thing easy and another thing possible. In startup usage it usually appears as folk wisdom about product or operations choices.

    In plain English: A bit of operational folk wisdom about how optional variations create complexity.

    Example: "Buck's Law applies here: supporting every customer workflow adds more branches than you think."

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