Proof of Concept Quotes

In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality.

Prototype, then polish. Get it working before you optimize it

A single test which proves some piece of theory wrong is more valuable than a hundred tests showing that idea might be true.

The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.

...operational proof...it's all theory until you see for yourself whether or not something works.

Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.

The management question, therefore, is not whether to build a pilot system and throw it away. You will do that. Hence plan to throw one away; you will, anyhow.

I could name about a dozen paths, and you'd like to have a whole bunch of research on all those paths, and then, eventually, at least four to five companies with really significant financing try and get to big scale, going down and really trying to prove it out.

You have to test your ideas in a public forum.

Projects can take years to exhibit proof-of-concept and a few more years to be converted into commercial realities.

Having a Nobel Prize or being a famous scientist will get you a week to a week and a half, metaphorically speaking, of a hearing for your new idea, but after that, it's going to tank if you don't have the evidence and support for it.

Everything is a test.

Proof is boring. Proof is tiresome. Proof is an irrelevance. People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.

A startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.

If somebody says my ideas aren't good in the afternoon, I can go to a club that night and try to prove them wrong.

Countless banks around the world are already testing distributed ledger systems in proof-of-concept trials.

Start with something simple and small, then expand over time. If people call it a 'toy' you're definitely onto something.

Another roof, another proof.

I have already demonstrated, by crucial tests, the practicability of signaling by my system from one to any other point of the globe, no matter how remote, and I shall soon convert the disbelievers.