They’re two of the largest businesses on the net, each worth billions of dollars. They rank in the top 10 in traffic, have millions and millions of users, and are powerhouses in their markets.

I’m talking about eBay and Yahoo. You may have heard of them, once or twice.

At some point an entrepreneur came up with an idea and the startup process began. It happened for eBay, it happened for Yahoo, and it happens with every business.

We spend so much time and energy trying to make our businesses and ideas perfect. By doing so we lose focus on the problem we’re trying to solve and possibly interest in what we originally loved.

eBay and Yahoo were created from nothing and were far from what trends and standards would define as perfect, or bee-yute-eee-full. Here’s a look at their first versions.

They’re both gigantic portals now that millions of people make a part of their lives each day.

If your product or website somewhat resembles the first versions of those sites, don’t worry. Like I’ve said, something is always better than nothing and can always be improved.

Launch that project that’s been sitting on the backburner and let the public help you better it over time.