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Does anyone else find it ironic that the guy who invented The Lean Startup philosophy is trying to take a zero to one leap to start an exchange? Wouldn't it mak

Does anyone else find it ironic that the guy who invented The Lean Startup philosophy is trying to take a zero to one leap to start an exchange? Wouldn't it make more sense to start a crowdfunding platform or secondary market for private shares and evolve that into a public market exchange, rather than trying to start something denovo?

blowski 10y ago
Perhaps discussing feasibility with the SEC and putting out feelers via a press release is the MVP.
- afarrell 10y ago
  And sometimes, if your goal is to actually test viability, the MVP is in fact quite large.
- rdlecler1 10y ago
  The articles states that he's assembled a team of 20 engineers. That doesn't sound like a MVP to me.
twoarrays 10y ago
Well, he used Lean Startup hype to be a well-connected person and have a "more optimal" approach. Whereas LS may help an ambitious young student, it's not the best approach if you have monopolistic ideas.
npt4279 10y ago
Agreed. That's exactly our plan at Wefunder. We're using Regulation Crowdfunding and Regulation A+ to create a new secondary market for riskier ventures. With a few minor Congressional fixes to current laws (including one being voted on soon), we expect this to be workable in 2017. https://wefunder.com/wefunder https://wefunder.com/wefunder