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And by doing that you will have perverted the meaning of the book. It is a great book but the main lesson there is to observe, learn and act. In that order. No

• joshklein 16y ago
  He'll certainly miss the incredibly good strategic portion of the book, but don't you think "perverted the meaning" is a little strong? It's about systemizing the execution of customer development instead of theorizing over it, and the OP is clearly someone who has had enough with the pie-in-the-sky "do your passion" advice, and wants some help Getting Stuff Done. The rip-it-out-and-tack-it method will be less effective than proper use of the book, but more effective than spending 2 years thinking about it at a theoretical level.