I don't think the lesson has anything to do with how hard you work. I think the lesson is that you can build and validate an idea in 2-3 days. We often have i

I don't think the lesson has anything to do with how hard you work. I think the lesson is that you can build and validate an idea in 2-3 days. We often have ideas for products and think to ourselves that we'll just add a few more features or fix a few more bugs, then maybe put it on the market and see what happens and all of this takes weeks or months. In large corporations this can take years. The idea here is to state an assumption about your product, figure a way to test your assumption and do that in 2-3 days. There are 15 of these "weekends" in a month. You could be pivoting 15 times in one month, and if you have to pivot that often, at least you're only investing a few days instead of a few weeks into the setup. It's all about building a lean startup and the mentality you need to have. This article is not actually working 30 days a month as if you were on a 48-hour hackathon clock.