Great article. I was very worried at the beginning, because honest feedback is incredibly important. But I agree with most of the conclusions - attacking an ide

Great article. I was very worried at the beginning, because honest feedback is incredibly important. But I agree with most of the conclusions - attacking an idea directly is the worst way you can go about helping an entrepreneur. I know that these days, when I hear someone pitch an idea, what I do is this: 1. Try to figure out an MVP to get out of it. 2. Convince the entrepreneur that an MVP is the right way to go (depending on the person/idea, this may be tricky). 3. Talk about how to get the MVP made the most cheaply. If the entire idea can be tested by throwing up a quick WordPress-powered website, get them to do it. I will tell people what I generally like about the idea, but the truth is, after so many failures of my own (failed startups and failed predictions), I really don't think I can wholly trust my intuition about what ideas are good. And I'm pretty sure I'm not unique in that. But those other ideas, about MVPs and customer development, etc, are things that I've just learned from my time in the "business", so it's the best knowledge to impart.