I'm totally with you. I respect Eric Ries for the following reasons: 1. He's on the path of truth and justice (i.e. the concept of the lean startup is "right"

I'm totally with you. I respect Eric Ries for the following reasons: 1. He's on the path of truth and justice (i.e. the concept of the lean startup is "right" -- the more people follow it, the less entrepreneurial energy is wasted). 2. He's smart. 3. He's articulate and knows how to market/sell. And, hucksters generally sell something that is not fundamentally attainable by most of those being sold to. The lean startup model does not fall into that bucket.