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"..is that it has led me to abandon lean startup theory"
- skrebbel 15y agoDuplicate: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3034573 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3034573 HN really needs a trailing-slash-insensitive equality operator.
- michaeldhopkins 15y agoLean startup isn't trying to outpace the customer, it's trying to catch up. It's for people who don't understand what the customer wants.
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- Estragon 15y ago> I don’t like being cryptic, but in this case, I am not > going to elaborate further This reminds me of the "The Gervais Principle"[1] from the same guy. That drew people in with an appealing story mapped onto a complex domain in a vague, simplistic way that in the end led to few novel, actionable conclusions. It's great rhetoric, though! [1] http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/ http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-o...
- richcollins 15y agoDid he actually provide any direct critiques of the Lean Startup methodology? As I understood, he just said "don't go too fast", which isn't in any way at odds with being a Lean Startup.