I agree. But since Steve is eliminating one of the biggest team factors from his class, I doubt he'd be able to get a good vantage point. Having a shared meth

I agree. But since Steve is eliminating one of the biggest team factors from his class, I doubt he'd be able to get a good vantage point. Having a shared methodology seems to be necessary, but not sufficient, for a good team. If the team can't agree on how to judge progress towards their goal (whether that's lean startup or a "field of dreams" approach) then it's almost guaranteed to implode after the first big hurdle. Worse still is if they don't have any mechanism for judging progress. Could be dollars raised, lines of code, written, or hypotheses validated...but there has to be something to provide the team with a shared sense of accomplishment as they struggle.