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To be fair on Eric Ries, he can and he did before he taught. It actually looks like most of the people that teach entrepreneurship via blogs and books are entr

• hello_moto 15y ago
  I am by no mean questioning Eric Ries. I read his blog posts pre-Lean Startup days and his engineering methods fit with me. I think it was accidental for him to do the Lean Startup (something along the line of him being pushed by other to "hey, why don't you write more about this?") He definitely has the experience already. 1 failed startup. 1 successful (not sure how far, but up to the reader to decide the range of success) company. If he chose to venture out to public-speaking business, it's up to him to diversify his value.
• lucisferre 15y ago
  That was my point, but perhaps I misunderstood the parent. The comment he was responding to simply pointed out how much cargo culting happens once a serious concept turns into a buzzword. Consultants and "teachers" start showing up at conferences and companies hawking their wares, which are long on platitudes and short on substance. Quite frankly it's tedious, you just have to attend any Agile conference today to observe this. The people who coined concepts like Agile and Lean Startup did so out of real world experiences and don't expect their ideas to be taken and applied literally, but understood by and interpreted primarily those who have or are going through similar experiences. Only people who attempt to grow and learn through experience can expect to effectively apply and teach other these concepts. Personally I've never believed that those who "can't do" have ever made very good teachers.