Funny you should bring that up. I dislike the Lean Startup ideology precisely because it is at odds with the creative process as I understand it. Did you see th

Funny you should bring that up. I dislike the Lean Startup ideology precisely because it is at odds with the creative process as I understand it. Did you see the interview with the Pinterest founder the other day? He said he was glad he hadn't known about it earlier because it would have convinced him to give up. Twitter may be a similar case; the founders said they kept going for a long time when people were telling them it was useless. When you see something other people don't see, measuring their opinions is likely to tell you you're wrong. But what if you're not wrong? Emerson has a great line somewhere about the pain of having an original thought and giving it up under pressure, only to find out later that it was right.