Good thoughts on the limitations of the Lean Startup methodology. I actually like the concept of the MVP, but I tend to think that a lot of companies' MVPs who

Good thoughts on the limitations of the Lean Startup methodology. I actually like the concept of the MVP, but I tend to think that a lot of companies' MVPs who are trying to follow the LS method aren't really viable. The whole "put up a landing page and count signups" idea just turns me off completely. However, if you can actually build a usable product that only does one thing really well and avoids excess in every other way, then you really have something to test. But wait! Why spend all that time and money if you don't know it's going to work? Exactly. Welcome to the world of being an entrepreneur. There aren't any magic bullets here. I spent 13 months on a bootstrapped, sideproject startup and clocked over 500+ hours. I'm now testing how to market the product and start growing revenue. What, am I crazy? No, I simply refused to release a product before it was a product. Am I shafted if it doesn't take off? No, because what I learned in building it (not to mention I'm using it myself and I love it) was worth the entire exercise.