[9oliYQjP]

I suppose I wasn't very clear, but what I was trying to say is that a lot of entrepreneurs are turning to Lean for a framework that will lead them to success. That's about as big of a misunderstanding as thinking being able to predict the weather will allow you to force a sunny day tomorrow. Eric Ries has never claimed to be able to do the latter, and I was just pointing that out. But right up there with misunderstanding #1 about Lean (i.e., "Lean means bootstrapped cheap right?") has got to be this particular misunderstanding.

What I meant by jury is still out, is that we might find that the framework suggested in The Lean Startup actually increases success rates amongst startups in addition to being a model for revealing truth. Revealing truth faster will allow startups to extend their runway and if we find that most successful businesses only require X pivots on average before they start to profitable, we very well might see startups be able to accomplish these X pivots succeed where they may have followed a more traditional launch and pray model and achieved fewer than X pivots, running out of runway.

If it sounds like I'm trying to be negative about the book, I'm not. It's fantastic and I'm absolutely suggesting everybody buy a copy :P

[amirmc]

> a lot of entrepreneurs are turning to Lean for a framework that will lead them to success ... But right up there with misunderstanding #1 about Lean ... has got to be this particular misunderstanding

I agree with what you're saying but when the strap line of the book is "How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Companies" [emphasis added] the misunderstanding is, well ... understandable.

[9oliYQjP]

You're right, it's on the cover. I have jumped right into the book but haven't read anywhere in there claims that Lean will cause success. It's pretty modest in the claims. I find it interesting that it's blatantly on the cover though. I'm not convinced this would let me succeed but I am convinced it would help me from driving off a cliff into a disaster of a situation where I have wasted a lot of time and effort on a product that it turns out the market doesn't want.

[jmathes]

The cover says "How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Companies". That means:

- There exist at least two entrepreneurs today - At least two of them use continuous innovation - At least two of those who use continuous innovation create radically successful companies - This book will tell you how they do it