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by symptic 5374 days ago
The title says "a Million-Dollar Business THIS Weekend" and not "IN A Weekend," suggesting the initial effort to create an idea and verify that idea (and potentially creating the MVP) can be done within 48 hours. There is nothing in this post suggesting a business will be completely created in a weekend, and these arguments criticizing the post show a lack of understanding.

Go back and read what is said until you thoroughly understand the message and realize Noah is merely exemplifying the Lean Startup method; it's a gritty and unsexy approach to building a business, and it's very effective at avoiding long-term losses and encouraging learning.

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> Go back and read what is said until you thoroughly understand the message

I read the article - thank you very much - and I am not enticed by snake oil. If that works for you, keep applying it.

> The title says "a Million-Dollar Business THIS Weekend" and not "IN A Weekend," suggesting the initial effort to create an idea and verify that idea (and potentially creating the MVP) can be done within 48 hours.

I can't argue against rationalization. By your logic, it can very well say a million dollar business in 5 minutes, where 5 minutes is the time it took to read the article.