[ericb]

I find parallels with the irreducible complexity intelligent design argument. Lean startups are oriented toward the evolutionary approach, where as fat startups are attempts at intelligent design.

On one hand, evolution demonstrates that small changes can have beneficial effects and building on top of them can lead to whole new paradigm shifts. On the other hand, intelligent design should be able to trump evolution. Humans can design a car or business from whole cloth, one that is not composed of lesser incremental changes but requires each part to make the other parts useful.

[purplelobster]

My only gripe with lean methodologies is just that, that it seems like a soul-less reactionary process at times. At its extreme anyway, I know that't not the way it always works.