[javajosh]

The only valuable insights are the ones that people have used in real life. There is almost no value in listening to the blatherings of someone who makes sweeping generalizations, speaks in vague terms, and doesn't back up their assertions with any kind of data. It's the worst kind of truthiness, and HN would be much better off avoiding this kind of opinion piece.

"Personally I don’t know anything about Nick, but I do know that $30 million is a sh*tload of money to pay for a 17-year-old as an acqui-hire."

If you don't know anything, then STFU.

If you're going to criticize something as broad as "the lean startup movement" and you want to achieve anything more than FUD, then be prepared to be careful with your arguments. Have examples. Have data. Honestly, I don't know much about this "movement" but if this article is the best criticism people can muster, then I suspect it's actually quite good.

[mjffjm]

I added the article here because that is exactly how I felt after someone forwarded it to me. There was no value in the comments on VentureBeat (and the author was commenting at all there anyway) so I figured there would be some worthwhile discussions here on the topic and potential someone with data to backup Michael if they agreed with him.