Most startup theory is ex-post, therefore bs

Re:Most startup theory is ex-post, therefore bs by zaind on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @04:58PM (#20752055)

I'm a huge fan of Alistair Cockburn's thinking on this point. He argues that people - and their characteristics - are a far greater driver of project success than methodology.

The argument is not a formal one, but I think still holds a lot of weight:

https://ameyakarve.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/characterizing-p...

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Re:Most startup theory is ex-post, therefore bs by owens99 on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @05:15PM (#20752242)

I agree with this for the most part, though there are many false positives of “great teams” on paper who screw it all up purely because of a backwards methodology.

Methodology and people are not mutually exclusive. And it’s a lot harder to swap in and out people (though it may be necessary).

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