if you listen to the conversation between me & eric in the first talk of the conf, i think you'll find we discuss the issues mentioned below like: - is lean startup really a "proven" discipline? - are there "wantrepreneurs" getting cultish around lean? - does this shit really work?

the answers to which are probably: - no, not just yet, but we hope it's useful - definitely - maybe, and we'd love your help figuring it out :)

in other words, it's a work in progress with some very likely positive benefits, but by no means a perfect science (yet, anyway).