All of them are good. And people who have achieved success could understand the problems and figure out anything that seems confusing. Newbies, well …not so much. They tend to take instructions much as a buffet, choosing this or that crumb based on ‘newbie tingle’ then rewriting the rest to suit preconceived notions.

Like PayPal didn’t have competition. Or Lean Startup endorses Build It And They Will Come. Heck I can’t even get the impression people know what “lean” or “minimal” or “viable” mean from their posts. It is bizarre.

And you ain’t helping. You get it that this exercise is dependent on using your words, right? No matter. This goes much faster when OP plays no role. Got twenty minutes?

Customer versus Product Development lays out the theory – completely compatible with lean. This is roughly the same online or offline, wait for the passage “…Toyota was doing this before anybody…” Basic diagram. Mostly small words. Shows a procedure to follow. (That’s that thing where you don’t edit the parts you don’t like completely out – then complain about the inevitable here.)

3 Awesome Minimum Viable Products are only awesome because they didn’t get it completely ass-backwards with the wantrepreneur misinterpretation: How To Crash Your Startup.

The Business Model Canvas – 9 Steps to Creating a Successful Business Model is compatible with the books. If you just put a checkmark in each box, you’re doing it wrong.

The only problem with reading a bunch of books is invariably wantrepreneurs throw up their hands in mock confusion … then do what they would have done without reading the books. They waste their time but feel really good about it.