'Lean' Is for Mediocre Minds

You're right. Lean will work (maybe) for all the boring, safe money-making schemes. May be a great way to start to learn how to run a business. But the fun is in the "bending"; creating a new type of business, maybe a new concept in technology entirely even if it's not "justified" by today's data. The idea is to irrationally "bend" success to what you've originated.

I know it sounds a little silly, but this is the best way I can describe my mentality when I had pursued any of my successes in life.

If not this way, than business is too boring for me :) Maybe I'll stick to programming and pick up painting.

Lean is the scientific method applied to business: hypotheses are tested to make decisions. Nothing more