No, 30x500 doesn't get people thinking about what they can sell instead of what problems they can solve. This goes for the material, and the student perception of it. I'm making this bold claim because beginning by "thinking about what problems you can solve instead of thinking about what you can sell" (i.e. the opposite of what you've stated) is one of the major premises of the course.
If you're talking about other courses, and you just assumed 30x500 was similar, fine. I just wanted to point out the differences, and how what you said was so far away from what we learned in the course (that includes the material, and our 'perceptions' during our time in the course).
"Courses like the one OP took" <--- (You said this without knowing anything about 30x500...???)