No, I meant that it's unfair to expect custom-tailored advice out of a mass media.
Perhaps all startup advice is entertainment, i.e. entreporn, for you, but my response to that is that you need to work on how you seek out and absorb that advice, because that's not the case for everyone, so if you feel this way you're missing a trick somewhere.
Do you also think Peepcode screencasts and programming books are worthless? And yet, they never offer personalised advice. All they promise is "I will try to teach you how to do this stuff, and use a contrived example to show you how I might do it, and hopefully it's of some use to you."
Business advice is no different - if you want it customised to your situation, hire a consultant, don't read a book...
Perhaps all startup advice is entertainment, i.e. entreporn, for you, but my response to that is that you need to work on how you seek out and absorb that advice, because that's not the case for everyone, so if you feel this way you're missing a trick somewhere.
Do you also think Peepcode screencasts and programming books are worthless? And yet, they never offer personalised advice. All they promise is "I will try to teach you how to do this stuff, and use a contrived example to show you how I might do it, and hopefully it's of some use to you."
Business advice is no different - if you want it customised to your situation, hire a consultant, don't read a book...