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being lean helps us not die from unbearable debt and regret for wasting too much time of our lives, when we were wrong. are these the examples of startups that
by fedd 16y ago
being lean helps us not die from unbearable debt and regret for wasting too much time of our lives, when we were wrong.
are these the examples of startups that when being early stage proved their concepts with minimum viable products, pivoted, failed, 'reiterated', etc?
maybe they were lean, but didn't they hit the right target from first attempt? (it's a question, not a statement)
- mbesto 16y agoI think you are misinterpreting "lean" with "bootstrapping". Being lean is a mindset that you don't put 100% of your resources and thought into believing that your first attempt will be successful (but it certainly can be the case). Just because a start-up gets it right the first time doesn't mean they aren't being lean. Lean is about developing the product/market fit during the development of the product/service. Maybe it would be better discussion to talk about companies who aren't lean?
- fedd 16y agoi agree; that's why i wondered if these examples (google, dropbox etc) would convince the blog poster that 'lean works'