>>Spark refused to pay a $200,000 break up fee to help cover the expenses the lean company had started to take on .. So this "lean" company spent around $200,

>>Spark refused to pay a $200,000 break up fee to help cover the expenses the lean company had started to take on .. So this "lean" company spent around $200,000 on expenses relating to the possibility of getting VC investment that they apparently didn't need (and didn't originally plan for) In the VC/angel funded world, I guess this passes as "lean".