Out of the four $10b+ companies founded since 2007, Dropbox and Airbnb definitely used Lean techniques[0], and Uber probably did[1]. That only leaves WhatsApp,

Out of the four $10b+ companies founded since 2007, Dropbox and Airbnb definitely used Lean techniques[0], and Uber probably did[1]. That only leaves WhatsApp, which there isn't much information about out there. But considering how little funding they took, it's safe to assume that they utilized similar techniques. 0: http://www.hult.edu/en/news/hult-labs/2013/august/the-lean-startup-methodology--a-movement-transforming-business-development/ http://www.hult.edu/en/news/hult-labs/2013/august/the-lean-s... 1: http://www.quora.com/Lean-Startups/Did-Uber-use-any-lean-startup-methodologies-or-perform-customer-validation http://www.quora.com/Lean-Startups/Did-Uber-use-any-lean-sta...