Lately, I’m getting more and more feedback from entrepreneurs that Lean Startup is holding them back. Entrepreneurs blame the Lean Startup process. For starters, I’ve written about the pace of Lean Startup before, because at certain stages it does feel slow. But Lean Startup is not a guarantee. So be careful. MORE >>

And on wednesday night I spoke to the NYC Lean Startup Meetup with the help of Giff who interviewed me. Eric and his fellow lean advocate Steve Blank have both written at length about the methodologies associated with the lean startup approach. To me, USV is a lean VC firm. My prior experience at Flatiron was instructive. MORE >>

Home About Me SUBSCRIBE TO THIS BLOG ash maurya Practice Trumps Theory: Lean Startup + Customer Development + Bootstrap Achieving Flow in a Lean Startup December 8, 2009 Share Eliminating waste is the fundamental principle of lean thinking. Achieving Flow in a Lean Startupashmaurya.com [.] Do you have a co-founder? MORE >>

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 The lean startup Ive been thinking for some time about a term that could encapsulate trends that are changing the startup landscape. After some trial and error, Ive settled on the Lean Startup. like the term because of two connotations: Lean in the sense of low-burn. for H. MORE >>

But I’m lean ! Lean is about being effective, not cheap. Lean is about finding the bottlenecks in your process and removing them. FoundersLike many others, I tried “outsourcing my life” using a digital assistant. have since cancelled. Why didn’t it work for me? It’s marketing without the ROI. MORE >>