Being a Lean-er Startup

 

Here'a a video by author Eric Ries on being a lean-er startup:

This movement seems to be catching on quite well, and interestingly, much like the early days of project management that was done informally and with very little structure that now has many methods and best practices associated with it, Mr. Ries is arguing that launching and managing a startup can be put on a more systematic and scientific basis with methods and best practices from Lean and other business processes.

Of course as anyone who has been involved with managing projects or with startup business ventures would know, that it is much as art as it is science, but I do applaud his efforts to put setting up a startup which is typically associated with chaos on a more firmer foundation.

It is very similar to an idea I have about reconciling the best PM practices with startup business ventures.

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