Steve Parks

Without doubt the challenges for entrepreneurs are intense at the moment - but the opportunities are still there, and those that get their business quickly in the right shape and doing the right (focused) things will come out the other end stronger and more successful.

I've been doing a series of posts on what it takes to achieve this, and in this one I'm looking at the concept of Lean Startups.

'Lean' was developed by Toyota as a way of massively improving their business, and its since been successfully applied in many industries.

So how can you apply the ideas in startups?

Here's a collection of articles you need to read!
http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com/2008/09/lean-startup.html
http://venturehacks.com/articles/lean-startups

Here's a slideshow of a presentation on the subject:

And here's an audio podcast of a speech on the subject:

A lot of food for thought here. What are the key ideas you pick up from it all?

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