Re:Is the Lean Startup Dead?
by pjlegato on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @02:49PM
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The article (and most of HN) refer to the local Silicon Valley jargon definiton of the word "startup": a company that is meant to grow extremely fast through the use of new technology. It's not a synonym for any entreprenurial venture.
What you're talking about is locally called a "lifestyle business" (not a "startup") -- a small business that can provide a comfortable living for the founder and a few employees, but which has essentially zero longer term growth prospects.
This point seems to be the source of much confusion in the comments here.
Re:Is the Lean Startup Dead?
by pofilat on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @03:48PM
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Those aren't "lean" either! "Lean" means starting your business before you have a product, marketing-driven development, and fumbling around chasing customers until you find something they want to buy, and then building it.
What you're talking about is locally called a "lifestyle business" (not a "startup") -- a small business that can provide a comfortable living for the founder and a few employees, but which has essentially zero longer term growth prospects.
This point seems to be the source of much confusion in the comments here.