
“Lean” doesn’t work for the majority of startups in SE Asia
Guyi Shen
The current dominant meme in the startup community is the “Lean” startup. Take a look at the 52 exhibitors on Echelon 2011′s site , count how many of the startups are either a social network, a marketplace or a platform? The majority of the startups all are primarily relying on network effects as a major part of their product value. The current “Lean” approach doesn’t work for network effects startups. Lean is a method of testing the assumptions and hypothesis of a business idea in an iterative manner whilst validating your product/market fit before you ship a complete product. The popularity of the...