This is the same guy who tried to get people to sign up for a $3K/month discussion circle about how to be lean:<p><a href="http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2009/08/introducing-lean-startup-cohort.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2009/08/introducing-lea...</a><p>Off the top of my head, one excellent strategy for avoiding distractions and process bloat is to avoid this kind of navel-gazing and just work on your project.<p>You can PayPal me the $3k at your convenience.
"<i>The Lean Startup is a trademark and service mark owned by Eric Ries</i>"<p>His ideas sounds awfully similar to YCombinator's.<p>Grounds for a patent dispute?<p>Does pg really own <i>Lean Startup</i>?