Wednesday 7 December

Business trends that emerge in the US invariably, as we are often told, end up in Australia within a few years.

The rise of the Lean Start-up model, however, has taken hold rather more rapidly. Just three months after the release of Eric Ries’ book The Lean Startup, it seems that every budding entrepreneur is talking about starting the Lean way.

But what does the Lean Start-up model actually involve? And how can start-ups best embrace it? Today, we reveal all.

Elsewhere, legal eagle James Omond explains the dangers of contractual fine print and Wai Hong Fong has some more advice on how to dig out some SEO-boosting gems.