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Lean Enterprise

A company run lean. Like without the 17 extra workers that the company didn't really need beyond the 134 they already had. (Hello, union negotiator. You're good. You forced us to make these hires and they've stuck.) Lean: Silicon Valley Startup; Fat: U.S. Government workers.

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