The best book on Lean for beginners is “2 Second Lean” by Paul Akers. You can buy the book or get it free directly from Paul Akers’ website. https://paulakers.net/books/2-second-lean

Mr. Akers also has several hundred videos about Lean on his YouTube channel. https://paulakers.net/lean-videos

And for an impressive display of what Lean can do, watch this video “Lean Manufacturing - Kaizen Methodology - Lean FastCap Style” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su9CulCZTBg

What stack did you use to build stackbus.com?

Flask, Python, Brunch, Backbone, Google App Engine http://www.stackbus.com/@d_luaz

Here’s the “The Ugly Indian” Facebook page mentioned in the TED talk, where you can see before-and-after photos of the community clean-up projects. https://www.facebook.com/theugl.yindian

Some background on Wanelo:

  - Wanelo is a social shopping website and app
  - “Wanelo” stands for “Want Need Love”
  - Launched in 2012
  - 11 million users (as of August 2014)
  - 33 employs
  - Headquartered in San Francisco
  - 90% of Wanelo’s members are women, mostly in their 20’s
  - 85% of Wanelo's traffic is from mobile devices
  - Current valuation is $100 million +

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanelo

The downside of a standing desk: Standing still for long periods of time can cause permanent damage to the veins in your legs and lead to varicose veins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varicose_veins#Causes