Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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The Lean Startup: Korea's Case Study-Cardoc

린 스타트업 방법론의 적용: 한국 '카닥' 사례를 중심으로

  • Na, Hee Kyung (School of Business, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Lee, Hee Woo (Graduate School of Venture, Hoseo University)
  • 나희경 (경북대학교 경영학부) ;
  • 이희우 (호서대학교 벤처전문대학원 경영학)
  • Received : 2016.09.10
  • Accepted : 2016.10.28
  • Published : 2016.10.31
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Abstract

The Lean Startup, a methodology for minimizing failure rate of startups, has been receiving attention since its publication in 2011. Although it has been receiving enormous attention as an effective methodology of startups' growth and the emergence of unicorn companies, it is undeniable that the theoretical research and cases on this topic have not been fully accumulated in Korea. Progress of management theory has been made when combining the theory and case studies. In this paper, we thus excavated the 'Cardoc' case, which has applied the lean startup concept to the entire process of service and customer development from the inception of its product design. The following are the findings of the case. First, for the successful application of lean startup, it is essential that all team members to understand the lean startup concept and are willing to apply it thoroughly to the business management. Second, the prompt launching of MVP(Minimum Viable Product) is more important than table discussion. Third, it is crucial to select the appropriate key metrics and analytic tools for effective learning. Fourth, startup must scale up promptly as soon as it verifies the product-market fit through the BML(Build-Measure-Learn) iteration cycle. Fifth, all new business expansion should be lean. Cardoc is currently testing new MVPs in order to move onto the next scale-up process with huge investments in newly added segments. This study is meaningful in that it elaborates the representative case of a Korean startup that has applied the lean startup strategy under the circumstance of insufficient discussion of Korean startup cases in comparison with growing attention both in concept development and case accumulation abroad. We hope that this paper can be a stepping stone for future relevant research on the implementation of lean startup methodology in Korea.

창업 성공률을 제고하고 실패 가능성을 낮추는 경영전략으로써'린 스타트업'은 2011년 에릭 리스의 책 출간 이후 줄곧 주목을 받아왔다. 전 세계적인 유니콘 스타트업의 등장과 창업 초기기업에 보다 효과적인 성장 방법론으로써의 린 스타트업에 대한 관심 고조에도 불구하고 한국에서는 체계적인 관련 이론연구와 사례 축적이 미진한 상황이다. 경영학의 진정한 발전은 이론과 그것을 기반으로 한 다양한 사례와의 접목이 이루어질 때 가능하다. 이에 본 논문에서는 서비스 개발 초기부터 린 스타트업의 개념이 적용되었고 서비스와 고객 개발의 전 과정에서 린 개념이 적극적으로 도입된 한국기업 '카닥'의 사례를 발굴하고 고찰하였다. 본 연구를 통해 알게 된 사실은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 린 스타트업 적용을 위해서는 우선 린 스타트업을 적용하려는 경영진, 팀원 들이 모두 그 개념을 깊이 이해하고 적용의 필요성에 공감해야 한다. 둘째, 수많은 논의보다 빠른 MVP(최소요건제품)의 출시가 우선이다. 셋째, 효과적인 학습을 하기 위해서는 적합한 분석툴과 핵심지표(Key Metrics) 선정이 무엇보다 중요하다. 넷째, 만들기-측정-학습(Build-Measure-Learn)의 사이클을 통해 지속적으로 측정하고 배워 제품/시장 적합성(Product/Market Fit)이 검증되었다면 과감히 규모를 확장해야 한다. 다섯째, 신규사업 진출도 철저히 린 하게 해야 한다. 카닥은 현재 신규사업으로 확장을 꾀하는 중으로 이 역시 린 스타트업 방법론을 철저히 적용하여 시범서비스(MVP)로 그 가능성을 타진해 본 후 투자를 본격화 한다. 본 연구는 린 스타트업에 관련한 기존 개념의 논의와 더불어 그 적용사례가 축적되고 있는 외국과 비교해, 한국 기업의 사례연구가 절대적으로 부족한 현 상황에서 한국의 대표적인 린 스타트업 활용 사례를 고찰하였다는 점에서 의의가 있다고 할 수 있다. 본 연구가 린 스타트업 방법론의 국내 적용과 향후 관련 연구에 하나의 디딤돌이 되기를 바란다.

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