[opportune]

Even a startup cannot do manifesto-agile most of the time IMO, at least not if they have a strong desire to succeed, because they are constrained by the possibility of running out of money in the near-future.

I am dabbling with bootstrapping now that I've hit my financial-independence targets and I think this, along with profitable+small+private+engineering-led software businesses and FOSS, are some of the only environments in which you can engage in true Agile. That assertion stems from the fact that they are not subject to real constraints in budget and resilient to business meddling in things like TTM and MVP.

[mrkeen]

Is there anything you can't substitute into "Even a startup cannot do X most of the time IMO, at least not if they have a strong desire to succeed, because they are constrained by the possibility of running out of money in the near-future." ?

[opportune]

Not exactly sure what you mean, but most startups operate at losses for a long time before becoming profitable. I explicitly noted that bootstrapped startups with passive income and profitable small engineering-led companies are not constrained by this problem, because their financials support operating indefinitely - but perhaps I misunderstand your point