The Lean Startup
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
Marty Cagan
Buy it. - Marty Cagan
Sheryl Sandberg
Provides a great inside look at how the tech industry approaches building products and businesses. - Sheryl Sandberg
Patrick Bet-David
Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.
Raoul Pal
Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter.
Ben Horowitz
Great. - Ben Horowitz
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The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries
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Eric Ries
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In an age where innovation is not just valued but vital for survival, "The Lean Startup" by Eric Ries presents a revolutionary blueprint for building a successful business. At the heart of Ries's philosophy is the concept of the lean startup—a methodology that champions creating more efficient companies by investing in the continuous testing of ideas, learning from mistakes, and rapidly adapting to change. Drawing from his own experiences as a startup advisor, employee, and founder, Ries dismantles traditional business practices, advocating instead for a cycle of constant iteration and validation known as the build-measure-learn feedback loop. This approach is designed to help entrepreneurs and managers do more with less, by efficiently allocating resources and making informed decisions based on what customers truly want. Ries's narrative is a clarion call to embrace uncertainty and view startups, regardless of size or sector, as experiments. The lessons derived from lean manufacturing form the backbone of this methodology, encouraging a scientific approach to product development and business strategy. "The Lean Startup" offers not just a set of tactics but a mindset shift—away from the conventional emphasis on extensive planning and prediction, toward a flexible and dynamic model of continuous innovation. By valuing customer feedback over intuition and adaptive rather than predictive planning, Ries lays out a path for companies to achieve sustainable growth and navigate the murky waters of the startup ecosystem successfully. Through engaging case studies and insightful analysis, this book is a must-read for entrepreneurs, managers, and anyone interested in the future of business.

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Released
2011
1 Jan
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Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.
Buy it. - Marty Cagan
A 'must have' for your shelf. - Steve Blank
Gives one specific tactic for innovating quickly. - Andrew Ng
[I was] lucky enough to have a front-row seat at the birth of these ideas. - Mike Maples, Jr.
The principles from [this book], I still apply today. - Kevin Systrom
Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter.
Provides a great inside look at how the tech industry approaches building products and businesses. - Sheryl Sandberg
You need to read [this book]. - Jason Calacanis
Great. - Ben Horowitz
At Asana, we've been lucky to benefit from [the author]'s advice firsthand; this book will enable him to help many more entrepreneurs answer the tough questions about their business. - Dustin Moskovitz
Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter.
One of the 7 books Mark Cuban credits his success to.
[This book] isn't just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business, it's about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do. - Tim O’Reilly
[The author] has created a science where previously there was only art. A must read for every serious entrepreneur—and every manager interested in innovation. - Marc Andreessen
The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else.
— Eric Ries, The Lean Startup

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