The Lean Startup
A book by Eric Ries that reshaped how founders think about building companies using principles like MVP and validated learning.
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"I was introduced to you — was it Eric Ries, I believe, of The Lean Startup? Also one of our investors."
More from Tim Ferriss →"We already had a kind of startup that we funded in YC and maybe it has a lot of overlap with what was described in this book, The Lean Startup, but I haven't actually read it. And so — I mean, why would I? Tolkien didn't read all those other fanta..."
More from Paul Graham →"Maybe even like 10 or 15 years ago, the Lean Startup book was pretty popular. And a big part of that book was this loop where you'd build something, you'd measure how it does, then you learn from it, then you'd build a bit more."
More from Elie Steinbock →"The Lean Startup was foundational to me when I came to Silicon Valley. I remember I went to a Lean Startup book event probably back in 2012. You spoke there and it was very inspiring as I was starting my first company."
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"I never ask anybody to do something in a book that I haven't done myself."
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