The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

This book is absolute gold, it is just a treasure. I found it mindblowing. I give it a solid 5 stars.

One o fthe best Books on this about startups

This book is a good introduction to the Lean Startup approach to building and launching products for new markets. This book draws upon numerous works that have addressed the dynamics of new markets, discovering what customers really want, fact-based decision making and lean manufacturing. What is interesting is the way Lean Startup brings these ideas together into a cohesive and powerful framework. A framework built around a fundamental insight: building a new products for a new market should be considered a high risk experiment. Or rather, a series of experiments that successively prove (or disprove) whether we are building products that customers actually want. So, make assumptions explicit, test them vigorously, learn, repeat. Iterate through this loop as quickly as possible by deploying cross functional teams that build the product in small batches.I have launched new products at startups and established companies. I have lived through the dysfunction of silo-ed teams guessing what customers want and then investing in long development cycles before they find out the truth, if ever. So personally, I find Lean Startup ideas appealing and at least worth attempting.Teams that have gone through the process of adopting agile and lean for software engineering will recognize many of the rationales and principles laid out on this book. They will also realize that they implemented those principles too narrowly to be truly effective. Limiting lean and agile practices to just product engineering does not solve the dysfunction in other areas that are equally important for market success.My concern is whether this approach will doom teams to only make small incremental improvements that can be readily tested. Will it stifle intuition and courage to make big, bold decisions? Will 'let's test it' become a crutch for people who don't have the guts to make a call based on incomplete information (and information needed for big decisions will always be incomplete)? Time will tell. The Lean Startup movement is still in it's early days.I should point out that the book lacks specific ideas on how to implement the Lean Startup approach. The book has several high level stories, but very few methods, techniques and practices that can be readily implemented. This can be a bit frustrating if you are trying to imagine what Lean Startup ideas look like in action. Ries explains why specifics are missing at the very end of the book. The Lean Startup approach itself is an experiment! It is in its early stages and there is a lot of learning needed to implement it in a repeatable fashion. Further, the emphasis on learning means that any existing method should be continuously questioned, improved or even transformed. Ries says he does not want the movement to be reduced to a set of prescribed methods and tactics. Instead, he recommends joining a community of practitioners to learn how to implement Lean Startup ideas.Another ding against this book is a chapter on how established companies can nurture innovation. Ries feels out of his element on this topic and puts forth a series of that either value or akin to motherhood and apple pie. But it doesn't matter, because this book is really for technology start-ups. And for them it does put forth some fundamentally insightful ideas that will make any entrepreneur pause and reconsider the traditional approach.

Eric Ries' "The Lean Startup" is a game-changer for aspiring entrepreneurs and established businesses alike. This book introduces a revolutionary approach to building and scaling businesses, emphasizing the importance of continuous innovation and customer feedback.Key Takeaways:Build-Measure-Learn Feedback Loop: Ries introduces a cyclical process where businesses create a minimum viable product (MVP), measure its success, and learn from customer feedback to iterate and improve.Validated Learning: The book stresses the importance of testing assumptions and validating ideas through real-world experiments, rather than relying on intuition or guesswork.Pivot or Persevere: Ries encourages entrepreneurs to be flexible and adaptable, willing to change direction (pivot) if their initial approach isn't working, or to persevere with adjustments based on data.Innovation Accounting: The author provides a framework for measuring progress and success in a startup environment, focusing on actionable metrics rather than vanity metrics.Overall:"The Lean Startup" is an essential read for anyone involved in starting or growing a business. Its principles have been adopted by countless startups and established companies, and its impact on the entrepreneurial landscape is undeniable. If you're looking for a guide to navigate the uncertainties of the business world, this book is a must-have.

Mr. Ries has compiled this legendary literary work of business art that should help filter out the vanity metrics with the core-related data analysis that truly matters.Must read 📚!

Really simple and clear framework on how to develop products in uncertain conditions. Love how the author uses examples from his own start-ups or start-ups he has worked with to illustrate the methodologies.

Excelente livro.

Yes its completely worth it.

If you want to learn how to waste less time, budget and effort and be more efficient in building your startup, read this

Eric Ries' "The Lean Startup" ist ein revolutionäres Werk, das das traditionelle Konzept der Unternehmensgründung in Frage stellt und einen neuen Ansatz vorstellt, um innovative Unternehmen aufzubauen. Die zentrale Idee des Buches, das Konzept des "Lean," revolutioniert die Art und Weise, wie Startups ihre Geschäfte angehen.Die Stärke des Buches liegt in Ries' Fähigkeit, komplexe Geschäftskonzepte in klare, leicht verständliche Prinzipien zu übersetzen. Durch Fallstudien und praxisnahe Beispiele wird der Lean-Ansatz anschaulich dargestellt, was es für Unternehmer aller Erfahrungsstufen zugänglich macht.Die Betonung auf schnellen Iterationen, Kundenerfahrungen und datengetriebenen Entscheidungen hat dazu beigetragen, wie Startups weltweit ihre Produkte entwickeln und verbessern. Ries fordert die herkömmliche Vorstellung von Businessplänen heraus und fördert einen agileren und kundenorientierten Ansatz.Ein weiterer positiver Aspekt ist die anwendbare Natur des Buches. Die Prinzipien von "The Lean Startup" sind nicht nur für Neugründungen relevant, sondern können auch von etablierten Unternehmen übernommen werden, die sich agileren Geschäftspraktiken zuwenden möchten.Insgesamt ist "The Lean Startup" ein essentielles Lesestück für jeden, der sich mit Unternehmertum, Innovation und Geschäftsstrategie befasst. Es hat die Art und Weise, wie wir über die Gründung und Führung von Unternehmen denken, nachhaltig verändert.

Ho letto questo libro perché consigliato dai professori di due corsi di laurea che ho seguito e mi ha aiutato molto nel passare gli esami. Il libro è scritto molto bene e dimostra i concetti che spiega con molto esempi, anche riferiti alla vita dell'autore nella sua esperienza da imprenditore. Penso che la lettura di questo libro sia molto utile in generale poiché illustra un modo di pensare che si può applicare ovunque e di conseguenza lo ritengo utile per la propria crescita personale.