By the time that product is ready to be distributed widely, it will already have established customers. — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
I believe for the first time in history, entrepreneurship is now a viable career. — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
The big question of our time is not Can it be built? but Should it be built? This places us in an… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurship is not really building a product, it's not having an idea, it's not being in the right place at the right… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
What if we found ourselves building something that nobody wanted? In that case what did it matter if we did it on… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
“Startup success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Startup success can… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
The lesson of the MVP is that any additional work beyond what was required to start learning is waste, no matter how… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
Except in very narrow cases, where there's breakthrough science that needs patent production, worrying about competitors is a waste of time. If… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
“We have the capacity to build almost anything we can imagine. The big question of our time is not Can it be… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
Customers don't know what they want. There's plenty of good psychology research that shows that people are not able to accurately predict… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
Because startups often accidentally build something nobody wants, it doesn’t matter much if they do it on time and on budget. The… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs always pitch their idea as 'the X of Y,' so this is going to be 'the Microsoft of food.' And yet… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
A head start is rarely large enough to matter, and time spent in stealth mode-away from customers-is unlikely to provide a head… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
The lesson of the MVP is that any additional work beyond what was required to start learning is waste, no matter how important it… — Eric Ries Copy Share
HubSpot has used the lean startup method to build a spectacularly successful company. What I particularly love about HubSpot is that they are so… — Eric Ries Copy Share
By the time that product is ready to be distributed widely, it will already have established customers. — Eric Ries Copy Share
It was 1999, and we were building a way for college kids to create online profiles for the purpose of sharing... with employers. Oops.… — Eric Ries Copy Share
Except in very narrow cases, where there's breakthrough science that needs patent production, worrying about competitors is a waste of time. If you can't… — Eric Ries Copy Share
“waiting too long to release can lead to the ultimate waste: making something that nobody wants.” — Eric Ries Copy Share
There's nothing wrong with raising venture capital. Many lean startups are ambitious and are able to deploy large amounts of capital. What differentiates them… — Eric Ries Copy Share
“In the Lean Startup model, every product, every feature, every marketing campaign—everything a startup does—is understood to be an experiment designed to achieve validated… — Eric Ries Copy Share
“...a long-term reputation is only at risk when companies engage in vocal launch activities such as PR and building hype. When a product fails… — Eric Ries Copy Share
The minimum viable product is that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about… — Eric Ries Copy Share
Every startup has a chance to change the world, by bringing not just a new product, but an entirely new institution into existence. — Eric Ries Copy Share
Entrepreneurs can't forecast accurately, because they are trying something fundamentally new. So they will often be laughably behind plan - and on the brink… — Eric Ries Copy Share
Meritocracy is a good thing. Whenever possibly, people should be judged based on their work and results, not superficial qualities. — Eric Ries Copy Share
