The goal of every startup experiment is to discover how to build a sustainable business around that vision. — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
All innovation begins with vision. It’s what happens next that is critical. — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
Using the Lean Startup approach, companies can create order not chaos by providing tools to test a vision continuously. — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
You know how people always talk about how vision is the key to entrepreneurship and perseverance and really seeing what other people… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
Building the right product requires systematically and relentlessly testing that vision to discover which elements of it are brilliant, and which are… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
Science and vision are not opposites or even at odds. They need each other. I sometimes hear other startup folks say something… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
The goal of a startup is to figure out the right thing to build-the thing customers want and will pay for-as quickly… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
There was a study done in the early 20th century of all the entrepreneurs who entered the automobile industry around the same… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
Nowadays people talk about PayPal's founders as prescient geniuses who would inevitably change the world. It was, however, not so obvious that… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
Famous pivot stories are often failures but you don't need to fail before you pivot. All a pivot is is a change… — 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
