HubSpot has used the lean startup method to build a spectacularly successful company. What I particularly love about HubSpot is that they… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
It was 1999, and we were building a way for college kids to create online profiles for the purpose of sharing... with… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
We need to reengineer companies to focus on figuring out who the customer is, what's the market and what kind of product… — 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
Most start-up companies fail and it is smart public policy to help entrepreneurs increase their odds of succeeding. But, the biggest loss… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
Here in Silicon Valley, I have taken part in hundreds of conversations trying to convince people to dive in and become entrepreneurs.… — 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
A lot of entrepreneurs hate big companies. But if you hate them so much, why are you trying to build a new… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
Learning to see waste and systematically eliminate it has allowed lean companies such as Toyota to dominate entire industries. Lean thinking defines… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
Most companies are busy making their products worse, not better. Updating is almost always a disaster. — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
The Lean Startup has evolved into a movement that is having a significant impact on how companies are built, funded and scaled. — 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
As an entrepreneur, I knew that if my company failed, I could always try again. So I often felt that the only… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
When Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created Apple computer in a garage in Palo Alto, it heralded the beginning of the PC… — 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 Image
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 Image
By the time that product is ready to be distributed widely, it will already have established customers. — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“waiting too long to release can lead to the ultimate waste: making something that nobody wants.” — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“...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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
