The reality is the Lean Startup method is not about cost, it is about speed. Lean startups waste less money, because they… — 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
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
There is no greater country on Earth for entrepreneurship than America. In every category, from the high-tech world of Silicon Valley, where… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
A solid process lays the foundation for a healthy culture, one where ideas are evaluated by merit and not by job title. — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
I bet the people who are in the auto industry right now have more than 10,000 good ideas about what might work… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
When we're in the shower, when we're thinking about our idea - boy, does it sound brilliant. But the reality is that… — 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
