Entrepreneurs can't forecast accurately, because they are trying something fundamentally new. So they will often be laughably behind plan - and on… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
What differentiates the success stories from the failures is that the successful entrepreneurs had the foresight, the ability, and the tools to… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
The biggest start-up successes - from Henry Ford to Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg - were pioneered by people from solidly middle-class… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
“Energy invested in success theater is energy that could have been used to help build a sustainable business.” — 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
“After more than ten years as an entrepreneur, I came to reject that line of thinking. I have learned from both my… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
I actually believed if you work hard enough it was inevitable you'd succeed. Then I lived the 'Social Network' movie, but only… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
“It is the principal antidote to the lethal problem of achieving failure: successfully executing a plan that leads nowhere.” — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
“One remarkable part of the SnapTax story is what the team leaders said when I asked them to account for their unlikely… — 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
I can't say I'm not grateful to have journalists writing about me as a genius. But I know it's not true. I'm… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
The grim reality is that most start-ups fail. Most new products are not successful. Yet the story of perseverance, creative genius, and… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
“Startup success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught.” — 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 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
