The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup

by Eric Ries

15 mentors recommend this 336 pages

"Most startups are built to fail. But those failures, according to entrepreneur Eric Ries, are preventable. Startups don't fail because of bad execution, or missed deadlines, or blown budgets. They fail because they are building something nobody wants. Whether they arise from someone's garage or are created within a mature Fortune 500 organization, new ventures, by definition, are designed to create new products or services under conditions of extreme uncertainly. Their primary mission is to fin

ISBN: 9781524762407

🎯 Who Recommends This Book 15

Sheryl Sandberg

Sheryl Sandberg

Business & Entrepreneurship

"The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries, provides a great inside look at how the tech industry approaches building products and businesses."

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Andrew Ng

Andrew Ng

Technology

"For B2C, one of my favorite books is “The Lean Startup,” which takes a narrower view but it gives one specific tactic for innovating quickly. It’s a little narrow but it’s very good in the area that it covers."

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"Gives one specific tactic for innovating quickly."

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Dustin Moskovitz

Dustin Moskovitz

Business & Entrepreneurship

"At Asana, we've been lucky to benefit from [the author]'s advice firsthand; this book will enable him to help many more entrepreneurs answer the tough questions about their business."

Raoul Pal

Raoul Pal

Finance & Investing

"Raoul Pal recommended this book on Twitter."

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Tim O’Reilly

Tim O’Reilly

Business & Entrepreneurship

"[This book] isn't just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business, it's about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do."

Kevin Systrom

Kevin Systrom

Business & Entrepreneurship

"The principles from The Lean Startup, I still apply today."

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Marc Andreessen

Marc Andreessen

Finance & Investing

"[The author] has created a science where previously there was only art. A must read for every serious entrepreneur—and every manager interested in innovation."

Chris Dixon

Chris Dixon

Finance & Investing

"Chris Dixon recommended this book on Twitter."

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Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban

Business & Entrepreneurship

"One of the 7 books Mark Cuban credits his success to."

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Mike Maples, Jr.

Finance & Investing

"[I was] lucky enough to have a front-row seat at the birth of these ideas."

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Patrick Bet-David

Patrick Bet-David

Business & Entrepreneurship

"Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website."

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