korrents

korrents · books

The Lean Startup (Portfolio Penguin, 2011)

Eric Ries · c. 2011

Read the book on archive.org ↗

8 people recommend it, on rcmnd ↗

7 korrents from this book ↓

Eric Ries did not write this page.

Every claim below was made in this book, quoted word for word and numbered in the order the piece makes them, so you can read it there rather than take our word for it. The book prints chapter headings its extracted text does not preserve, so the claims below are in the book's order but not grouped. The sentence above each quote is our reading of the claim, not their wording. Each quote was checked against a stored copy of the page at build time; where the two differ, the quote is the fact.

  1. Our reading

    A startup is an institution for creating something new under extreme uncertainty

    Their wordsA startup is a human institution designed to create a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty.

  2. Our reading

    Entrepreneurship is management

    Their wordsEntrepreneurship is management.

  3. Our reading

    The only way for a startup to win is to learn faster than anyone else

    Their wordsThe only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else.

  4. Our reading

    Without knowing who the customer is, you cannot know what quality is

    Their wordsIf we do not know who the customer is, we do not know what quality is.

  5. Our reading

    Validated learning is not a story told after the fact to hide failure

    Their wordsValidated learning is not after-the-fact rationalization or a good story designed to hide failure.

  6. Our reading

    A startup's core activity is building, measuring and deciding to pivot or persevere

    Their wordsThe fundamental activity of a startup is to turn ideas into products, measure how customers respond, and then learn whether to pivot or persevere.

  7. Our reading

    A pivot is not just any change

    Their wordsThe word pivot sometimes is used incorrectly as a synonym for change.

Keep reading