The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

This has completely changed the way I have recently launched two businesses. It is brilliant.

Be patient and the blocks will fall into place.

The text has inspired me to seek regular new business ideas to build and launch. I've started helping two friends already who have bought into the idea.

I'm not sure if it's a new idea, but it's the first time I've been exposed to the ethos.

A really good read.

I've read a lot of business books (and also written one) and this is the best I've seen in a long time. It could just as easily have been titled "The Scientific Startup" but I guess that might have scared people off. It outlines a scientific method for planning and running a startup that prevents costly errors and ensures the entrepreneur(s) learn enough about their business and the market in which it operates to decide their next step. It's essentially about running sequential experiments testing the fundamental assumptions about the business (eg "will customers buy this?") in the quickest, cheapest and most effective way so the startup is a learning organisation (indeed that, rather than the pursuit of money is the point of a startup according to Ries).

This is the first book I've ever listened to, bought on Kindle and then bought the paperback so I can scribble. There's plenty of hyperbole around when it comes to business books but this is a radical, and much needed, shift to the way startups are run. First class.

An interesting listen. The content of the book is interesting, detailed and comprehensive. The case studies used in the piece are fantastic and in terms of gaining value from the book I have already been able to apply some of the techniques in my day job.



However, the only negative would be the delivery of the content. This audio is not something that you will look forward to listening to.. although you can see the benefit in listening to the book. It is similar to a child being force fed their greens. In the sense you know that their may be some benefit in listening to the audio but you would rather eat sweets or watch TV in my case.



It is worth a credit however, sample the audio before you purchase as the delivery may not suit.

I wasn't totally sure I was doing the right thing buying this. The reviews on audible seemed too good to be true and I'd never heard of the author or the title before. Let me re-assure you that you should not hesitate for a second. This is a tour de force. It's worth ten if not a hundred times the price you pay here. There are so many brilliant concepts introduced , the minimum viable product philosophy , validated learning and loads more. If you know nothing about lean techniques it would be worth giving yourself a little primer before you start on this title. I will be listening again next time with pen and paper in hand so I can actually detail the clear and logical steps you must take to make your start up company or start up product within an established company a great success.

It's a fantastic listen, no fluff just evidential backed techniques to adopt throughout the start up process. The reason why a lot of it rings true is that it is all highly logical.

If you strive to be cutting edge this will change the way you approach your entire business.

Good read, with some interesting ideas. However the focus is more towards what to do when you have made a product/invention so sometimes irrelevant to people who provide services or operate their business through a trade. With that in mind i do feel its a good book but improperly titled.

it is a fantastic purchase worth if you have the book to reed it is better

Humble and persuasive, the author highlights through his own struggles how he came to apply a lean manufacturing mindset to software development. What is particularly fascinating to me is how well this translates to all business startups not just to product development. Excellent stuff. @upfinder

Although tech focused the theory is applicable to most businesses and also not useful to only entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and business in general but also to your own personal life. Most of us won't choose to adapt, to pivot our lives if goals, behaviours or activities aren't leading to the results we desired when we set our goals at the outset.



Engaging listen, with value in every chapter without unnecessary filler. Will listen to again without doubt.

This is a great book. Inspiring and generally uplifting. The main idea is essentially combining Steve Blank's Customer Development with Agile development practices however it still represent a valuable material. I especially like the fact that Eric Ries reads it himself. No doubt this book on its own is very likely to be insufficient but it is a great start. I highly recommend listening/reading it.

This is really useful book for these who wish to take a challenge in a start up or these who innovate in a big corporation. Have listened the volume twice one right after another.