Lean Startup Methodology

Comments primarily recommend 'The Lean Startup' by Eric Ries, customer development by Steve Blank, and principles like idea validation, pivoting, and experimentation to help entrepreneurs avoid building unwanted products.

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arisAlexis Feb 5, 2022 View on HN

You need to read lean startup my friend.it will save you some years.

nradov Jul 15, 2022 View on HN

Have you read "The Lean Startup" by Eric Ries? Much of it covers this topic.http://theleanstartup.com/book

hajrice Nov 12, 2010 View on HN

No problem. I suggest you check out the lean startup principles if you already haven't. Perhaps you might need to pivot. Eric is really balling hard there.Keep it lean.

cloudking Apr 11, 2021 View on HN

Read the Lean Startup, I think it is helpful for software entrepreneurs

zarroba Aug 4, 2017 View on HN

After reading 'The Lean Startup' I've decided to start a pet project where I could apply lean ideas in product development.I'm sure there were tons of posts like this over the years but writing about it helps to consolidate the knowledge and the feedback really helps with the learning.So please bear with me during this journey and thanks for your patience, time and knowledge shared with me.

angryasian Sep 12, 2011 View on HN

it is intentionally left vague, for the main reason, there is nothing that will work 100% of the time or a one size fits all. What you need to take away is more of make sure you understand your market/product/customers so you know what they want. Through experimentation ( building a product or feature based off of your expertise along with metrics of what your customers demand), you'll need to test, understand, and iterate, to determine what to do next. I don't even know if Eric Ries is/was a

ekanes Oct 5, 2023 View on HN

Your scenario makes me think of The Lean Startup. It's a book but you can find podcasts, talks, etc. It's worth thoroughly understanding it as it makes it much harder to ship something people don't want, but also pushes you to engage with people earlier so you're co-building. I'm also older :P and this is the biggest idea to change my approach to this game.

raydiatian Oct 18, 2022 View on HN

Eric Ries “Lean Startup” has genuine life advice value I think

zackattack May 4, 2009 View on HN

Likely people who heed Steve Blank's "customer development" approach.

jchook Aug 5, 2020 View on HN

Reading “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries.He argues that this kind of “build it; they will come” aka “Just Do It” business process is a recipe for failure because you make a lot of untested assumptions about your market, and front-load a ton of (often wasteful) work.He suggests the “Build, measure, learn” feedback loop, which you actually plan backwards:1. Figure out what you need to learn by outlining the key assumptions, including your value hypothesis and growth hypothesis.2. Decide