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Eric Ries is the creator of the Lean Startup method, and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup. His new book, coming in 2026, is Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad... and How Great Companies Stay Great
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One of the most important lean startup techniques is called the minimum viable product . Its power is matched only by the amount of confusi...
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When we build products, we use a methodology. For software, we have many - you can enjoy a nice long list on Wikipedia. But too often when ...
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What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day? Often times, it seems like people are thinking it's synonymous with "that guy w...
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( Update April, 2011: In September, 2008 I wrote the following post in which I published my thoughts on the term " lean startup "...
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