Who is Eric Ries
Eric Ries (born September 22, 1978) is an American entrepreneur, blogger, and author of The Lean Startup, a book on the lean startup movement. He is also the author of The Startup Way, a book on modern entrepreneurial management.Early life
While at Yale, he was co-founder of Catalyst Recruiting, an online forum for university students to network with potential employers. He took a leave of absence to pursue Catalyst Recruiting, but the company soon folded.
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After graduating, Ries moved to Silicon Valley in 2001 as a software engineer with There, Inc. He worked with the firm until the 2003 launch of its web-based 3D Virtual World product, There.com. The company soon failed.In 2004, Ries left to join one of the fou...
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- Science and vision are not opposites or even at odds. They need each other. I sometimes hear other startup folks say something along the lines of: 'If entrepreneurship was a science, then anyone could do it.' I'd like to point out that even science is a science, and still very few people can do it, let alone do it well.
- The attributes for entrepreneurs cut both ways. You need the ability to ignore inconvenient facts and see the world as it should be and not as it is. This inspires people to take huge leaps of faith. But this blindness to facts can be a liability, too. The characteristics that help entrepreneurs succeed can also lead to their failure.
- I can't say I'm not grateful to have journalists writing about me as a genius. But I know it's not true. I'm not confused. I understand that success comes through a lot of failure and a lot of very embarrassing failure. People want to create the next Facebook, but they are too afraid to create the next Facemash.
- Our educational system is not preparing people for the 21st Century. Failure is an essential part of entrepreneurship. If you work hard, you can get an 'A' pretty much guaranteed, but in entrepreneurship, that's not how it works.
- Start-ups make so many mistakes that the challenge to identify the root cause of a failure is tough. But believing in your own plan is probably the worst.
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Blown_clay: 5 books you must read before building any startup... ✅ zero to one by blake masters and peter thiel ✅ the lean startup by eric ries ✅ deep work by cal newport ✅ shoe dog by phil knight ✅ rework by david heinemeier hanson and jason friedEricries: the lean startup ebook is available for $2.99 today. you can hear me read an excerpt and choose where to buy it here:
Thecontentedge: 4️⃣ "the lean startup" by eric ries - learn how to build a successful business by testing your ideas, measuring progress, and iterating quickly.
Dararagh: 1. the lean startup by eric ries. this book offers a practical approach for startups, especially those in the saas industry, on how to efficiently and effectively launch a new product, test assumptions, and make iterative improvements.
Dararagh: 1. the lean startup by eric ries. this book offers a practical approach for startups, especially those in the saas industry, on how to efficiently and effectively launch a new product, test assumptions, and make iterative improvements.
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