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The Lean Startup

Eric Ries · 2011 · 336 pages

7 people have this book on the record — 6 of 8 verdicts positive. The dissent stays on the page.

The bar next to each date shows how long ago it was said: 7d is days, 4yr is years.

Brad Feld loved it
Eric Ries wrote The Lean Startup in 2011 and changed how a generation of founders thought about building companies.

on feld.com · 20 Apr 2026 · Report

Jason Evanish disliked it affiliate
If you actually want to learn how to actually BE a lean startup or how to actually do it, this book will not help you. If you want to learn the high level concepts only then this is a great book. The other books I have above I encourage you to read before this one if you want to truly learn and implement lean practices. 7. On the Shortness of Life by Seneca (3.13.18)

on jasonevanish.com · 28 Oct 2020 · Report

Melissa Perri liked it
When I happened upon the book and Eric’s method, I thought, “YES! This is what I’ve been searching for. This makes so much sense.”

on melissaperri.com · 5 May 2016 · Report

Scott Cook loved it
two favorite books on business one would be the Lean Startup uh by Eric ree uh he'd also fit in one definition of a hero for me from whom I've learned a lot

on YouTube · 6 Nov 2015 · Report

Teresa Torres recommends it affiliate
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries Eric builds off of Steve's work. This book is getting a lot of buzz of late and I couldn't be happier. There's a lot of great material here.

on producttalk.org · 6 Dec 2011 · Report

Scott Cook recommends it blurb
Business is too important to be left to luck. Eric reveals the rigorous process that trumps luck in the invention of new products and new businesses. We've made this a centerpiece of how teams work in my company . . . it works! This book is the guided tour of the key innovative practices used inside Google, Toyota, and Facebook, that work in any business.

on amazon.com · 13 Sep 2011 · Report

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That little bar

It says how long ago something was said, so you can tell last month from 2014 without doing the arithmetic. Full and green is recent; it drains and cools as the date gets older, and empties completely at about 6 years.

A striped bar means the date itself is an estimate — the source did not carry an exact one. An entry with no date at all gets no bar.