Title: The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
Author: Eric Ries
Publication date (EN): September 13, 2011 (Crown Business/Crown Currency).
Pages (EN): 336 (US hardcover).
Value for PMs & founders (problem it solves)
A scientific, evidence-based approach to product risk: run Build–Measure–Learn loops with MVPs, practice validated learning and innovation accounting, and pivot or persevere based on causal metrics—not vanity metrics.
Summary
Treat a startup as a grand experiment: state leap-of-faith hypotheses, ship an MVP to learn quickly, measure with actionable metrics, and iterate or pivot. The method shortens dev cycles and channels effort into what demonstrably creates value.
3 community-reported takeaways (with sources)
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Build–Measure–Learn is the operating system—many practitioners highlight the loop as the #1 habit. Reddit
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MVPs exist to learn—optimize for validated learning, not breadth of features. Lean Startup Co.
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Innovation accounting > vanity metrics—set learning goals and track progress with causal metrics. ClickUp
Buy online (international)
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Penguin Random House (publisher page). PenguinRandomhouse.com
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Barnes & Noble (US). Barnes & Noble
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Amazon (US). Amazon
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Bookshop.org. Target
Author of Impact Factories / Co-founder of Shy Robotics and Product Whys / Head of Product at Dassault Systèmes / Engineer passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship
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