The Lean Startup
New Products are Built and Launched
Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster 
Offers new ways to cut work time and investment 
Many CEOs have fully embraced and continue to internalize the lean startup principles 
Concepts apply both to designing products and to developing a market 
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Benefits of The Lean Startup
Be more innovative.
Stop wasting people’s time.
Be more successful.
Lean Startup isn’t about being cheap [but is about] being less wasteful and still doing things that are big.
Principles of The Lean Startup
Lean Startups can operate with much less waste
The Lean Startup isn’t just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business. it’s about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do. I imagine Lean Startup principles applied to government programs, to healthcare, and to solving the world’s great problems. It’s ultimately an answer to the question ‘How can we learn more quickly what works, and discard what doesn’t? Tim O’Reilly CEO O’Reilly Media
Lean Startup Case Studies
Dropbox revolutionized file-sharing by making an extremely easy-to-use, seamless application. Learn More
Wealthfront is democratizing access to outstanding investment managers. Learn More
Grockit was founded in 2007 to enable social learning, specifically test preparation (SAT, LSAT, etc). Learn More
Founded in 2004, IMVU is the world’s largest 3D chat and dress-up community. Learn More
Votizen is disrupting how our government and politics works by putting focus back on individual voter. Learn More
Aardvark, a company subsequently acquired by Google, developed a social search engine. Learn More
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About the Author
Eric Ries
Eric Ries is an entrepreneur and author of the New York Times bestseller