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The Lean Startup is a NYTimes Best Seller.

37 points by brackin 15y ago

trevor99 15y ago
Congrats Eric! Amazing launch strategy, looking forward to seeing how the book does in successive weeks and hope it stays on the list!
Todd 15y ago
Congrats Eric! Being on the bestseller list should drive awareness of your methodologies to a broader group. You've been working hard at it. Keep it up!
brackin 15y ago
This really is amazing news, Eric is leading this movement. The Lean startup is influencing every part of this 'industry' if you can call it that considering how broad startups can be.
antimora 15y ago
Has anyone read it? I would like some comments on the book. I am considering buying it.
- acgourley 15y ago
  I'm usually in the camp of "those who can, do; those who can't, read business books" but this book is worth stopping everything you're doing and fully internalizing. I think the lean movement (directly and indirectly) will increase value creation in silicon valley by 10-20%, and this is the holy book of it.
  - jaxn 15y ago
    Pretty sure the impact isn't just limited to silicon valley. If anything, I think the relative impact of other areas will be far greater elsewhere.
    - fiznool 15y ago
      Totally agree. I'm based in the UK and I'm looking forward to putting his methods into practice over this side of the pond.
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    - acgourley 15y ago
      I did not mean to imply only SV would benefit, just wanted to pin down the qualifier before I quoted a prediction.
- tosh 15y ago
  It is easy to read and full of things that sound very obvious in hindsight (but often the 'obvious' things are those things that are important). I love that he emphasizes the right things like vision plus a scientific approach (hypothesis and innovation accounting). It goes beyond agile & lean software development best practices and adds customer oriented business concepts on top so you get a great framework for product development. If your aim is to deliver great software products and satisfy your customer then the approach he describes is the best way I can think of to achieve your goal. disclaimer: I am currently building a product influenced by the lean startup movement: http://www.blossom.io http://www.blossom.io
jaxn 15y ago
Their pre-sale was so well marketed that I managed to order 3 different copies without realizing it (all from different channels or at different times, i.e. my error).
- laluser 15y ago
  That's not great marketing! They just exploited those with short-term memory :)
DanielRibeiro 15y ago
Ash Maurya's Running Lean did not get as much attention, but it is also a great book[1]. Many of his experiences are also easily found on his amazing blog[2]. [1] http://www.runningleanhq.com/ http://www.runningleanhq.com/ [2] http://www.ashmaurya.com/ http://www.ashmaurya.com/
- tosh 15y ago
  +1 definitely check out Ash's work. great content around customer development, lean and also bootstrapping.

37 points by brackin 15y ago

Congrats Eric! Amazing launch strategy, looking forward to seeing how the book does in successive weeks and hope it stays on the list!

Todd 15y ago

Congrats Eric! Being on the bestseller list should drive awareness of your methodologies to a broader group. You've been working hard at it. Keep it up!

brackin 15y ago

This really is amazing news, Eric is leading this movement. The Lean startup is influencing every part of this 'industry' if you can call it that considering how broad startups can be.

antimora 15y ago

Has anyone read it? I would like some comments on the book. I am considering buying it.

acgourley 15y ago
I'm usually in the camp of "those who can, do; those who can't, read business books" but this book is worth stopping everything you're doing and fully internalizing. I think the lean movement (directly and indirectly) will increase value creation in silicon valley by 10-20%, and this is the holy book of it.
- jaxn 15y ago
  Pretty sure the impact isn't just limited to silicon valley. If anything, I think the relative impact of other areas will be far greater elsewhere.
  - fiznool 15y ago
    Totally agree. I'm based in the UK and I'm looking forward to putting his methods into practice over this side of the pond.
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  - acgourley 15y ago
    I did not mean to imply only SV would benefit, just wanted to pin down the qualifier before I quoted a prediction.
tosh 15y ago
It is easy to read and full of things that sound very obvious in hindsight (but often the 'obvious' things are those things that are important). I love that he emphasizes the right things like vision plus a scientific approach (hypothesis and innovation accounting). It goes beyond agile & lean software development best practices and adds customer oriented business concepts on top so you get a great framework for product development. If your aim is to deliver great software products and satisfy your customer then the approach he describes is the best way I can think of to achieve your goal. disclaimer: I am currently building a product influenced by the lean startup movement: http://www.blossom.io http://www.blossom.io

jaxn 15y ago

Their pre-sale was so well marketed that I managed to order 3 different copies without realizing it (all from different channels or at different times, i.e. my error).

laluser 15y ago
That's not great marketing! They just exploited those with short-term memory :)

DanielRibeiro 15y ago

Ash Maurya's Running Lean did not get as much attention, but it is also a great book[1]. Many of his experiences are also easily found on his amazing blog[2]. [1] http://www.runningleanhq.com/ http://www.runningleanhq.com/ [2] http://www.ashmaurya.com/ http://www.ashmaurya.com/

tosh 15y ago
+1 definitely check out Ash's work. great content around customer development, lean and also bootstrapping.