The Lean Startup is an audiobook by Eric Ries, narrated by Eric Ries. The unabridged Audible edition runs 8 hrs 38 mins.
Publisher’s Summary
Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.
Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This is just as true for one person in a garage or a group of seasoned professionals in a Fortune 500 boardroom. What they have in common is a mission to penetrate that fog of uncertainty to discover a successful path to a sustainable business.
The Lean Startup approach fosters companies that are both more capital efficient and that leverage human creativity more effectively. Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, it relies on “validated learning,” rapid scientific experimentation, as well as a number of counter-intuitive practices that shorten product development cycles, measure actual progress without resorting to vanity metrics, and learn what customers really want. It enables a company to shift directions with agility, altering plans inch by inch, minute by minute.
Rather than wasting time creating elaborate business plans, The Lean Startup offers entrepreneurs—in companies of all sizes—a way to test their vision continuously, to adapt and adjust before it’s too late. Ries provides a scientific approach to creating and managing successful startups in a age when companies need to innovate more than ever.
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Eric Ries
- Length: 8 hrs 38 mins
- Publisher: Random House Audio
- Release year: 2011
- Audible category: Business & Careers / Management & Leadership / Management
Listener Ratings
The Lean Startup holds an average listener rating of 4.5/5 from 14088 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.5/5
- Story: 4.4/5
- 5-star ratings: 64% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
5/5 stars — “The bible for how to start a business right”
I love this book. Fifth time through it. Eric is bright and well spoken. He lays out a novel application of already proven principles. I am now ready to start my own business like I’ve always wanted.— Audible customer, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “2nd time reading this – landmark book”
this book is incredible for anyone thinking of starting a new business.I’ve been involved in a few startups and this thinking could have saved them from failure.
— Chris, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “Yes!”
its a MUST listen kinda book.. lots of revelant info for a tech start up.— David Boatwright, Audible listener
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