In Lean Startup, Eric Ries supports decreasing your batch size. Don’t overinvest in huge feature releases. Release less and more often, and you’ll learn faster.
Small Batches in Management—Why They Work


In Lean Startup, Eric Ries supports decreasing your batch size. Don’t overinvest in huge feature releases. Release less and more often, and you’ll learn faster.

The final substantive chapter of Lean Startup discusses innovation in a large company and internal startups, in the form of an innovation sandbox. If growth is your goal and you achieve it, you’ll keep growing your startup to 10, 100, 1,000 people. How do you keep innovating to grow new lines of business while keeping existing products competitive? How do you prevent yourself from being bogged down by process?

What was Snaptax? How did it help file your taxes? What happened to Snaptax today?

You’ve heard about startups building new products and services to change the world. But what, exactly, is a startup? And who are startup founders? Learn the proper definition of startup here – it’s not what you might think.

What is a landing page MVP? How do you build one, and how do you use it to test your key lean startup assumptions? Learn all about landing page MVP’s here, directly from the pages of Lean Startup, with modern advice included.

Who, exactly, is an entrepreneur? Entrepreneurs aren’t just startup founders working out of apartments. Entrepreneurs can also be general managers in large companies charged with creating new ventures or new product lines.

In a lean startup, how do you figure out if you’re actually making progress? It’s with innovation accounting. Learn the principles of innovation accounting here, along with examples.

What is a growth engine in Lean Startup? How does it power your growth so you can build the most valuable and impactful company possible? Learn about the three growth engines here: the Sticky Growth Engine, the Viral Growth Engine, and the Paid Growth Engine.

What are vanity metrics? Why are they so bad for understanding your startup? Learn the key vanity metrics you must avoid, and how to avoid them with the right approach.

What is a minimum viable product in Lean Startup terms? What examples are there of how to build one? Learn the 4 critical types of Minimum Viable Product, directly from the book Lean Startup.