Podcast #115 – Eric Ries (@ericries), The #LeanStartup

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Episode #115 is a discussion with Eric Ries (@ericries), entrepreneur and author of the upcoming book “The Lean Startup.”

Today, we talk about how got introduced to Lean, core materials like books by Womack and Jones and Jeff Liker, and how he has put a lot of thought into how to take proven Lean principles – such as reduced batch sizes, 5 whys analysis, and faster time to market – and applied them to startups.

We both agree there are a lot of applications of these Lean Startup principles even if you are working on new products in larger, older, manufacturing settings – so I hope you’ll take 20 minutes to listen regardless of your background, as Eric’s work has pushed my attempts at Lean thinking in new directions.

You might also be interested in Podcast #99 with Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits on “Customer Development.“

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