Media praise for Running Lean
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"As the idea of the Lean Startup spreads, Ash Maurya has written a hugely useful book full of examples of implementing the Lean Startup Methodology. If you are starting a company, or want to adopt the Lean Startup approach, Running Lean is a must read. "
-- , Foundry Group, Managing Director
"In Running Lean, Ash Maurya lays out a clear, practical plan for giving your startup the best possible chance. We used his approach at Year One Labs with every one of our startups. It's the best way for new companies to find their groove, explain their business model, and ultimately, grow their business."
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"Running Lean is a great resource for the aspiring or successful Web entrepreneur since it consolidates the best start-up thinking in a practical guidebook that will prevent you from making the some of the most common early stage mistakes. It is required reading for all my students and angel investment management teams since it improves the chance of start-up success. "
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"If you're a startup founder who hasn't read it, you're already losing the race."
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"A must-buy for any startup. It will save you a ton of time and money."
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"This book should be required reading for any entrepreneur contemplating a web startup."
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"You're hitting it out of the park with Running Lean"
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"Running Lean is pure gold! Seriously, someone on my team refers to it EVERYDAY! "
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"If you liked 37signals' Getting Real, you'll love Running Lean"
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"I wish I had read Ash's book before setting out on my own entrepreneurial journey, as it lays out clearly and concisely a cheat sheet to learn many of the lessons that I've learned in the last four years through the school of hard knocks. "
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"Customer validation has always been one of the best ways to eliminate wasted effort and shortcut directly to what will work. Eric Ries and Steve Blank did the startup world a great service by codifying and labeling the principles involved. Ash Maurya goes one further, providing a clear roadmap for internet entrepreneurs, with a delightfully clear and simple writing style."
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"Lean concepts are exciting but it's hard to know what to actually do. Ash not only gives advice but makes it practicable--this is the first comprehensive guidebook for how to execute a Lean Startup. "
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"Ash has laid out a clear compass for anyone to validate their ideas, solve real problems and create a successful business. I'd encourage this book to anyone trying to get a business off the ground. "
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"In Running Lean, Ash has put together a book I wish I'd read before pursuing my own startup. The lean methodology has received a lot of press, but the level of detail, including case studies and practical applications make this book a resource worthy of sitting on every aspiring entrepreneur's shelf. It's not just great advice, but a great read, too."
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"Ash provides compelling, actionable guidance for applying lean principles to a startup. His startup canvas changed the way I think about my own startup. This book is a valuable guide whether you are a serial entrepreneur or a first time founder. "
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"The "Missing Manual" for startups. The advisory team at MaRS uses the tools in Running Lean every day. Over the last year we've tested them with dozens of startups and found them invaluable in moving entrepreneurs from idea to product/market fit efficiently. "
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"Running Lean is a terrific step by step guide combining the best of lean startup, customer development, business model canvas, and agile/Continuous integration. Anyone involved in starting, funding, or helping others build new businesses will benefit, as our students at Northwestern have, from this down to practical and comprehensive guide to the modern startup. "
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"This is an invaluable resource for budding entrepreneurs providing a wealth of immediately actionable advice within a logical and accessible framework."
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"Running Lean provides a well-structured guide to putting Lean Startup ™ principles directly to work in virtually any new business venture. And it could help you revitalize an existing enterprise, while you still have time and resources, if your current Plan A needs a Plan B, Plan C, or Plan Z, ASAP."
-- , Sagecreek Productions
"You’d be wise to read and re-read this book two to three times a year as a group exercise, taking stock of where you are, fine tuning your Lean Canvas and increasing your team’s chances of success."
-- , www.alanweinkrantz.com
"This is one of the most important books ever written for cutting through the noise and confusion of starting up a new business and making sure you spend the time doing the right things. This is an absolutely essential tool for moving forward and getting things done effectively inside and outside the office. A powerful book that enables you to transform what you do and simply as possible."
-- , Amazon.com,
"Anyone familiar with a business plan will recognize that this closely mirrors the structure of a business plan. However, a Lean Canvas is much quicker and avoids all the “proof” of assumptions required in a business plan. It is a high-level, concise look at the business concept, that is proven or disproven through continual testing with target customers. Most importantly the Running Lean process forces entrepreneurs to concentrate on the business not the product, which is so common among entrepreneurs, or a customer centric approach instead of a product development one."
-- , Financial Post
"One of the most fascinating parts of the book is where Maurya discusses how he used this approach to write his book. It is a great illustration of how this approach is not just for technology companies. Any business can use this approach to bring a project or product to market. While this book is for many types of businesses, I will say that the language of the book does reflect Maurya’s technology background. A small business owner can definitely make the system work for their needs."
-- , Marketing Roadhouse,
"Anyone familiar with a business plan will recognize that this closely mirrors the structure of a business plan. However, a Lean Canvas is much quicker and avoids all the “proof” of assumptions required in a business plan. It is a high-level, concise look at the business concept, that is proven or disproven through continual testing with target customers."
-- , Financial Post,
"Whether you read Running Lean in hardcover or the Kindle edition, I’m pretty confident you’ll find you’re spending less time cleaning up after yourself and more time building things your customers actually want."
-- , Tim Peter Thinks
"Invaluable for anyone thinking of starting a company of any kind."
-- , Dr. Dobbs
"Ash Maurya focuses on practice and advice that can be applied. He presents a step-by-step process and a formula to enhance your chances. By the time you finish reading this book you have a list of action items to be applied to your own startup."
-- , Shashank Tiwari blog,
""We are living in an age of entrepreneurship" And Ash Maurya give you the tools to test systematically your idea, give you the right step you need to improve your startup. The Lean Canvas, works very well and suits every kind of industry, you don't have to be in the tech side to get this working, you only had to be constant and apply this. Your are constantly encourage to act, to define your MVP, and go and test it." Full Review >
-- , evidenciacreativa.com
"Originally submitted at O'ReillyIterate from Plan A to a Plan That WorksRunning Lean, 2nd EditionRunning Lean, 2nd Edition ReviewBy m2web from Erlanger, KY on 6/24/20124out of 5Pros: Easy to understand, Concise, Accurate, Helpful examplesBest Uses: Novice, Expert, IntermediateDescribe Yourself: DeveloperThis book is a practical work that enables you to take… " Full Review >
-- , msquaredwebsvc.blogspot.com
"I found this book to be very thought provoking. Several years ago I worked as an independent consultant and really enjoyed it. But I always only sold my time. I think most people who do have a entrepreneurial spirit understand that to really succeed you must leverage this and sell… " Full Review >
-- , mgerickson.blogspot.com
"Maurya writes lucidly about how to take your product/business idea and shape it; about how to organize your team to focus on The Problem and The Solution; about how to reach out to customers and interview them, to help them help you define the problem space; about how to pull out real information from those interviews and test releases, and learn real lessons instead of just confirming how great you think you are. The lessons of Running Lean help you to create a real solution for a real problem, and not just be a clever solution looking for the right problem." Full Review >
-- , blog.founddrama.net
"Every startup has it's good and bad days. Question is, what to do, when you find that your initial idea is not quite as good as you expected it to be." Full Review >
-- , www.owsiak.org
