Eric Ries's 2011 application of lean manufacturing principles to startups — introducing build-measure-learn loops, MVPs, validated learning, and the pivot concept — the most widely read product development book of its era.
Redefined startup product development around validated learning — the core insight that startups fail not from poor execution but from building something nobody wants, and that the solution is systematic testing of assumptions rather than elaborate planning.
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