Comments on post “The Startup Way”
Eric Ries
@ericries
Hey everyone, thanks for checking out my new book. This is the fist time I'm offering it for pre-order, it comes out in October. I'm actually still working on the manuscript as I type this.
You may not realize this but the ProductHunt community played a big role in helping my Kickstarter campaign that was the research platform for this book (we built a minimum viable product called The Leader's Guide where many ideas for this book were tested).
This is a totally new book that covers what I've been up to since The Lean Startup was published in 2011. Where that book was primarily about how to get started, this book is about what kind of company are we trying to create?
So many entrepreneurs starts new thing because they hate the slowness and brain damage of big companies. But, as I ask in the book, my question is always: "if you hate big companies so much, why are you trying to start a new one?"
Too many of our best companies go on to become sclerotic and bureaucratic - but it doesn't have to be this way. I think we can stay lean and agile even as we scale. I'm trying to show how in this new book.
Happy to answer questions or hang out in the comments a bit today.
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James O'Sullivan
@james_osullivan · CEO, Sullstice
@ericries Really looking forward to reading this. Thank you, Eric!
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Rooz
@rooz_khosravi · Scientist-Orthodontist
@ericries can't wait to read your new book. when is the audiobook going to be available?
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Eric Ries
@ericries
@rooz_khosravi hopefully same as hardcover
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Karim Daghari
@karimdaghari · i make stuff.
Hey @ericries! First of all, allow me to express my gratitude for 'The Lean Startup' book you wrote. It is indeed tremendously helpful, it's gotten me to think differently, so, thanks a lot! Now, 2 years later (since I last read your book) I'm really happy to see that you're working on a new book!
Now my question is, how can I pre-order it considering the fact that [in Tunisia] we don't have the ability to do online payments?
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Sergey Pirogov
@perpetuous · CEO & Founder, wayme (www.wayme.tours)
@ericries "if you hate big companies so much, why are you trying to start a new one?"
It's a really good question! What is the answer? Don't Fuck Up the Culture?
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