What stands between you and successfully launching your startup? It’s no mystery – take these hurdles for example:
- Long development time
- Huge amounts of funding
- Finding the right product-buyer fit
These are the problems that The Lean Startup book series aims to solve. Instead of spending months and years creating the product you’ve dreamt of – you stop short. You produce what’s called a “minimum viable product” that has only the essential features. This is the version you show to your first batch of clients, removing bugs and developing the product further based on user feedback. It’s a shortcut to finding product fit, instead of the old theory of “If you build it, they will come.” This ain’t no field of dreams friends.
3 out of 4 startups fail – according to the Wall Street Journal
Forbes pegs it as 8 out of 10.
Whichever publication you subscribe to, those numbers are appalling. And, the number-one reason for failure is: Not being in touch with what customers want. We’ve been reading The Lean Startup series at Inturact, and we like what it has to say about shortening product development cycles and meeting customer needs.
In fact, we like it so much, we’d like to share our books with you!
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