Eric Ries' Lean Startup Course from SXSW 2012
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Re: Eric Ries' Lean Startup Course from SXSW 2012
#2I think the lean startup is over-hyped. Every person in the startup scene is just constantly talking about Lean, but when you actually get into the nitty gritty is nowhere near as straightforward as Eric makes it sound
Re: Eric Ries' Lean Startup Course from SXSW 2012
#3I think the lean startup is over-hyped. Every person in the startup scene is just constantly talking about Lean, but when you actually get into the nitty gritty is nowhere near as straightforward as Eric makes it sound
what resources have you used or steps have you taken to get into the nitty gritty?
Re: Eric Ries' Lean Startup Course from SXSW 2012
#4I think the lean startup is over-hyped. Every person in the startup scene is just constantly talking about Lean, but when you actually get into the nitty gritty is nowhere near as straightforward as Eric makes it sound
I hear you. But I think it's really the bandwagoners who give Lean a bad name. It's hilarious when all of these wanna be mark zuckbergs talk about how they just ran these 8 sick A/B tests on what shade of purple button converts the best.
Point of Lean is to think in a structured and rigorous way about problems. Not just to look at A/b results but to always be aware of the hypothesis that underlies any decision.
Re: Eric Ries' Lean Startup Course from SXSW 2012
#5I know a lot of people that are reading countless books, watching countless courses, getting entrepreneurship degrees, yet they can't create a single successful business. I am not saying that this 6-hour course is useless, but you may choose to spend your time actually working on your startup and produce something valuable at the end of the day.
Re: Eric Ries' Lean Startup Course from SXSW 2012
#6if you listen to the conversation between me & eric in the first talk of the conf, i think you'll find we discuss the issues mentioned below like:
- is lean startup really a "proven" discipline?
- are there "wantrepreneurs" getting cultish around lean?
- does this shit really work?
the answers to which are probably: - no, not just yet, but we hope it's useful - definitely - maybe, and we'd love your help figuring it out :)
in other words, it's a work in progress with some very likely positive benefits, but by no means a perfect science (yet, anyway).
Re: Eric Ries' Lean Startup Course from SXSW 2012
#7if you listen to the conversation between me & eric in the first talk of the conf, i think you'll find we discuss the issues mentioned below like: - is lean startup really a "proven" discipline? - are there "wantrepreneurs" getting cultish around lean? - does this shit really work? the answers to which are probably: - no, not just yet, but we hope it's useful - definitely - maybe, and we'd love your help figuring it…
btw, the link to that discussion between me & eric is here:
http://www.udemy.com/lean-startup-sxsw-2012-videos-and-prese...
Re: Eric Ries' Lean Startup Course from SXSW 2012
#8Wow! Being a follower of lean concept, having a course from him? Perfect! I wish the book was free as the course !!! Thumbs up.
Re: Eric Ries' Lean Startup Course from SXSW 2012
#9I think the lean startup is over-hyped. Every person in the startup scene is just constantly talking about Lean, but when you actually get into the nitty gritty is nowhere near as straightforward as Eric makes it sound
I was invited to be a mentor for Lean Startup Machine Austin this past April and I have to say that it was fantastic.
The A/B test crap is just that.. crap.
Where Lean does make sense is applying the scientific method to the startup process. If you can identify your assumptions, figure out a way to test them, and then adjust accordingly, that is a fantastic thing. Every assumption is a risk, this is just a process for addressing/mitigating them to determine which are "good enough."
That said, every time I hear the word "pivot," I want to hit someone. It's been so misused and abused that it's lost most of the meaning. :(
Re: Eric Ries' Lean Startup Course from SXSW 2012
#10To add to Dave's comment above - this isn't so much a course as it is simply the complete video of the Lean Startup track from SXSW 2012. We asked every speaker to provide a case study with concrete examples of what worked and what didn't work.
To see a complete list of speakers (with bios), the old website is here: http://leanstartupsxsw.co/speakers/