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Eric Ries is an entrepreneur born in 1979, known for his Lean Startup methodology, which emphasizes rapid iteration and customer feedback in the success of startups.

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“If you cannot fail, you cannot learn.”

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Book:The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Source: The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

“Most phenomenal startup teams create businesses that ultimately fail. Why? They built something that nobody wanted.”

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“The grim reality is that most start-ups fail. Most new products are not successful. Yet the story of perseverance, creative genius, and hard work persists.”

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“Most start-up companies fail and it is smart public policy to help entrepreneurs increase their odds of succeeding. But, the biggest loss to our economy is not all the start-ups that didn't make it: It's the ones that might have been created but weren't.”

Has Beens Helping Might Loss Company Economy Failing Policy Succeed Smart Increase Entrepreneur Odds Might Have Been Public Policy

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“If the plan is to see what happens, a team is guaranteed to succeed - at seeing what happens - but won't necessarily gain validated learning - If you cannot fail, you cannot learn.”

Ifs Happens Plans Failing Seeing Team Trust Succeed Gains

Book:The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Source: The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

“This is one of the most important lessons of the scientific method: if you cannot fail, you cannot learn.”

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Book:The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Source: The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

About the Author

Born: 1979
Known for: Entrepreneur
Quotes: 87

Books & Sources

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful BusinessesRelated source material

The Lean Entrepreneur: How Visionaries Create Products, Innovate with New Ventures, and Disrupt MarketsRelated source material

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The Startup Way: How Modern Companies Use Entrepreneurial Management to Transform Culture and Drive Long-Term GrowthRelated source material

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