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The Lesson Of The Mvp Is That Any Additional Work Beyond What Was Required To Start Learning Is Waste, No Matter How Important It Might Have Seemed At The Time.

The Biggest Start-up Successes - From Henry Ford To Bill Gates To Mark Zuckerberg - Were Pioneered By People From Solidly Middle-class Backgrounds. These Founders Were Not Wealthy When They Began. They Were Hungry For Success, But Knew They Had A Solid Support System To Fall Back On If They Failed.

When Blame Inevitably Arises, The Most Senior People In The Room Should Repeat This Mantra: If A Mistake Happens, Shame On Us For Making It So Easy To Make That Mistake.

The Goal Of A Startup Is To Figure Out The Right Thing To Build-the Thing Customers Want And Will Pay For-as Quickly As Possible. In Other Words, The Lean Startup Is A New Way Of Looking At The Development Of Innovative New Products That Emphasizes Fast Iteration And Customer Insight, A Huge Vision, And Great Ambition, All At The Same Time.

By The Time That Product Is Ready To Be Distributed Widely, It Will Already Have Established Customers.