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The Lean Startup.

It is maybe overhyped and the cause of Sect-like movement. But definitely one of the most important books for me this year. Thanks Eric!

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I also read The Lean Startup, but didn't like it much. Actually it didn't teach me anything new. Maybe because I read it after reading the "Running Lean" by Ash Maurya and "Start Small, Stay Small" by Rob Walling. They cover the same ideas and are more practical.

The difference is the marketing hype around it. Thanks to The Lean Startup those same principals have been even advocated to VCs who would rather instantly pushed you into scalemode.

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