Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

The Lean Start-Up movement, as exemplified in Eric Ries' book The Lean Start-Up , has appropriately focused a great deal of attention on the hard decisions and techniques required to create a company from nothing. In 2012, analysts forecast the company will achieve nearly $1.5 How did Akamai do it? Founding Akamai.

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P&L Lewin EBITDA Ries 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Inspired by HBR blogger Peter Bregman's idea of creating a "to ignore" list , here are the activities I'm going to stop cold turkey in 2012 — and perhaps you should, too. Responding Like a Trained Monkey. Instead, test early and often to ensure you're not wasting your time.

Ries 22

Ries Budgeting Magazine Conference 22

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2014

Since 2012, I’ve co-hosted The Lean Startup Conference with Eric Ries. In 2012 and 2013, not only did our speaker rosters comprise more than 50% women and people of color, but the number of conference attendees doubled each year. For conference hosts, however, past performance need not be an indicator of future results.

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Conference Stage-Gate Proposal Ries 11