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Lenny’s Podcast193 min

Reflections on a movement

Eric Ries · Oct 29, 2023
Key learnings
  • Treat a startup as an experiment: state the hypothesis, identify the leap-of-faith assumptions, and design the cheapest test that…
  • An MVP is defined by the hypothesis being tested, not by a fixed level of stripped-down quality; it can be a brochure, a…
  • Quality is defined by the customer, so teams that don't know their customer can't really know what a quality bar means; get early…
Lenny’s Podcast136 min

How to build a company that withstands any era

Eric Ries, Lean Startup author · May 10, 2026
Key learnings
  • Protect your company's mission structurally from day one; waiting for success or later fundraises makes these protections…
  • Check your own corporate charter and governance documents, since most founders never read them and may have signed away mission…
  • Consider filing as a public benefit corporation with a specific purpose statement; it's a simple filing that defends against…