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Learn The Lean Startup by using it

A builder who tests ideas instead of defending them: you know your riskiest assumption, measure what customers actually do, and decide what to change based on evidence.

This is not a summary of Eric Ries's book. Each day you spend five minutes doing one thing with your own venture: name an assumption, talk to a customer, ship a small test, read the numbers without flinching. Some results will sting. That's the point, because learning it now is far cheaper than learning it later. Go at your own pace. This Yol waits for you.

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  1. 01A startup is a search, not a plan

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  2. 02Name the leap of faith your plan stands on

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  3. 03Talk to customers before you build

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  4. 04Build the smallest thing that teaches

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  5. Milestone

    Your riskiest guess meets real people

    Write down your leap-of-faith assumption, hold at least five customer conversations, and put a live MVP in front of real people. A mock-up you showed a friend doesn't count. It should be something a stranger can actually try or sign up for.

  6. 05Build, measure, learn

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  7. 06Set a baseline, then tune toward your ideal model

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  8. 07Measure what matters

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  9. 08Split-test one change and report it so nobody can argue

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  10. 09Pivot or persevere

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  11. Milestone

    A decision made on evidence

    Record a baseline from your MVP, run at least one tuning experiment or split test, and hold a dated pivot-or-persevere meeting that ends in a written decision. Note what the numbers said and what you chose, even if the choice is to stay the course.

  12. 10Work in small batches so mistakes stay cheap

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  13. 11Choose the one engine that powers your growth

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  14. 12Ask Why Five Times, Without Blaming Anyone

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  15. Milestone

    A venture that keeps learning

    Name your engine of growth and its key metric, ship one change in a small batch, and run a Five Whys on a real problem, then act on what it finds. The goal is a process you fix, not a person you blame.

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