Jan 24, 2010

Starting with Lean Startup - Using your entrepreneurial vision to direct your learning

When applying Lean Startup principles, it’s easy to fall into a visionary mode in a way that can interfere with the learning process. I’ve found that thinking of my vision in terms of assumptions helps me to stay focused on learning the right things at the right time. Here’s how I do it.

Books & collected practices

  • Peer Learning Is - a broad look at peer learning around the world, with a focus on practical program design
  • Mentor Impact - researched the practices used by the startup mentors that really make a difference
  • Decision Hacks - early-stage startup decisions distilled
  • Source Institute - open peer learning formats and ops guides, and our internal guide on decentralised teams