When The Lean Startup hit bookstores in 2011, it became a bestseller and created a movement. The book’s principles were straightforward and quickly began to resonate with entrepreneurs and wanna-be entrepreneurs. The message was well timed — the stock market was underperforming, the job market was competitive, and countless people were starting to scratch their entrepreneurship itch. The book’s underlying advice: getting a successful startup off the ground can be relatively simple, reasonably easy, and extremely FAST. No more endless analysis and business plan writing, no more waterfall software development, no more heavy infrastructure, and no more useless business metrics.
