Eric Ries

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Eric Ries is the author of the blog Lessons Learned. He was the co-founder and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU, his third startup. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996). In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech. He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups including pbWiki, Smule, 750i and KaChing.

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Is your product an Ice Cream Glove or a Snuggie?

September 02 2009

At each of the lean startup master classes, we’ve turned to a special expert on entrepreneurship to provide us with special insight;  Ali G teaches us about two enduring kinds of failed products: the Ice Cream Glove and the Hoverboard. A segment of his show is below (warning: brief uses… read more

Continuous deployment in 5 easy steps

March 31 2009

One of the lean startup techniques I’ll be discussing at this week’s session at the Web 2.0 Expo is called continuous deployment. It’s a process whereby all code that is written for an application is immediately deployed into production. The result is a dramatic lowering of cycle time and freeing… read more

How to build companies that matter

March 20 2009

Eric Ries became a Venture Advisor at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, after co-founding and serving as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU, his third startup. He is the author of the blog Lessons Learned and co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press,… read more

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Webcast: Better Product Definition with Lean UX and Design Thinking
July 09, 2013
During the first part of this exclusive webcast event we welcome Eric Ries, @ericries, author of New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup for a fireside chat with Jeff Gothelf @jboogie, author of Lean UX and learn the story behind Lean UX and how the...

Webcast: How to Build a Lean Startup, step-by-step
May 01, 2009
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free Get started with a detailed guide to three key lean startup techniques: continuous deployment, rapid split-testing, and root cause analysis (five why's). This webcast will cover the theory of how lean...

Webcast: The Lean Series: Fireside chat with Eric Ries and Ash Maurya
April 26, 2012
Eric Ries, @ericries, author of New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup and Ash Maurya, @ashmaurya, author of Running Lean answer your questions. Find out how you can use continuous innovation to create radically successful businesses and successful...

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