Episode · This Week in Startups · 2020-04-01

Jason Calacanis & Eric Ries: books mentioned on This Week in Startups

E1041: The Lean Startup's Eric Ries gives tactical advice for founders during an economic downturn: obligations of leadership, extending runway, handling layoffs with grace, finding new revenue opportunities, capitalizing on silver-linings & more!

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0:52 Jason intros Eric Ries and they discuss how things have been since shelter-in-place started 8:33 What good will come out of this? Will UBI proponents like Andrew Yang be proven right?

Jason Calacanis recommended The Lean Startup by Eric Ries.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Lean Startup

    Eric Ries · at 28:59

    The Lean Startup by Eric Ries is a foundational business guide that advocates for validated learning, rapid experimentation, and minimum viable products to help entrepreneurs build successful companies without wasting time or resources.

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    “you know him from the amazing book the Lean Startup which is a mandatory read if you're going to start a company I would say it's the first book you should read if you're going to start a company”
    Where to get it