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Eric Ries

The Startup Way

Apply startup thinking at any scale—learn how innovation and agile management can transform your company for long-term growth.
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What Will You Learn?

Large organizations can innovate like startups through new management – The Startup Way transforms enterprises with entrepreneurial methods.

This comprehensive corporate innovation summary and main ideas explain:

  • Internal Startups - Create autonomous teams with startup-like freedom within corporations
  • Innovation Accounting - Measure learning and progress, not just financial metrics
  • Metered Funding - Release resources based on validated learning milestones
  • Growth Boards - Govern innovation projects differently than core business



The hidden gem: Ries's "Startup Career Path" retains entrepreneurial talent in big companies.

Start Click.Apply.Grow™ now: Form innovation team tomorrow. Define learning metrics. Test quickly. Corporate innovators using startup methods achieve 5x faster product launches.

Think big. Act startup.

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About the Author

Eric Ries is the Silicon Valley entrepreneur who revolutionized how startups build products through the Lean Startup methodology adopted by companies worldwide.

Creator of the Lean Startup movement that transformed entrepreneurship globally, Ries co-founded IMVU, growing it to millions of users and $50 million in revenue. His book The Lean Startup sold over 2 million copies in 30 languages. Harvard Business School and Stanford teach his methodologies. Named one of BusinessWeek's Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs.

What sets Ries apart: He pioneered "validated learning" before data-driven decisions became standard, predicting the shift from intuition to experimentation in business.

Today Ries serves as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School and advises Fortune 500 companies on innovation. Startups using Ries's Build-Measure-Learn cycle report 70% faster product-market fit than traditional development methods.

The architect of modern entrepreneurship transforming how companies innovate.

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