The Real Startup Book (Amazon Kindle)
A large, crowdsourced compilation of inquiry methods (i.e. experiment and research techniques) from lean practitioners worldwide. Every method has a short description, how to guide, and links to additional information. This is a Kindle version for reading on the go.
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When to Use It
If you’ve ever recognized a giant gap or unanswered question in your business model and had no idea how to go about filling it, this book is for you. You may be asking:
- Who are our customers?
- What are the most important features of our product?
- Why are people doing that with our product?
- Will people actually pay for this?
Who Should Use It
This book will be most useful if you are familiar with concepts such as lean startup, user experience, and business model innovation. If you are managing innovation projects where the business model is partially or completely unknown, or are assisting in the management of large numbers of innovation products, this is a very helpful resource. Users of this book often have job titles like product manager, CEO of an early-stage startup, entrepreneur-in-residence, chief innovation officer, VP of innovation, accelerator manager, and lean startup/innovation coach.
How It Works
The Real Startup Book Instructions
Do not read this book straight through -- it is not a Step 1, Step 2, Step 3 guide to building a startup.
- Begin by reading the intro and index to figure out which parts of the book are relevant to you and your startup.
- Read the relevant chapters, then reference the methods described in the remaining pages as needed.
- Think of this book as a toolbox. It’s organized to help you find what you're looking for when you need it.
- The index is ordered by what you’re trying to learn. Are you trying to learn about your customer? How to price your product? What will make your users come back?
Authors and Contributors
Tristan Kromer
Tristan Kromer works with innovation teams and leaders to create amazing products and build startup ecosystems. He has worked with companies from early stage startups with zero revenue to enterprise companies with >$1B USD revenue (Unilever, Swisscom, Salesforce, Fujitsu, LinkedIn).
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