Heather McGough piece about how Netflix began as a shoestring startup bolstered by a group of passionate entrepreneurs with a crazy idea, and persistent Lean Startup experimentation ensured the company didn’t fail.
The article walks you some mantras:
- Anything can be an experiment
- Define the important metrics
- Create business partnerships
- Don’t quit after the first (or 101st) try
With Lean Startup, you sometimes invalidate your idea and prove you should stop trying because there’s a better way or better idea. Continuous innovation means working through experiments to find the best way of doing something and then saying, “I bet we could do one better.”
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