Leadership requires creating conditions that enable employees to do the kinds of experimentation that entrepreneurship requires.
Eric RiesZero invites imagination, but small numbers invite questions about whether large numbers will ever materialize.
Eric RiesEvery startup has a chance to change the world, by bringing not just a new product, but an entirely new institution into existence.
Eric RiesI would say, as an entrepreneur everything you do - every action you take in product development, in marketing, every conversation you have, everything you do - is an experiment. If you can conceptualize your work not as building features, not as launching campaigns, but as running experiments, you can get radically more done with less effort.
Eric RiesI asked all of our recruiters to give me all resumes of prospective employees with their name, gender, place of origin, and age blacked out. This simple change shocked me, because I found myself interviewing different-looking candidates - even though I was 100% convinced that I was not being biased in my resume selection process.
Eric Ries