The lesson of the MVP is that any additional work beyond what was required to start learning is waste, no matter how important it might have seemed at the time.
Eric RiesBy the time that product is ready to be distributed widely, it will already have established customers.
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 RiesScience and vision are not opposites or even at odds. They need each other. I sometimes hear other startup folks say something along the lines of: 'If entrepreneurship was a science, then anyone could do it.' I'd like to point out that even science is a science, and still very few people can do it, let alone do it well.
Eric Ries