Comments on: Coming Soon: Getting Lean – the book

By: Amjedonline

Amjedonline — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:21:00 +0000

looks promosing, well are you done with it by now ?

By: ricky

ricky — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:57:00 +0000

This is a really good read for me, Must admit that you are one of the best bloggers I ever saw.Thanks for posting this informative article.

By: Matthew Ogston

Matthew Ogston — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:59:56 +0000

Great, thanks for the reply Ash.
If you need any case studies, please do let me know….we are certainly aiming to getting as lean as possible with our latest web app, and it's paying off quite remarkably already.

By: Ash Maurya

Ash Maurya — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:53:47 +0000

Matthew -

The books will definitely be complementary. Brant/Patrick's book focusses really deep on the customer discovery process while I'll be outlining the journey from inception to product/market fit looking at both customer development and product development.

I will add that even if the books were on the exact same topic, I'd still recommend reading them. My biggest takeaway from the conference came from the case studies. While the core principles were all the same, there were enough differences in how those were taken to practice that made them immensely valuable.

By: Matthew Ogston

Matthew Ogston — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:01:25 +0000

Good luck with your book Ash...and thanks for a great presentation at least week's Startup Lessons Learned Conference.

I'm just about to buy the 'cliff notes' Customer Development eBook at CustDev.com - Hopefully the two books will be complimentary and not competitive?

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:12:46 +0000

I will buy a copy if I can get it on my ipad through the ibook store, but I don't need a hardcopy.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:12:46 +0000

I will buy a copy if I can get it on my ipad through the ibook store, but I don't need a hardcopy.

By: Ash Maurya

Ash Maurya — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:57:00 +0000

Thanks for the comments Tiago… This will be a self-published book and won't benefit from the marketing muscle and distribution of a publisher. Pricing is still being tested and I appreciate your feedback.

If there are resources to easily create a Kindle version, I'd support it. Otherwise, not.

By: Tiago

Tiago — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:47:21 +0000

Just to follow up my last comment, I think $19 is way too pricy given that we can buy almost any book for $9.99.

My opinion is that you would get more free marketing if the book is cheaper than $19.

Just my 2 cents. I wish you the best.

By: Tiago

Tiago — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:49:04 +0000

Are you thinking in creating a Kindle version of the book soon? It would be my first choice.