Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Jason interviewed Eric Ries, entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup. Eric gave advice for all levels and phases of startups, from idea inception and shortening incubation times to managing the inevitable pivots. Later in the episode, Jason and Eric team up to deliver an ‘Old Time Revival,’ where audience members bring their business woes to the stage to have them healed by these two experts. Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. 0:00-2:00 Hey everyone this is ThisWeekIn Startups, my guest Eric Ries of Lean Startups is here. 1:00 What is Lean Startups? 2:45 It’s all about addressing the customers needs. 4:10 Talking about the shortening gestation period for new startups. 6:19: Being lean isn’t about how much money you raise. 6:55: What’s the one piece of advice that makes people so drawn to it? Is it the Minimum Viable Product? 7:00-13:00 Survey Monkey 14:45 Software VS. Hardware startups. 15:33 The impact of Web 2.0 on startups. 16:30 The ‘Summer of Startups’ which are creating money, which are glorified ponzi schemes? 17:50 It’s so much easier to make money today, with ecommerce. Will we not see a lot of these companies meander, when they make enough money to exist but not to progress? 19:09 All overnight successes had 2 years of failure under their belts. Twitter is an example. 20:00 Jason talks his Twitter past. 22:00 …

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