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# The Lean Startup Five Years After Reading

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- By [KaiRenner](https://slatesource.com/u/KaiRenner)
- Business & Finance
- Created on Apr 26, 2026

## What the MVP Actually Taught Me Five Years Later

I read The Lean Startup in 2020 when I was three months into a side project that was slowly absorbing every weekend I had. The book told me to ship earlier than felt comfortable and to measure the thing I was most afraid to measure. I did both. The results were clarifying in a way that hurt and helped at the same time. Five years on, the project is gone and the lessons are the most useful I have kept.

**336** Pages

**5** Years Since Reading

journey·4 Sections

# Reading The Lean Startup

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"The core idea that still applies today

Side projects started with lean methodology

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15.03.2020 - 20.06.2020

The lean startup is not about cutting corners. It is about learning faster. Those are not the same thing and the book earns its reputation most in that distinction.