INNOVATION& by Yetvart Artinyan

INNOVATION& by Yetvart Artinyan

Lean Startup Is Wrong Without Customer Learning First

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Yetvart Artinyan
Dec 08, 2025
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Lean Startup started as a discipline for reducing uncertainty.
A way to learn what mattered before investing heavily.
A method to stay grounded in reality instead of assumptions.

But over time, it became a ritual.

Teams “build, measure, learn” — or at least believe they do.
What was once meant to slow us down just enough to think…

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